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Written By idontspam - 11 February, 2009

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There is a proposal for runing Mono Rail in Bangalore by SCOMI-Geodesic consortium which is proposed to be awarded using the swiss-challenge method. As per initial high level information sent to Praja the consortium is proposing to build monorail along the three corridors.

 A total of 54 stations have been proposed. The Red Line will have twenty nine stations. Seventeen stations have been proposed on the Green Line. Eleven stations have been proposed on the Blue Line. All the stations would be elevated stations. The stations near Sujatha Talkies Rajajinagar and at Hudson Circle will serve as interchange stations between the Red and Green Lines. The station near St. John’s Hospital will serve as an interchange station between the Green & Blue Lines.

Three depots are envisaged for the three corridors. To have connectivity with other modes of transport and to ensure an integrated system with other modes, ancillary structures like structural steel Linkways, Skywalks, are planned

Scomi Geodesic monorail proposal

See attachment for the route map and station list

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Some questions I have

idontspam - 11 February, 2009 - 21:02

  1. What is the traffic on the routes proposed?
  2. What methodology was used to collect those numbers?
  3. What is the traffic forecast for the same places 20 years hence?
  4. Will this system serve that traffic 20 years hence?
  5. How did they arrive at the forecast?
  6. What are the dimensions of the mono car that will be deployed?
  7. How many cars can they practically add to make a train and still fit on their platforms (theoritically you can keep adding)?
  8. What is the proposed frequency?
  9. What is the frequency with which they are running in other countries?
  10. How many people sitting and standing can each car take?
  11. What is the comparision with a Metro rolling stock in terms of dimensions and capacity?
  12. Why wouldnt metro or tram-train be suitable on the same route
  13. What is the cost per km proposed for Bangalore and compare with metro?
  14. What is GoK contribution?
  15. What will be the ticket cost?
  16. What are the construction timelines?

Mono as Metro Feeder

srinidhi - 12 February, 2009 - 00:51

As we understand and as the document from Scomi/Geodesic depicts, the purpose of the monorail is to act as a feeder to the metro..

It would be interesting to superimpose the metro route over this map and really see the touch points..

What can be gathered from the above diagram is that it tocuches at the following points:
- Trinity circle
- MG road
- KR road(near jain college VV Puram)
- Rajajinagar ind. town (magadi road)
- Yeshvantpur

On the out set the plan looks a little skewed..I am sure Scomi would have done lot of ground work before putting this in..however need to understand more on the capacity planning etc..

Still would say its a good dream to start..but..but very worried about all those grown up old trees on most of these routes...which may have to be eventually chopped!

this is fantastic

ilikebangalore - 12 February, 2009 - 02:30

This is really fantastic news...I moved to Bangalore city few years back having lived overseas and do respect and understand the value of public transport. I have lived in KL and Seattle where they use monorail..monorail is fast, noiseless and the best is we do not have to stress out driving or getting stuck in traffic jams....Go for it Bangalore....

Very good project

mcadambi - 12 February, 2009 - 06:02

This project proposal is very good. IMO, Mono rail can be implemented faster than Metro. Apart from the fact that Namma Metro is a Govt Run project, with all it's delays and lethargic management, Mono rail would go into core parts of Bengaluru untouched by Metro.

In a city like Bengaluru where there is support for public transport, people would naturally give up their private vehicles if there is good, clean and adequate public transport.

I wish the promoters of this project would speed up it's implementation. 

Routes are well planned

deccanpride - 17 February, 2009 - 07:00

@srinidhi Looking at the above mentioned routes, it looks like its covering all those places which has not been covered by proposed Metro route. If everything goes according to plan it will be an achievement for the the bangloreans and will be complementary mode of transport alongwith the metro route. Undoubtedly, Monorail is a much needed transport system in the city, please let us know when the project is starting.

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