Written By tsubba - 25 October, 2007
BIAL
Bangalore
Infrastructure
In what can be a boon to Bangaloreans and air travellers in particular, the detailed project report of a high speed rail link from Cubbon Road to the upcoming Bangalore International Airport at Devanahalli has been submitted to the government.
Prepared by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for Infrastructure Development Corporation, Government of Karnataka, the rail link costing Rs 3,716 crore will enable passengers to reach Devanahalli from Cubbon Road in 25 minutes flat as against 75 to 90 minutes by road. This was revealed by S N Venkata Rao, advisor and project director, DMRC during the 44th MEA Commemoration lecture on ‘High speed rail link from city centre to new international airport at Bangalore (Devanahalli)’ on Saturday.
Air terminals
According to Mr Rao if the project gets the approval from the government, initially 10 trains at a frequency of 10 minutes will ferry passengers from check-in-station at Cubbon Road to the internodal transport station at Hebbal, from where it will move to Yelahanka and will finally reach the airport terminal at a maximum speed of 160 km per hour. “Two city air terminals have been planned, where air passengers can check in and take boarding passes at the police ground between M G Road and Cubbon Road and beyond Hebbal flyover. This project will not interfere with the Bangalore metro rail project.”
“However, 231 trees on the proposed alignment of the rail link will have to be cut and 375 trees on a private farm land at the entry of the new airport will have to be pruned”. By 2011 the estimated air traffic at the new airport per annum will be 17.2 million and rail passengers will be 40,753 per day, Mr Rao added.
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Oct282007/city2007102832812.asp
MG road is going to be one heck of a busy area. and here we were dreaming of pedestrianizing the place. it might be worthwhile to take a look at all the roads converging on police grounds. MG Road is going to be the new majestic.
right now we know in both reports there are a lot of common places. what does "this project will not interfere with the Bangalore metro rail project.” wouldn't it be better if what goes to metro is actually a metro? fully integrated?
it might be useful to map CTTP with this as further details evolve.
I guess 45 min to do ~40kms on a > 100 km/hr train is due to the loading at hebbal. it is also interesting that they will replicate services as BIAL. so what happens when BIAL goes full phase and does 40 mil pass/year? they will expand these stations too? or prolly they'll open new stations. again perhaps if they integrate with metro then metro stations can be upgraded.
ofcourse all this is going to a lot of time, remember
this report in the Hindu?
“The Infrastructure Department requires at least 18 to 24 months for getting clearances from various departments and work on the project will start only after that,” the sources said.
The project would take at least three years to be completed.
Notifications for land acquisition and construction work of the project would be issued only after obtaining clearance from the Union and State government departments.
To avoid any possible delay in commissioning the project due to litigation and resistance from the public, there would be minimum land acquisition, the sources said."
Heard they are pricing the tickets for the airport trip at 200 Rs.!!
Whats so special about this train that the cost is so exorbitant..it might be a exclusive airport connectivity option..
but we should be more placing this on the commuter/metro rail level..providing connectivity to that part of bangalore(hebbal/yelahanka) to reach Bangalore!
Around the world, I dont think airports trains are treated any special than the local metro..
In Boston, it costs 1.75$ only to travel on Red Line from Alewife/Braintree or any other line and change to sliverline/blue line to get to the airport..this is the normal charge for any train ride!
More so with the air travel prices coming down, the commute to the airport should not compete with the air ticket cost!!
..and about added services like remote check-in..its the airline who will do that and pay for it..
Technically it should be that..if one wants to reach airport from nayandahalli(mysore road)..all one needs to do is hop on the metro there and get to airport in less than an hour paying not more than 50Rs.
that is insider news man. where did you get that?
that is absolutely correct. north bangalore and the growth that is already hapenning around devanahalli and will happen by 2025 all along the corridor.
remote check in. i dont understand why they need to duplicate a service that is already in place at the airport? i dunno if it is scalable. and cannot imagine the impact of this on hebbal and mg road stations. any ideas?
So looks like the demand for keeping HAL airport open has died down a bit. Any news around that recently? May be the controversy will reopen once BIAL opens.
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