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Commuter Rail - Will it ever materialize ? Naveen - 13-FEB-2010
Most of us are aware that the CTTP-2007 report had recommended a Commuter /Sub-urban rail system for the city, totalling 204.0km (this includes city & suburban services upto Tumkur, Hosur & Ramanagaram). A few sub-urban trains are in operation & are being run by Southwestern railways (SWR), but the system is not of much help to urban commuters. |
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Naveen - 11-FEB-2010
These are recent pictures of the MRTS (Commuter /Suburban Rail) at Chennai. New elevated tracks have been added, but these pictures are from an old line on the surface, between Beach & Tambaram. |
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Modernised Hubli Railway Station & Local Train Sanjeev - 5-FEB-2010
DRM of Hubli Division of SWR Mr Adesh Sharma informed that new Building of Hubli station will be ready by this year end. It will have 6 platforms with sub way connecting all platforms with Escalators. Bus shelter will be made at the entrance of Sub Way. .Cost of this upgradation is Rs 12 Crore. |
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Local Train For Twin City Hubli-Dharwad Sanjeev - 13-JAN-2010
As Hubli & Dharwad twin city is developing with lot of efforts on the following front: |
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Transforming Urban Transportation idontspam - 10-JAN-2010
Sharing a video from India Economic Summit. Very interesting to note Om Prakash Agarwals introductory comments where he says - We are very good at putting standalone facilities but never have an integrated plan and connection with other related systems. Bangalore has been reliant on a one dimensional Bus system. This cannot scale. |
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Commuter trains from Yeshwanthpur to Devanahalli and Anekal - soon jaipath - 3-JAN-2010
URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2010/01/03/stories/2010010358960300.htm
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CRS / Local train for Bangalore Vs State Govt & SWR attitude Sanjeev - 2-JAN-2010
This with reference to our Shri K.H. Muniyappa ( Minister of State for Railways ) blaming State Govt for not starting Local Trains within Bangalore city. How is it that he can not speak to CM of Karnataka when CM himself is pursuing so many projects for Rail on cost sharing basis. Our Shri K.H. |
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Commuter rail for Bengaluru - state not interested? silkboard - 1-JAN-2010
First up, happy new year 2010 to all. I thought I should pick out one important piece from Sanjayv's summary post on Railway minister's recent announcements for our state. |
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Updates from the Railway Minister sanjayv - 30-DEC-2009
There was an article in The Hindu today citing an announcement by Shri K. H. Muniyappa, MoS Railways- see link here. |
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Raghu Nandana M - 23-DEC-2009
The new line has been in progress between bangalore and hassan with line completed between shravanabelagola and hassan and banaglore -Nelamangala on the section. The work is in progress for last 10 years.This year as per the pink book |