Commuter Rail can make our city better
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Written By sivanandas - 14 December, 2007
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CTTP has all the details for improving transport facilities in Bengaluru through various options. While the Metro / Mono take their own sweet time for completion, making use of the existing railway network on a limited scale on a few routes can be an immediate solution. I understand that the railway lines cover only a certain portion of the city, and local train transport with feeder bus services will have a great impact for that portions. The Kengeri-Whitefield route can be a pilot route as it is already an electrified double track. With the BMTC & private industrial managements, including software tech parks providing feeder services from their respective places to the nearest terminals, this can be a very effective solution in the immediate future. Our daily traffic situation is only growing worser day-by-day and i believe if this is implemented in a small way, our city can become better.
Subba,
as per the railway map of BLR, there are stations at Bidadi, Hejjala, Kengeri, Jnanabharati, & nayandahalli. i have witnessed a few months ago a double track being laid near jnanabharati & going towards kengeri.
CTTP sources say that electrification is ready from mysore rd jn. stn towards city, but i'm not sure.
Sadly, electrification is available only towards chennai. From byappanahalli towards yelahanka/devanahalli there is only a single track and not electrified.
i suppose the high speed rail corridor planned will see light only at time of my GGchildren ;-) why not use the existing rail line better.
btw I suspect SWR not responding enthusiastically, they seem to kind of disinterested in developing rail network in k'taka.
We need to protest this attitude of SWR authorities.
ps: i base my view on SWR on many facts:
i) Broad guage conversions taking ages to complete.
kottur-harihar,chamarajnagar.. many are languishing
ii) they reluctantly start mangalore service on a circuitous route.
there are nearly 10 trains to chennai & the important port city of
Mangalore is denied the special treatment.
iii) Hardly any new rail lines sanctioned and marginal allocation in budget.
While there are a lot many issues needing action for improving traffic, i would like to focus on the railways. In a meeting with Janaagraha, i was also apprised of their efforts on the progress being made for hi-speed rail connectivity to BIAL, and their concerns on the growing rail traffic in the heart of the city which may call for more infrastructure development.
Undoubtedly, various vested interests participating from various corners influence in doing / not-doing projects, or not completing on time. I believe that a focused approach on a particular solution should be taken to deliver OR a body is constituted with full powers to continuously monitor & deliver.
Simple solutions instead of fancy stuff will do magic to the existing situation. Looking for some solution coming up in 5-10 yrs time will only worsen the everyday situation.
Hi TS,
Upto Kengeri in the Bangalore-Mysore route is doubled and there is no waiting for the crossing from past 8 months. One track is electrified and the newly laid track is getting electrified. Upto Bidadi, doubling work is almost complete. There are some points near Kengeri where it is pending. Track is electrified only upto Kengeri. Goods train coming from Chennai with Electric Engine and going towards Mysore goes upto Kengeri with the Electric Engine where the engine is changed to Diesel.
sivanand,
are there any stations on the south side other than gyanabharati which can take some pressure off SBC?
that brings me to another question. how are the electrified tracks between kengeri and SBC being used right now? are they idle?
another question, how about the line to devanahalli is it double and electrified too?
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