India, Nov. 18 -- Metro services on Bengaluru's newly launched Yellow Line were thrown off schedule on Monday morning after a group of commuters blocked the first train at RV Road station, demanding that the line begin operations at 5 am, similar to the Green and Purple Lines.

According to BMRCL, the incident occurred around the scheduled departure of the first train at 6 am on 17 November, when a section of passengers stood on the platform edge and obstructed the doors from closing.

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As a result, the train rolled out only at 6.35 am, creating a cascade of delays along the entire corridor. To restore normalcy, metro officials were forced to short-loop on...