Posts : Commuter rail

Suburban Rail - Plan for capacities lasting 50 years, says Abhijit Mehta!

kbsyed61 - 26-AUG-2013

Abhijit Mehta, an Urban Transport expert who has extensive familiarity with urban transport landscape in Mumbai including famous MRVC advises Bangalore Suburban Rail proposal to account for capacities that will serve for next 50 Years. Here are his words,

"...Good Morning Mr ........

Halt massive Bangalore Metro investments, give satellite town connectivity its due first

silkboard - 19-AUG-2013

Have been reading up on Metro's Phase 2A and Phase 3 plans and few thoughts cross my mind.

Request for integrating YPR-ANEKL Passengers with Namma Metro at Baiyyappanahalli

ramesh_mbabu - 13-AUG-2013

The following trains run on this route

Suburban Rail - Notes from Meeting with Railway Minister, Aug 10, 2013

kbsyed61 - 11-AUG-2013

Posting on Behalf of Mr. Sudrashan Mantri, President, Professional Cell-KPCC

(Posted on Facebook)

List of ROB's and RUB's within BBMP limits

Sanjeev - 25-JUL-2013

List of major RUB's and ROB's  within BBMP limit : Total 141 identified by RITES 2012 report as part of Commuter Rail..  Out of that how many will come under BBMP limits ???  Also Volume of Traffic more then 50000 TVU's  are level crossing  : 55 Nos.

Implementing Suburban Rail - SPV Model!

kbsyed61 - 24-JUL-2013

Last Friday, News9 / TV9's aired a live 'Panel Discussion on Namma Railu' with Dr. Sitharam (CiSTUP), Smt. Sumithra Iyengar (BCIC), our friend Mr. Muralidhar Rao (Preseident - Praja-RAAG) and myself as a blogger on Namma Railu.

State Govt to develop towns around Bengaluru- Better late than never!

kbsyed61 - 23-JUL-2013

If news paper reports is to be believed, state government is slowly realizing that, it is in the public interest that towns around Bengaluru are developed.

Source - Deccan Herald

TV 9 / NEWS 9 - Panel Discussion on 'Bengaluru Suburban Rail Service' aka Namma Railu !

kbsyed61 - 19-JUL-2013

Video recording of the panel discussion hosted by TV 9 / News 9 on the subject of impelmenting 'Suburban Rail Service' in Bengaluru.

Courtesy - TV 9 / News 9

 

Report of the Expert Group for Modernizaion of Indian Railways

Sanjeev - 18-JUL-2013

3.4 Upgraded suburban coaches

6.6 Monetize Airspace above the platforms & rail tracks: a pilot project could be immediately

Bengaluru Suburban Rail - Just a Few Miles more to start,says Citizen Matters

kbsyed61 - 15-JUL-2013

"...Reaching Tumkur, Ramanagar and other peripheral cities will be easy in future, when the Commuter Rail system becomes a reality. The project is expected to disperse the traffic inside the city as well as connect Bangalore with suburbs..."