First woman to drive the MMTS on Women's Day

Sanjeev - 8-MAR-2012

On Women’s Day, the South Central Railway has decided to harness woman power to drive a train. S Satyavathi will become the first independent woman loco pilot, when she runs out the Falaknuma-Lingampalli Mathrubhoomi Ladies Special MMTS on Thursday. Satyavathi, who joined the Railways as assistant loco pilot in 1999 at Bengaluru, was later transferred to the Secunderabad division.

Malur needs Commuter Rail badly

Sanjeev - 6-MAR-2012

Malur example shows how commuter rail will help the people

CRS will be a boon for IT professionals

Sanjeev - 29-JAN-2012

Rithesh Swamy lives near the Yelahanka Railway Station. Yet, his travel to ITPL is cumbersome as there are no connecting trains till ITPL from Yelahanka during peak office hours. The KR Puram, Hebbal and Marathahalli junctions are chock-a-block with vehicles in peak hours. A well-networked commuter rail will provide some respite, say passengers.

ROB for ORR near Tumkur Road between Yesvantpur to Chikbanavar

Sanjeev - 19-JAN-2012

Finally SWR has called tender for ROB at MES road connecting to Tumkur road on ORR which was real pain for road users.

Tender value worth Rs 20.22 Crore , to be completed in 24 months. As their are two rail gates, it was nighmare for road travell.

Yesvantpur - Yelahanka Doubling held up due Land not provided by GoK

Sanjeev - 16-JAN-2012

Here you can see the reply to RTI application on 

1. Yesvantpur to Yelahanaka ( 12 Kms ) is penidng due to Land not provided by GoK.

2. Yelahanka - Channasandra ( 12.9Kms ) tenders finalised but work not yet started.

3. Kolar - Chikballapur ( 96.5 Kms ) expetected to be completed in 2011-12.

Commuter Rail Project Reply from RITES

Sanjeev - 7-JAN-2012

Here RITES confirming on the Commuter Rail project for Bangalore doing the detailed report.

But  reply from RITES says only as per the scope of work assigned to them for Cmmuter Rail.

"Local Trains" will reduce traffic on road and commute time

prabhudevbm - 25-NOV-2011

Dear Respected All,

Weekday Train Trip to Hosur by YH1 - Sept 21, 2011

kbsyed61 - 19-SEP-2011

Namma Railu Team would be taking another trip to HOSUR by YH1train. This is an exercise to gauge the crowd/demand during the weekday/working day. We will go upto Hosur and return by the same train.

WHEN - Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Pls do join this outing. Another opportunity to meet Praja members.

Myself and Sanjeev would be boarding the train at Hebbal.

A quaint and strange station : Byappanahalli railway station

Sanjeev - 16-SEP-2011

Wearing a deserted look, the Byappanahalli railway station is in dismal shape boasting of the apathy and disinterest exhibited on the part of the authority concerned. The comfort of using other hi-tech railways stations of the city with facilities like the digital indicators and computerised systems vanishes, as soon as one comes face-to-face with this desolated base.

City to get commuter rail services soon

Sanjeev - 13-JUL-2011

State government, South Western Railway to share cost of commuter rail service.