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Written By srinidhi - 7 October, 2015
Bangalore Analysis Integration metro Metro Rail ph3 interchanges
BMRCL has already made a mess of commuting in terms of integration with other transport modes especially BMTC. Lately they are also messing up their own interchanges with different phases of metro!
About PH II:
- One glaring mistatke for ph II interchange is with the Nagawara-Bannerughatta rd line with the PH I at MG road..where one line is UG and the other is elevated and about few hundred meters away.
- The other one is the moving of the Narayanapura and KR puram station (whitefiled extention) into just one station inbetween..this will be in the middle of nowhere..with neither the bus stands nor the train station integrating
- Integrating the TTMC at Kengeri
About PH III
The important line planned for PH 3 is the CSB(hosur rd) - Hebbal via ring road. This road will need to inegrate with the Purple line connecting Whitefiled at KR puram. Is BMRCL planning anythig at all for the interchange?
There is also an integration of the Nagawara line (PH 2) at ORR, it there anything planned?
There are a good lot of questiions that the smart brains at BMRC might not have thought of!
Its high time they get on it!
COMMENTS
BMRCL once again proving that they can mess it
Sanjeev - 20 May, 2016 - 14:44
Mejestic Interchange is such poor state for integration, either proper foot paths outs side metro, or safe connectivity to existing Skywalk of BMTC
Even same with Gnanabharathi station
Sanjeev - 10 October, 2015 - 03:26
Even Gnana Bharathi station ( Bangalore university ) of METRO is not integrated with Railway station. This place has all FIVE public mode of transport which need to be integrated.
1. BMTC and KSRTC buses playing on mysore road and inside Bangalore University campus
2. Railway Station
3. METRO Station
4. Auto and Cabs
5. Pedestrain facility with Foot Over bridge
vatsan007 - 13 October, 2015 - 06:38
I'm not surprised at this as this is the same state in Phase 1 as well. Taking a look at the following:
* Banashankari Metro Station -- It is diagnally opposite and close to BSK TTMC. Yet, there is no foot-over-bridge to cross-over to TTMC from Metro Station.
* Vijayanagar TTMC and Metro Station --> It is more than half a kilometre between the two.
* As already pointed out no foot-over bridge between Yeshwantpur Metro and Railway Stations.
These are examples of both modes of public transport going on parallel tracks without feeding each other.
Can we get how the interchange planned at
Sanjeev - 28 October, 2015 - 11:01
At KR Puram Station, Bangalore University, Kengeri, Mejestic and City Railway Sttaion on Magadi Road, Bangalore Cantonment, MG ROad - Brigade Road.
These above stations, how BMRCL has planned for multimodal integration, lets try to get the details from METRO to ensire things r done in citizens interest
No Integration of BMTC at Byappanahalli Metro Station
Vasanth - 16 November, 2015 - 06:56
There is no integration of BMTC with BMRCL in front of Byappanahalli Metro Station itself. Metro is getting inagurated with lot of fanfare.Fanfare is left only for appreciating its beauty with people taking selfies and snaps in Metro and Metro station, not essentially remaining as a tool of commute.
Bal Bhavan train costs Rs.15 for 1 round, whereas in Metro you can reach Byappanahalli. So people are using it for joy ride and not commute.
With E-W corridor getting opened shortly, with Nayandanahalli - Magadi road opening today, what people need is linking buses from Byappanahalli, mainly for the IT corridor whitefield and Outer Ring road.
I opened a complaint in I change my city with BMTC for this.Personnel from Janagraha had called me today. She said that I have to goto Bus Depot and give a written complaint against this. This looks crazy to me. In what era are we living?
BMRCL is not thinking about interconnectivity. They have to work with organizations like DULT or an independent organization has to work for effective connectivity.
E-W line will not serve IT corridor which is the most important to reduce the Bangalore traffic.
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