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Do you support commuter rail service (local trains) for Bangalore? idontspam - 6-JUL-2010* Yes * No |
Commuter Rail Map - Need Metro, BMTC and HSRL Connection/Transit Point Information. kbsyed61 - 29-JUN-2010
As IDS and others had mentioned, the Praja Demand Report for 'Namma Railu' (Bengalury Commuter Rail) is in finishing stages of realsing it to the GOK, GOI and Media agnecies. The release is planned for 1st week of July. As a supplementary efforts, a commuter rail map is being developed and is in drafting stage. We are looking for following information:
Don't need to write the big list. Just web links to the pages or the websites would do. Contact me for any question.
Regards, Syed |
Praja Commuter Rail ride in the press idontspam - 2-JUN-2010
That’s what a group of Bangaloreans, most of them IT professionals, discovered as part of an initiative by Praja.in, an internet community that addresses issues affecting the city. Five of its members – Muralidhar Rao, Pranav, Manjari, Naveen and Satya – travelled on local trains within the city to experience firsthand the feasibility of the Commuter Rail System (CRS) Read more at Praja Suburban train ride report covered here by Bangalore Mirror. |
idontspam - 31-MAY-2010
This is a meeting to discuss planning & data collection for the report. Project members mandatory. Others interested welcome. RSVP with comments. When: Saturday June 5th @ 6:30 PM IST Where: TBD (Possibly on Skype also) |
Citizen's Demand Report for Bengaluru CRS kbsyed61 - 27-MAY-2010
Here is the draft version of the planned 'Demand Report' for CRS Bengaluru. This is work in rpogress, I am still working on and need lot of information to go into this document. I will keep updating this document and post it here for your review and comemnts. |
Commuter Rail meetings with Mr Ananth Kumar, Mr V Madhu - report silkboard - 21-MAY-2010
Murali, blrsri, N, IDS and myself were there with Mr Madhu, spent about an hour with him, mostly listening to his thoughts. He seemed like a high energy guy. And as it happens in the most of these meetings, the ball was thrown back in our court. Mr Madhu asked us to return in a couple of weeks with a report carrying all our ideas on CRS and an actionable way. Sanjeev too, from his meeting with Mr Ananth Kumar, got this task of getting back to him with a solid presentation on Commuter Rail for Bangalore. |
Meeting with Mr V Madhu, Infrastructure Development Dept silkboard - 17-MAY-2010
On the subject of commuter rail plans, finally, we have a meeting comfirmed with Mr V Madhu. got this from Mr Madhu's office. Thursday 20th May, 3 PM, Vikasa Soudha.
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Email to Public Relations Office, SWR silkboard - 15-MAY-2010
Sent this email to Public relations officer of South Western Railway. If you too are a believer in potential of Commuter Rail, please join in, and email the PRO. More the better. Here is what I sent, can be used as your template. To, Chief Public Relations Officer, South Western Railway, Hubli Dear Sir, Ever Since RITES CTTP recommended commuter rail service for Bangalore, we have been waiting for action from South Western Railway. Recently, we have been hearing a lot about Circular Railway and Commuter Rail services for Bangalore Metropolitan Area. Could you please clarify if SWR is considering working on either of these projects. Please also clarify on the difference between Circular and Commuter Rail. |
New BDA layouts and Commuter Rail stations - Belandur Road, Karmelaram silkboard - 11-MAY-2010
The case todayLook at the location of the station, and you can see that: |
Report - Bangalore local train ride & meet silkboard - 9-MAY-2010
Ah! Ufff!. What an eye opener. Easily the best Praja meeting of all. I am so lost for words here. So would be IDS, Murali, Naveen and Manjari you bet. Otherwise, we would have logged in our reports yesterday itself. |