Monorail or Metro ph III?

srinidhi - 12-FEB-2014

BMRCL is buoyed by the approvals they have received for ph II implementation that they have gove ahead to plan for ph III by initiating the study with RITES.

And the other very interesting development that has happened in the last few days is the Mumbai monorail going live..here is a picutre of the train inside:

Light Rail at grade..too bold?

srinidhi - 28-JAN-2013

As we have seen there seems to be some activity around building light rail as a feeder to metro(Bannerghatta rd - Hebbal). For some historic reasons The Bangalore Airport Rail Link (BARL) Ltd is actually working on the DPR for it.

Monorail updates

n - 16-NOV-2010

Monorail RFP and replies to queries to RFP attached (also at http://www.idd.kar.nic.in/monorail.html, http://www.idd.kar.nic.in/docs/RFP_Tech_Cons_Monorail.pdf, http://www.idd

Monorail - Can routes be improved ?

Naveen - 6-OCT-2010

Bengaluru Train Network Map

idontspam - 19-AUG-2010

Following map shows all the under construction and proposed train routes for Bengaluru. Commuter rail network is shown in Orange and the Monorail alignment approved this week under swiss challenge is shown in Dark Green. Click to expand the map in Flickr 

A new DPR for monorail - when?

n - 26-FEB-2010

Refer to the proceeds of this BMLTA meeting. Go to section 6/7 - there is no mention of Scomi/Geodesic. Why would IDD again prepare the DPR if Geodesic already submitted one? Different alignment?

See meeting notes in full here:

Is Monorail still on for Bangalore ?

Naveen - 25-JAN-2010

This report in DH states that the Scomi Engineering /Geodesic Techiques tie up is pitching for Bangalore Monorail on BOT basis (build, own, transfer), whose first phase of execution will see $2.4 billion investment.

Mono Rail for city transport

Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 2-SEP-2009

Source: Dec.Chronicle todate

Gist:

Futuristic Mono Rail on 30 km ORR between JP Nagar & Hebbal Flyover - Project Report in two months - Bangalore Airport Rail Link Authority - Comprehensive Transport and Traffic Plan (CTTP) - Rs.44,000 crore estimate

ABIDE - Please put few more proposals in front of Government

Vasanth - 14-MAR-2009

I request ABIDe Members like professor Ashwin Mahesh who has been constantly interacting with us to take few more things with the Government.

1. Public Transport on NICE Peripheral road. 

Monorail's Ups & downs

Naveen - 6-MAR-2009

Monorails or for that matter most of the mass-transits have not been churning out profits. Japan is the only unique exception due to their much higher standards of living & people's higher affordability levels to pay fares. Thus monorails have been profitable there. In fact, monorail makers have been forced to cut manufacturing costs for systems & are offering to install & run their systems as there had been no takers. Some examples :