Bengaluru: Trains on the Yellow Line will likely run every 12 minutes from December 22 when the sixth train enters service.

Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) received the six-coach trainset in the last week of November.

The coaches were manufactured near Kolkata by Titagarh Rail Systems Limited (TRSL) under a sub-contract with China's CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co Ltd, which is supplying 36 trainsets for Rs 1,578 crore.

The sixth train needs to complete a 750-km mainline run, along with signalling interface tests, before entering passenger service.

A senior BMRCL official said plans were underway to induct the train on December 22, ahead of Christmas.

While peak-hour frequency will improve to about 12 minutes, the BMRCL may not advance the start of train services from the current

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