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First MEMU Maintenance shed at Bangalore Railway Division, step towards Suburban Rail Services.
Written By Sanjeev - 18 January, 2014
Bangalore Commuter rail Commuter rail Suburban Rail
Proposed construction of maintenance shed for MEMUs at Banaswadi with provision of pit line (Inspection Bay)shed, CC Apron, shunting neck and other miscellaneous works.
Amount: 8.35 crores Period : 6 Months
Other work at Bangalore :
Construction of formation for stabling line / shunting neck at SBC Yard under ADEN/C/SBC jurisdiction.
Tender work cost : Rs 2.92 Crore, 4 months duration
http://www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in/swr/notice/1387885697347_BACiv29_SBC_1326.pdf
COMMENTS
Electric Train to Mysore - Will it not happen due to BESCOM-SWR
Vasanth - 23 November, 2015 - 06:12
With this ping-pong between Bescom and SWR, will Mysuru not see Electric Train in 2016?
Sanjeev - 19 July, 2014 - 01:07
Looking at the time frame for completion, its 9 months after tender awareded. That means, this will be ready by next June'2015.
Other day sat, Maintenance shed is beeing constructed and already structure is coming up just adjacent to Banaswadi Flyover
With Binny Mill Land of 3.3 Acers, Yelahanka & Byappanahalli sta
Sanjeev - 18 January, 2014 - 08:10
Land Swap to Help Boost Capacity of City Railway Station
The Bangalore City Railway Station will be able to house more trains and platforms as expansion work will begin on about 3.3 acres of land given to South Western Railway by the BBMP as part of a land swap. The land is part of 16 acres on which the Binny Mills once stood.
Information about the expansion work was provided by Union Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge while he was visiting the Rail Wheel Factory at Yelahanka on Monday. Kharge said the expanded premises would help accommodate trains that were currently being halted elsewhere. The station would also get new platforms that would increase its capacity by over 50 per cent.
Kharge also asked officials to augment capacity at the Yelahanka railway station in order to make it capable of housing more trains. “There is a plan to develop four to five platforms at Yelahanka at a cost of `18-20 crore. The station is currently chockfull,” he said. He also announced plans for a maintenance and storage depot at the Banaswadi railway station for electric multiple unit (EMU) trains going towards Chennai on an electric line. The supplementary budget presented by Kharge also included plans for converting the Byappanahalli station into a terminal and a junction in order to relieve pressure off the crowded City and Yeshwantpur stations.
So much developments happening at
1. Bangalore city station expansion with Rs 20 Crore & 3.3 Acer Land
2. Pit lines are made operational Byappanahalli Yard & Station expansion
3. MEMU maintenance shed at Banaswadi,
4. Yelahanka station getting terminal capacity
SWR should revamp the Bangalore city station instead of doing incremental works. It may need funds of One METRO station Rs 100 Crore.
Will our Bangalore MP's, Railway Minister Kharge take this bold step and push for revamping Bangalore city station with Suburban Rail Project ???
Clear suburban rail service for B'lore, Kumar tells Centre
Sanjeev - 25 January, 2014 - 06:54
Bangalore: BJP General Secretary and Lok Sabha member Ananth Kumar on Friday asked the Union Government to clear Karnataka government's proposal for implementing suburban rail service project for Bangalore.
Expressing surprise over a reported statement of Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge on the "lack of a concrete" proposal from the state government on the project, Kumar said the previous (BJP) government had "relentlessly" pursued the issue with the Centre.
In a letter to Kharge, Kumar, Bangalore South MP, noted that Karnataka was the first state to take steps for speedy implementation of railway projects by contributing 50 per cent of the cost.
Pointing out that Rs 1,021 crore had been released for the railway projects as the state's share, he requested the Ministry of Railways to participate and collaborate with Karnataka government in the successful implementation of the suburban rail service project.
Kumar said Bangalore attracts lakhs of people from all over the country apart from which citizens commute on a daily basis between different corners in Bangalore and therefore it was but necessary to introduce suburban rail system on the lines of the existing service in Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Kolkata.
kishorechan - 21 November, 2015 - 07:36
If they can't run from Nayandahalli, can't the services be started from Vijayanagara Halt station to Malur. It would help the people going upto ITPL and further.
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