Now, priority seating for women, disabled on metro

Now, priority seating for women, disabled on metro

Instructions to the effect will be put up on all trains.

Starting Sunday, Namma Metro trains will have priority seating for the differently abled, senior citizens, women and children. This will be provided on the twin seats in all coaches, totalling 20 seats in every train. Instructions to the effect will be put up on all trains.

U.A. Vasanth Rao, spokesperson for BMRCL, said while these seats would not be completely reserved for these categories of commuters, they would be priority seating, requesting other occupants to vacate the seats and make room for the needy during the journey, if any.

“We don’t want to make it mandatory and block these seats. We are requesting commuters to raise up to the spirit of the move and help those in need,” he said.