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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
SWR unknowingly doing work for Commuter Rail / Suburban Rail
Sanjeev - 21 March, 2014 - 19:35
Look at the past one year, things which went for complimenting Commuter Rail Bangalore :
1. Bangalore - Nelamangala train started ( even though its odd time )
2. Bangalore - Tumkur trains started for office travellers
3. Bangalore - Marikuppam MEMU started
4. MEMU Maintenance shed work taken up at the cost of Rs 15 crore
5. RPC Layout halt station operational
6. City Railway station expansion with 3 Acres of Binny Mill Land and Rs 70 Crore funds allocation
7. FOB at Baiyyappanahalli station & integration with METRO station and Whitefiled FOB will be opening shortly
8. Doubling of Yesvantpur - Yelahanka and Yelahanka - Channasandra due in Dec'2014
9. Electrification of Yelahanka - Guntakal line tragetted by Dec'2014
10. Kengeri - Rmanagar Electrification inspection waiting and MEMU train to run once clearnace obtained.
srinidhi - 22 March, 2014 - 03:39
Sure these are some positives..but do you think its counter productive in some ways?
As we know there is no political will at all for commuter rail for blr and SWR is kind of throwing biscuits with these short projects and will surely list this all when talk of commuter rail comes up again..
The questions is if all these moves are in real earnest or otherwise!
MEMU Shed is major step for Commuter rail
Sanjeev - 22 March, 2014 - 05:06
As Srinidhi mentioned, Political will is missing and some of them are small things, but in the absence of political will and SWR reluctance, these things will long way.
Binny Mill land 3.3 Acres handig over to SWR and allocaition of 70 Crore for the expansio of pit lines and MEMU shed at Banaswadi are major steps towards Commuter Rail inlcuding Electrification of Mysore line and Guntakal line.
With this SWR should be able to deploy MEMU's in three directions : Mysore, Banagrapet, Dodballapur.
Vasanth - 23 March, 2014 - 07:18
RITES survey suggested a MEMU shed near Hejjala on the Mysore route. Don't know when this will be implemented.
RPC Layout Halt station complimenting Commuter Rail
Sanjeev - 21 March, 2014 - 19:28
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