Posts : monorail

Monorail or Metro ph III?

srinidhi - 12-FEB-2014

BMRCL is buoyed by the approvals they have received for ph II implementation that they have gove ahead to plan for ph III by initiating the study with RITES.

And the other very interesting development that has happened in the last few days is the Mumbai monorail going live..here is a picutre of the train inside:

Need an Institutional Framework for integration of Different Modes of Transit for Bengaluru

Vasanth - 30-JAN-2014

Success of any city's transport depends on how well are they integrated with each other. Worldover, Institutional Framework organizations work towards achieving this. Examples are Transport for London (TFL) for London, Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) for New York, Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore, STIF of Paris etc.

Need an Institutional Framework for integration of Different Modes of Transit for Bengaluru

Vasanth - 30-JAN-2014

Success of any city's transport depends on how well are they integrated with each other. Worldover, Institutional Framework organizations work towards achieving this. Examples are Transport for London (TFL) for London, Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) for New York, Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore, STIF of Paris etc.

Rail Connectivity to BIAL

Naveen - 26-JAN-2011

Hi,

The planned gauge conversion of the existing Kolar-Chikballapur line appears meaningless & expensive since one wonders how useful it would be. How many trains will actually be run ? How many people will eventually travel between these two towns ?

 

Metro Ph II to HSR..why Monorail?

srinidhi - 26-NOV-2010

 So the routes, at least the end points, are finally out from the DPR for PH II. I still dont understand what makes the DMRCL a better authority to develop these reports, no Idea of what traffic studies were done and what surveys were done..never heard of any..thought these are the basic inputs for putting out a plan report..

Monorail updates

n - 16-NOV-2010

Monorail RFP and replies to queries to RFP attached (also at http://www.idd.kar.nic.in/monorail.html, http://www.idd.kar.nic.in/docs/RFP_Tech_Cons_Monorail.pdf, http://www.idd

Garage may be made mandatory to own car

Naveen - 27-OCT-2010

The meet, titled "Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week: Seminar on Making public transportation the first choice" on 26-Oct-2010 had a plethora of experts from govt as also ABIDe & Praja.

Mr Shankarline gowda stated that a garage may be made mandatory to own car.

Monorail - Can routes be improved ?

Naveen - 6-OCT-2010

Bengaluru Train Network Map

idontspam - 19-AUG-2010

Following map shows all the under construction and proposed train routes for Bengaluru. Commuter rail network is shown in Orange and the Monorail alignment approved this week under swiss challenge is shown in Dark Green. Click to expand the map in Flickr 

Transport Infrastructure Projects for Bengaluru Progressing nowhere

Vasanth - 29-NOV-2014

Infrastructure projects related to Projects mainly Commuter Rail, Light Rail, Monorail and BRTS is not progressing anywhere. Both the earlier BJP and Congress Governments have forgotten the CTTP reports and the recent survey done by a UK based company which already had prepared DPR for the light rail on the western half of Outer Ring Road and Magadi Road.