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Metro: Teething Troubles

tsubba - 18-OCT-2007

NGEF Land Acquisition Troubles. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation's (BMRC) plans to take up construction of a metro terminal and a depot has been delayed as it has not been able to take over 30 acres of land belonging to the NGEF due to litigation.

Seoul's Metro Netowrk (seoul-network-2.jpg)

Vasanth - 13-OCT-2007

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Seoul's Metro Netowrk

Vasanth - 13-OCT-2007

Seoul's Metro Network - Something BMRC or even BMTC should look into to structure its model. Please check the link http://www.smrt.co.kr/english_smrt/cyberstation_smrt/cyberstation.jsp. There are 8 lines and the route for travelling between point A to point B can be searched on the website based on shortest distance or minimum transfers.

Seoul's Metro Network

Vasanth - 13-OCT-2007

Seoul's Metro Network covers all the places in the city with 8 lines. It covvers almost all the parts of the city. On the seoul's transit official website to travel from point 'A' to point 'B', we can search the route based on minimum transfer or shortest distance which is a very excellent feature.

Should MG Road area be pedestrianized?

tsubba - 9-OCT-2007

A peak into what the some of the authorities think about an issue that we have been discussing here at praja. We have been discussing a hypothetical test case to see how metro would work - say you come to MG road by metro then how do you move around the area then. say to commercial street, magrath road etc etc... So I thought it was exciting that some officials were discussing the same problem and with the same area as a test case.

Bangalore Metro Stations - Artist's Impressions

tsubba - 7-OCT-2007

We now have renders for all the stations on Stretch I, Phase I of Bangalore metro- MG Road, Trinity Circle, Halsoor, CMH Road and Old Madras Road. Only the terminal at Byapanahalli and oh, I forgot the new station KR Puram remain. :)

Now a Majestic-Kanakapura Rd 18 km Mono

tsubba - 5-OCT-2007

The state cabinet, which met here today, decided to invite brand new tenders for the proposed monorail project in Bangalore. Asian Infrastructure Consortium (AIC), a private company, is in the process of preparing the detailed project report (DPR) for the monorail. Initially, the mono rail will run on a trial basis (18 kilometres) connecting the commercial hub of the city - Majestic to Kanakapura Road on Bangalore's southern tip. Source: Business Standard

Bangalore Metro Phase 1 Extensions

tsubba - 1-OCT-2007

The TOI is reporting that BMRC has decided to add another 8 kms to the existing 33 kms of phase 1 of Bangalore Metro.

cess for raising funds

blrsri - 24-SEP-2007

There is a talk of metro becoming too difficult to implment as its expensive.. where properties need to be acquired.. I was reading about the elrts cess that was being colleced in the 90's to the early 00'. It comes up to a whooping 700 crores..its with the bmrcl now..

Questions about MRTS Bangalore

Naveen - 21-SEP-2007

Hi! My letter to be sent to BMRCL is as follows - please review & advise your comments, thanks.
Pertaining to the Metro & Mono-Rail for Bangalore, I request you to please advise me on the following queries that I have under the RTI Act.