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Written By Sanjeev - 24 November, 2011

Bangalore CRS Transportation public transport Namma Railu Commuter rail

 Another route that is largely unheard of is the 67 km Yeshwantpur- Hosur rail route. Starting at the Yeshwantpur station, the passenger train stops at six stations on the way helping commuters skip the maddening traffic in the northern and eastern parts of the city.  Covering Banaswadi, Bellandur Road and Karmelaram, this train is a rather cheap, convenient mode of transport for commuters traversing the length and breadth of the city every day.

http://expressbuzz.com/cities/bangalore/Train-solution-to-traffic-woes/336489.html

Good article on how simple solution for worst traffic is neglected is depicted clearly in the article.  Its again SWr officer sitting in A/C cabin not knowing the ground reality how the YH-1 & YH-2 services  are running with full capacity.

With DPR for Commuter Rail Bangalore  is getting into shape,  things will change once SPV falls in place soon.

Also Bangalore elected representative & public are to blame as if the METRO & BMTC will solve the complet problem issues of BBMP region. 

COMMENTS

from hy2

sanchitnis - 24 November, 2011 - 13:27

Read this and replying while sitting in hy2. It is really convinient traveling 15 km in 15min from belandur to banaswadi if u take last mile connectivity problem as opportunity to exercise. More cleanliness and punctuality will attract more people. Already 7 of my colleagues have become regular commuters. Lets plan for one more meeting on board sometime. Sanjay

A facebook page should be

Hemanth1987 - 25 November, 2011 - 10:19

A facebook page should be created for banglore commuter rail, so that more people will know and many teechies and IRFCAns working in banglore who are already using the existing services will also join hands and help our praja team.

Hosur to Bangalore

abidpqa - 24 November, 2011 - 15:15

These are trains from between Hosur and Bangalore http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/1578. These trains http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/4630 have stops in Carmelram

What do you all think?I

idontspam - 25 November, 2011 - 10:25

What do you all think?

I think its worth a shot, the MLA/MP approach & the steps you have thought through is good. Along with the station do insist on a couple of more trips during peak hour. We can meet on the train sometime in december if many are interested.

Just so you all know DULT/IDD had tried to increase the trips in this segment along with others but SWR came up with a schedule for 2 rakes which was all over the place & filling gaps in their timetable. So we are pinning hopes on the DPR to get an entire system on all segments in place. Since we are not involved in the details we wont know how it turns out until it actually comes out. 

Is DPR work in progress?

kbsyed61 - 24 November, 2011 - 18:07

Sanjeev,

Is DPR work in progress? Any ETA on completion?

-Syed

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