Suburban Railways, Transportation

n - 5-SEP-2013

Branching off from the "raging" debates in previous posts as an objective break seems to be required. 

Suburban Rail Portal - Inviting Suggestions!

kbsyed61 - 5-SEP-2013

Dear Prajagale,

I am sure, all of you must have seen an update from our friend Sanjeev on progress of Suburban Rail project. There is a likelihood that we could hear about the introduction of 1 or 2 services rolled out under this project proposal in next 2-3 months.

Suburban Rail - Plan for capacities lasting 50 years, says Abhijit Mehta!

kbsyed61 - 26-AUG-2013

Abhijit Mehta, an Urban Transport expert who has extensive familiarity with urban transport landscape in Mumbai including famous MRVC advises Bangalore Suburban Rail proposal to account for capacities that will serve for next 50 Years. Here are his words,

"...Good Morning Mr ........

Implementing Suburban Rail - SPV Model!

kbsyed61 - 24-JUL-2013

Last Friday, News9 / TV9's aired a live 'Panel Discussion on Namma Railu' with Dr. Sitharam (CiSTUP), Smt. Sumithra Iyengar (BCIC), our friend Mr. Muralidhar Rao (Preseident - Praja-RAAG) and myself as a blogger on Namma Railu.

State Govt to develop towns around Bengaluru- Better late than never!

kbsyed61 - 23-JUL-2013

If news paper reports is to be believed, state government is slowly realizing that, it is in the public interest that towns around Bengaluru are developed.

Source - Deccan Herald

TV 9 / NEWS 9 - Panel Discussion on 'Bengaluru Suburban Rail Service' aka Namma Railu !

kbsyed61 - 19-JUL-2013

Video recording of the panel discussion hosted by TV 9 / News 9 on the subject of impelmenting 'Suburban Rail Service' in Bengaluru.

Courtesy - TV 9 / News 9

Bengaluru Suburban Rail - Just a Few Miles more to start,says Citizen Matters

kbsyed61 - 15-JUL-2013

"...Reaching Tumkur, Ramanagar and other peripheral cities will be easy in future, when the Commuter Rail system becomes a reality. The project is expected to disperse the traffic inside the city as well as connect Bangalore with suburbs..."

GOK State Budget 2013-14 - What's in store for Bangalore?

kbsyed61 - 12-JUL-2013

So the much awaited state budget for 2013-14 by Congress government is out. It is still very early into budget announcements to make a real sense of each of these announcements.

Going by Deccan Herald's live blog, here is the list for Bangalore.

Source - Deccan Herald

200 Crorers - Initial Investment to start Bengaluru CRS in 6 to 12 months time!

kbsyed61 - 1-JUL-2013

With Congress Government in rule at the state and Shri. Mallikarjuna Kharge taking charge of Railway Ministry, the chances of 'Namma Railu' aka Bengaluru CRS getting implemented has increased ever than before. The competitive challenges has also increased ever than before.

Report - Commuter Train to Nelamangala

kbsyed61 - 29-APR-2013

Report By Hemanth Kumar