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.

Rail Vajra, anyone?

SB_YPR - 18-FEB-2009

Hi,

After the recent success of the Vayu Vajras, isn't it time for BMTC to look into providing similar services for a larger segment - the rail travellers?

Edge stations, ring rail, and leasing or acquiring SWR assets

silkboard - 1-SEP-2008

Mr M N Srihari, a traffic expert on Yeddy's new elite panel for Bangalore infrastructure has been on the record saying that CRS is a solution for Bangalore. Quoting from this Daijiworld article:

 

“Utilising existing electrified railway lines within a 30-kilometre radius from the city centre and operating diesel-electric multiple units (DEMUs) constitute CRS,” ... each DEMU can have five to 10 coaches and can operate at speeds of 75 kmph. “Operating DEMUs can reduce 25 percent of traffic,” Sreehari said.

Indian Railways Invites Suggestions From The Public.

Gautamrao - 22-AUG-2008

Dear All,

This is to inform you that the Indian Railways has set up a Multi-departmental Innovation Promotion Group as per the budget announcement of the Railway Minister and has sought innovative suggestions from the general public, educational institutions, citizens, and the industry which may help in:

Nayandahalli Station Should Be Improved

Vasanth - 31-JAN-2008

Southern most station of Bangalore, Nayandahalli needs to be developed to offload the load on SBC. Currently, the people of southern Bangalore travelling towards Mysore need to go all the way upto City Station paying hefty amount to autos, stand in very long queues (sometimes miss the train because of not getting the ticket in time) and then take up travel. Hence most of the south bangaloreans take up buses from satellite bus stand.