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Trains to terminate / originate from Cantonment Station mcadambi - 12-AUG-2008
Trains to either terminate and/or originate from Bangalore Cantonment http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Aug122008/city2008081284140.asp |
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Kengeri to Whitefield Shuttle Train Vasanth - 8-JUL-2008
I was just seeing the frequency of trains from Mysore towards Bangalore as well as towards Whitefield from Bangalore station during morning hours. There seems to be very little traffic of trains. First train from Mysore towards Bangalore reaches Kengeri at 9:00 AM. Upto 9 AM track is completely free from Kengeri to Bangalore. |
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Urban Rail - The Chennai Experience Naveen - 1-APR-2008
Sometime back, I remember reading a report in a magazine (published from either HongKong or Singapore) about the Chennai Suburban Rail (CRS) & the newer MRTS. This report, I think was actually based on a study for economic assistance for expansion of the Chennai MRTS (Phases 2 & 3). |
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tsubba - 24-MAR-2008
Yeah, a commuter Rail Service For Bangalore. There are tracks, but no Will. One look at city's rail map (click to see bigger image on flickr), and you know it has to happen, some day soon.
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South Western Railway - please wake up and listen to us! admin123 - 24-MAR-2008
Thank you Business-standard for striking the right notes (See "Karnataka ignores ..."). So many of us see the potential of SW Railway's assets around our city and wish they woke up and listened to us.
"... experts feel that the Indian Railways’ network in and around the city can be utilised to ferry passengers at a fraction of the cost ..." The point in the article that disappoints us most is:
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CRS Bangalore: A project that never gets the green tsubba - 27-FEB-2008
The railway budget 08-09 is out. The fares are down. Plea for
Bangalore-Arsikere-Mangalore is left un-answered, but we have been
blessed with a handful of other trains instead. Also featured in the
new budget are more half hearted promises on the same old projects that
have been on simmer since more than a decade now (be done with the
Gulbarga Bidar line already). As far as Bangalore, in and by itself is
concerned, the CRS finds no mention in the 08-09 budget. With this two
years would have passed in the Comprehensive Traffic and Transport
Plan's Phase I(07-12) with no action on the 204 km CRS project. |
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Commuter Rail can make our city better sivanandas - 14-DEC-2007
CTTP has all the details for improving transport facilities in Bengaluru through various options. While the Metro / Mono take their own sweet time for completion, making use of the existing railway network on a limited scale on a few routes can be an immediate solution. I understand that the railway lines cover only a certain portion of the city, and local train transport with feeder bus services will have a great impact for that portions. The Kengeri-Whitefield route can be a pilot route as it is already an electrified double track. With the BMTC & private industrial managements, including software tech parks providing feeder services from their respective places to the nearest terminals, this can be a very effective solution in the immediate future. Our daily traffic situation is only growing worser day-by-day and i believe if this is implemented in a small way, our city can become better. |
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admin123 - 15-NOV-2007
7.5 COMMUTER RAIL SYSTEM (CRS) |
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Table 1 Proposed Mass Transport Corridors admin123 - 14-NOV-2007
Table 1 Proposed Mass Transport Corridors |
