Posts : SWR

Hoodi Railway Over Bridge

janiannapurna - 18-APR-2011

Hi All,

There have been proposals for Hoodi Railway Overbridge that I believe is already approved by the government. But I haven't heard anything on when the actual work will start. Had asked the railway crossing operator for the same and he said it will take few months.

City station visit - report

silkboard - 10-MAR-2011

Though it was a bit disappointing to see no-show / last minute drop-out from at least 5 guys, we enjoyed strolling around an almost empty city station on Sunday morning. Sanjeev (our resident Railways expert), Sathya, Srivatsava, Murali sir, dvsquare and myself walked end to end. Took some pics as well, here are some:

Praja meeting @ City Railway station, Sunday Mar 6, 9 AM

manjari - 4-FEB-2011

Here is a a good opportunity to put faces to the names we read, a Praja.in meeting after a long long time! This is not only a chance to understand the operations of the City Station but also an event/place where everyone from Praja could meet.

Agenda:

CRS meeting with RS DyChmn Rahman Khan on 29th Jan

idontspam - 30-JAN-2011

Myself, Naveen & Sanjeev met with Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Shri Rahman Khan. The meeting was arranged by Shri Maqbool Siraj via Syed. He grasped the concept & subject very well since he has been talking about similar initiatives for a long time. He also understood the need very well and we didn't have to convince him on the concept at all.

Amenities at City stations - What is wrong with SWR?

GNT - 30-JAN-2011

I am not an expert in the Indian Railways. Therefore, if my rant is in the wrong direction, I would really appreciate if someone can put me in my place.

Tumkur MP demanding hourly train to Bangalore!

Sanjeev - 18-JAN-2011

In a memorandum to Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, Mr. Basavaraj demanded that  .... He sought allocation of more funds to take up electrification of a track between Yeshwanthapur and Tumkur. ... In the memorandum, he sought trains between Tumkur and Bangalore city every hour and between Tiptur and Tumkur.

Memo to Minister of State for railways

idontspam - 18-DEC-2010

Sanjeev, Ritesh & myself went to the office of the Minister of State for Railways, Shri KH Muniyappa and submitted a memorandum to the Officer on Special Duty there. Have scheduled a meeting with the minister on 27th of the month after he is free from campaigning for the local elections that are on. See acknowledged memorandum below.

Bangalore to Whitefield on Pushpulls

shyamm - 27-NOV-2010

Though my office is in Electronic City, for a new project I had to visit our company's branch office in GRTechPark, Whitefield  for 3 days. This building is next to ITPL.  I had to take public transport on all 3 days  to reach the office  in the afternoons while the drop back home would be provided on the company cab as it would be late in the night.

Planning to Meet with DRM / SWR & With Minister Ashok

Sanjeev - 19-NOV-2010

I had met  DRM for 15 Minites at his office  last week on 12th Nov to get the update on the Commuter Rail.  He is very positive on the issue.

SWR Plans improvements to Bengaluru City Railway Station

kbsyed61 - 24-OCT-2010

The Hindu carried a news item on newly renovated UN-RESERVED ticket counters at the city railway station. Along with that it also carried a news about SWR plan to improve the station facilities.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Bangalore/article843393.ece