Bengaluru’s Pink Line metro stations will get five new BMTC feeder bus services from Saturday, with 28 buses scheduled to make 401 daily trips across routes linking Jayadeva Hospital, JP Nagar 4th Phase, Hulimavu and SG Palya stations with surrounding neighbourhoods.
The new services are designed to extend metro access beyond station areas and connect key residential and employment corridors. The routes will cover parts of Uttarahalli, JP Nagar, BTM Layout, SG Palya, Arekere, Bilekahalli, Begur and Singasandra.
The MF-18J route will run from Jayadeva Hospital metro station to Uttarahalli through Delmia Circle, JP Nagar 6th Phase, Kadirenahalli Cross, Chikkallasandra and Arali Mara. Seven buses will operate 126 daily trips on this route.
A second service, MF-18JT, will operate as a ring route from Jayadeva Hospital metro station through Dairy Circle, SG Palya, Tavarekere and BTM 16th Main Road. It will use three buses for 53 daily trips.
The MF-18JP service will start at JP Nagar 4th Phase metro station and operate as a ring route through RV Dental College, Puttenahalli, Arekere Gate and Bilekahalli. Six buses will make 72 daily trips. Another six buses will operate the MF-22HS route between Hulimavu and Singasandra metro stations through Nyanappanahalli Cross, Begur Lake and Chikka Begur, making 96 daily trips.
The fifth route, MF-18T, will be a ring service from SG Palya metro station through Carmel Convent, Jayanagar bus station, Banashankari, JP Nagar 6th Phase, Delmia Circle, Jayadeva Hospital and Dairy Circle. Six buses will make 54 daily trips on this route.
The additions will expand the feeder network connected to Bengaluru’s metro system. BMTC currently operates feeder buses serving 54 metro stations: 19 on the Green Line, 25 on the Purple Line and 10 on the Yellow Line. The network covers 71 routes and 253 schedules, making 3,100 daily trips and operating across 42,000 km each day.
BMTC also operates 114 buses making 545 daily trips on routes extending beyond Kalena Agrahara. These services connect destinations along Bannerghatta Road and adjoining areas, extending the reach of the metro network into areas beyond the immediate station catchment.
Three operational feeder routes already connect the Pink Line, using nine buses for 132 daily trips. The five new routes will add substantially more scheduled services around the corridor and increase the number of neighbourhood links available to metro passengers.
BMTC and Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited have also integrated and shared API-based data for real-time bus information. LED display boards have been installed at the SG Palya and IIMB Bilekahalli metro stations, showing commuters the estimated arrival time of BMTC buses operating from nearby stops.
BMTC plans to extend the real-time arrival display facility to other metro stations in a phased manner. The new services and information displays place bus frequency and arrival visibility alongside metro connectivity as the agencies expand the city’s integrated public transport network.
