Tumkur-Chitradurga-Davangere new line

santoshfs - 22-DEC-2009

Friends, We have got a railway line, from Bangalore to Mumbai via Tumkur, Arasikere, Davangere and Hubli and onwards.

Railway line connecting Shimoga - Harihar and Anekal Road - Bidadi

reevs - 22-DEC-2009

Tender for Survey work - Shimoga - Harihar and Anekal Road - Bidadi are floating now.

Using the present Indian railways as Commuter rail in Bangalore

vinod_shankar - 18-DEC-2009

For the past month or so, i have been regularly using the IR trains running between cantonment station and whitefield station to commute to my office near Whitefield.  I am travelling by train only in the mornings, as the frequency is decent. Its a struggle to find trains in the evenings.  I find the trains reliable and on schedule  most of the time.

SWR and Local Trains

rs - 10-NOV-2009

Hi

It seems like finally things are moving in the direction of using the existing railway tracks around Bangalore. The SWR seems to have a proposal to introduce a commuter rail system, once their electricification of the tracks is completed. This could be a really great thing. I hope it goes through

Imagine Sarjapur suburb area, with Commuter Rail

silkboard - 26-OCT-2009

To continue the dream series, and realization around commuter rail (CRS) possibilities, how do you imagine the suburban area around Sarjapur Road if CRS were to be around? Yes, water problem is another thing, but on transportation front:

The station

Where is the Rail station? Well, something already exists.

Expressway or High speed Rail corridors

pravn1984 - 5-OCT-2009

I came across this  draft report about the proposed plan for creating expressway in india. www.morth.nic.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/DFR_Expressway9202196751.pdf

Need commuter rail service - Tumkur

pachhi2000 - 21-SEP-2009

Dear all, i am basically tumkur city resident, but working in bangalore in private sector. like me thousands people are working in bangalore who are depends on train and buses for travel regulary.

in these days, tumkur is also developing like any thing as people are preferring that to save some money in their regular earnings.

Again - HSRL Or Metro ?

Naveen - 3-AUG-2009

This report from TOI states that BMRC may build a Metro route to BIAL instead of HSRL due to ongoing recession & lack of interset by private parties - the old debate has res

Railway Profits: Which figure is correct?

E.R. Ramachandran - 28-JUL-2009

While presenting the Rail Budget, the new Raiway Minister Ms. Mamata Bannerjee informed the year-end surplus for the year 2007-2008 was RS. 8000 Crores whereas Mr.

Commuter rail plans going nowhere?

vaishvittal - 22-JUL-2009

Will the Railways or the state government take up the task of providing Bangalore with a commuter rail system? A status check.

Read the article on Citizen Matters

http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/view/1224-bengaluru-commuter-rail-plans

Excerpts from the article