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Written By Sanjeev - 13 July, 2011

Bangalore Transportation public transport Commuter rail Commuter rail

State government, South Western Railway to share cost of commuter rail service.

Commuters in Bangalore city will soon be able to heave a sigh of relief if the plan of the state government and Railways is implemented. It could save commuters from the stress of travelling on the congested roads during peak hours. The denizens of the city would be able to travel on the commuter rail system in the next six months.

The state government had suggested six routes, while the Bangalore Division of the South Western Railway has agreed to operate on four routes for operating commuter rail services immediately. The routes are: Yelahanka-Baiyyappanahalli-Hosur; Chikkaballapur-Nelamangala; Nayandahalli-Mandya; Baiyyappanahalli-Whitefield-Bangarpet.

The process of procurement of rakes, either through railway coach factories or through BEML will be decided soon, Khatri said. The state government is also ready to bear the cost of building some pit lines for servicing the rakes which would need an investment of Rs 5 crore, he said.

The benefits of the Commuter Rail Service are multi-fold. With four routes connecting four growth centres, millions of people can be covered. It would decongest the city, increase efficiency in commute times and help significantly lower capital expenditure on transport infrastructure and help lower the burden on middle classes while travelling to the city from far-off places for work.

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/city-to-get-commuter-rail-services-soon/442602/

The four routes proposed by SWR should help in large extent the city commuter and METRO .

Its very surprising to see that Dodballapur, Tumkur are left out in this which are having major industrial areas.  Its surprising why Tumkur is not included even though it has double track and intercity trains are over crowded in this segment. Similarly, Dodballapur is not having many trains except two services and others are all intercity trains.

Also next six months may be for the rakes to procurre from state govt.  Its good to see that Pit lines are funded by State govt. Positive step towards commuter rail, but long way to go.

 

 

COMMENTS

Routes for NR

devadas jeppu - 16 July, 2011 - 15:42

Though GoK & SWR have suggested routes, we the citizens/commuters hv a say in finalizing the route. Let us put forward the routes needed, first amongst ourselves, then consolidate sitting with Railways based on -rake avlblty -time slots & any other parameters

Will 2 Rakes sufficient to serve 4 routes?

kbsyed61 - 24 July, 2011 - 01:42

As everybody else I am also eagerly waiting for the official launch of the Namma Railu. Also July 19th has passed and still to see any official word from SWR or GOK.

As IDS righly questined the logic of 2 rakes to serve on 4 routes, it is evident 2 rakes can not serve on all 4 routes during rush hours in morning and evening. Isn't it a good idea to start with one route?

Let us take the Yelahanka - Hosur route. It takes about 1hr 30 minutes to cover this route.

With 2 rakes, let us see how it spans out on this route. A simple timing schedule in morning would like this:

  From To Rake YEL HSR Rake#1 6:30am 8:00am Rake#2 8:15am 9:45am Rake#1 10:00am 11:30am         From To Rake HSR YEL Rake#2 6:30am 8:00am Rake#1 8:15am 9:45am Rake#2 10:00am 11:30am

It is clear that 2 rakes are not sufficient to CR services even on this one route. Needless to say about serving on other routes as well.

 

No official word yet on the

idontspam - 24 July, 2011 - 02:51

No official word yet on the timetable so dont know what is finally agreed between GoK & SWR. How come the reporters havent gone chasing for a followup soundbite?

Further update on actions taken.

amnbhushan - 27 July, 2011 - 10:58

All,

In oredr to keep the heat on CRS, I have sent letters to BLR MLAs ( 17 of them),

requesting them to write to the govt to expedite this process.

Secondly, I have raised a grievance request on govt india grievance portal to the SWR.

I have noticed that SWR sends written responses to all the querries/complaints.

I suggest that as many possible, pls put a grievance on the portal. The URL is given below. Track your greivance number and use it future reference.

http://pgportal.gov.in/Grievance.aspx

Thirdly, I am planning to put a RTI request to both DULT and SWR in this regard.

Thanks,

Bhushan.

what about yeswantpur-hosur?

idontspam - 14 July, 2011 - 08:53

what about yeswantpur-hosur? will remain the single trip that is going now? will that be rolled under the same services? How many trips on all these? will they make it with just 2 rakes?

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