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Written By srinidhi - 11 March, 2010
Bangalore Namma Metro Analysis itpl Transportation public transport BMRCL Metro Rail Phase2
Naveen presented a good summary of his meeting with BMRCL
One thing that came of that was the DPR for the phase II was in the final stages and would be out soon..there are already questions on
- What is the level of public participation in the proposed routes
- Information on nputs that went to decide the routes by DMRCL.
- Any traffic studies that were used
However the route based on the soil testing done is as below:
Kattariguppe - ITPL route
Kattariguppe - PES college(srinagar) - Basavanagudi(crosses reach 4) - SJP park - Corporation bldg - Richmond rd - Vellara jn - Domlur - Old Airport - SuranjanDas rd - Byappanahalli - KR puram RS - Mahadevpura - ITPL
IIMB - Nagavara route
IIMB - Jayadeva Hospital - Dairy circle - Vellara Jn - Shivajinagar - Tannery rd - Nagavara
I have tried to mark the ph II route on a bangalore map..
Is this a fairly accurate? and what do we feel of this plan itself?
COMMENTS
s_yajaman - 11 March, 2010 - 17:44
Not enough data but
a. One route from Kathriguppe or even the Mysore Road terminal to Whitefield via ORR. There seems to be lots of software campuses coming up on ORR. Catchment will be Banashankari 3 stage, Padmanabhanagar, Kathriguppe, JP Nagar, BTM Layout.
b. One from Yelahanka to E-City.
c. These two lines interchange at Silkboard Jn.
d. EW Phase 2 interchanges with EW Phase 1 at Mysore Road and interchanges with Phase 1 NS at Jarhanahalli.
e. NS Phase 2 interchanges with EW Phase 1 at MG Road
Srivathsa
vinod_shankar - 11 March, 2010 - 18:26
Let me call the phase-1
1.EW line as line 1( Violet line)
2.NS as line-2 ( Green line)
The new lines possibly for phase-2 from
1.Yelahanka to E-city as line 3( blue line)
2.Kathriguppe -Old Airport-ITPL line 4(yellow line)
From the various maps, discussions on praja i see a few issues in the alignment of line 3 in the shivajinagar-tannery road section alignment, which i'm very familiar with..
1. I saw soil testing happening on Nethaji Road, this road runs parallel, to the IR lines, if CRS becomes a reality then this alignment need to shifted closer to mosque road . Also the population density along Nethaji road is muted.
2.From shivajinagar along jumma masjid road the lines pass through the chandi chowk of bangalore, so this has to go underground, a big nightmare! considering the road is narrow than CMH, along with old traders, who have been there from the times of British raj.
My options for line 3 of this particular section would be..
a)M.G.Road-Central Street-Shivajinagar Bus station-Jumma Masjid road-Haines road-take right onto Johns Church road- take left into coles road-right-left-Mosque road-take right near the mosque-join tannery road.
b)M.G.Road-Central Street-Shivajinagar Bus station -Right at bowring- reach Safina plaza-left-right-left-commercial street entrance- kamaraj road-Thomas cafe-Komala restuarant junction-left-Coles road-right-Mosque road-tannery road.
Option B will avoid going undergound through the chandi chowk of bangalore. In terms of rideship numbers Option A will be the best, and we need to go tunneling the line.
vinod
srinidhi - 11 March, 2010 - 23:58
The BMLTA map of making a circular/oval routes of trains originating at the same point (Deepanjali Nagar) and making a circle around ITPL does really kind of builds redundancy. As we know resources are scarce for projects and they need to be used wisely for extending maximum reach..and not redundancy!
And there are soo many places which needs connectivity which have been grossly missed both in the BMLTA map and the map put up here. For example, as Sri pointed out, what about the ring road stretch btw sarjapur road and Marathahalli?
There are too many such instances..which makes one feel that the CTTP or the DMRCL folks have no clue on what they have put up!
Check the Delhi route itself..the reach is addressed reasonably well..cant we have similar for blr?
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North Bangalore Metro coverage
idontspam - 12 March, 2010 - 03:16
For example, as Sri pointed out, what about the ring road stretch btw sarjapur road and Marathahalli?
Most of North Bangalore is also not covered. One has to go to Yeswantpur or Malleshwaram for any train. This is where the circular railway would have helped connect Yeswantpur & Byapanahalli without having to build newly. I see SWR creating a decent entrance to Hebbal station on the ring road side. Hope its a sign of things to come. But frequency and rolling stock will still be dissapointing.
vinod_shankar - 11 March, 2010 - 17:26
@srinidhi : Your map is fairly accurate enough...A good one is available on BMLTA 's website based on CTTP
http://map.bmlta.org/map.html
The BMLTA map extends the lines all the way from suranjan das road-Airport junction till whitefield and looping back to ITPL.
And also the Kathriguppe line, cuts/joins the phase-1 E-W line at Deepanjali Nagar making the entire line almost a circle.
vinod
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