Bangalore Commuter Rail

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Bangalore Commuter Rail
Overview
Locale Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Transit type Suburban rail
Number of lines 4
Operation
Operator(s) Bangalore Suburban Rail Company Limited
Technical
System length 200.0 kilometres (124.3 mi)

Bangalore Commuter Rail (Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಪ್ರಯಾಣಿಕರ ರೈಲು) is approved in 2014/2015 Railway Budget for suburban railway service for the city of Bangalore. So far no progress has been made.

History

The suburban rail services existed for HAL employees to commute from City Railway station to Vimanapura Railway station in 1963. However a modern suburban rail system for Bangalore was first proposed in 2007. The proposal called for 10 routes totalling 204.0 km. The principal advantage of the system, according to the Rail Indian Technical and Economic Services (RITES), is that commuter rail costs less than rapid transit systems. It costs ₹ 150–200 million per kilometre for a commuter rail system, while metro rail would cost ₹ 2.50 billion and monorail ₹ 1.75 billion per km.

In November 2011, RITES conducted a feasibility study for a suburban rail service in Bangalore and submitted the report to the Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) in June 2012.[1] The final report was submitted in November 2012. The 179-page report proposed 3 long routes and 4 short distance routes making up a total rail network of 440.8 km. The 3 long routes were Bangalore-Mandya (92.88 km), Bangalore-Bangarpet (70.21 km), and Bangalore-Tumkur (64 km). The 4 short distance routes were Yeshwantpur- Yelahanka (12.45 km), Yelahanka-Baiyappanahalli (19.23 km), Yeshwantpur-Baiyappanahalli (16.12 km) and Yelahanka-Doddaballapur (20.72 km).[2]

The state government approved the suburban rail system on 5 July 2013. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah approved the system in the 2013-14 state budget that he presented on 9 July 2013.[3] The budget proposed the setting up of the Bangalore Suburban Rail Corporation Limited, a special purpose vehicle to implement the project, and allocated ₹87.59 billion (US$1.3 billion) to implement the system.[4][5] The DULT plans to build four of seven lines proposed by RITES.[6]

Discussions

Many of the politicians and planners have been discussing about this project, but is yet to become a reality. The list of discussions are as below:

  • Ananthakumar, Member of Parliament, Bangalore South
  1. 2014-12-26[7]
  2. 2014-12-08[8]
  • Bangalore International Airport Ltd
  1. 2014-11-18[9]
  • Electronics City Industries Association (ELCIA)
  1. 2014-12-02[10]
  • HC Mahadevappa, Minister, Public Works Department, Government of Karnataka
  1. 2014-11-21[11]
  • Sadananda Gowda, Railway Minister
  1. 2014-11-01[12]
  • Siddaramaiah, Chief Minister, Karnataka
  • South Western Railway
  1. 2014-09-08[13]
  • TG Sitaram
  • Yedurappa, Chief Minister, Karnataka

Routes proposed

Commuter Rail Routes - Schematic
Existing and Proposed Rail Network

Several routes have been proposed. The following four routes are part of the most recent proposal being studied by RITES:

  • Ramanagara to Kengeri (32.0 km)
  • Baiyyapanahalli to Hosur (41.0 km)
  • Tumkur to Yeswanthpur (64.0 km)
  • Yelahanka to Doddaballapura (24.0 km)

The routes proposed earlier were:

  • Kengeri – Bangalore City Station (13.0 km)
  • Bangalore City Station – Whitefield (24.0 km)
  • Bangalore City Station – Baiyyappanahalli Via Lottegollahalli (23.0 km)
  • Lottegollahalli to Yelahanka (7.0 km)
  • Banasawadi up to BMA Boundary (29.0 km)
  • Kengeri – BMA Boundary (9.0 km)
  • Yeshwantpur to BMA Boundary (14.0 km)
  • BMA Boundary – Hosur (12.0 km)
  • BMA Boundary – Ramanagara (23.0 km)
  • BMA Boundary – Tumkur (50.0 km)

Total: 204 km

An alternate proposal to CTTP was made by Praja Bangalore in July 2010. This route map was released as a part of the call to action report produced.[14]

References

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  7. ↑ http://www.deccanherald.com/content/449992/ananth-bats-peripheral-ring-roads.html
  8. ↑ http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Suburban-Train-System-Best-for-City-Says-Ananth-Kumar/2014/12/08/article2561023.ece
  9. ↑ http://www.deccanherald.com/content/442468/bial-swr-announce-train-halt.html
  10. ↑ http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-12-02/news/56649067_1_railway-station-local-trains-railway-minister
  11. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Govt-ropes-in-civic-experts-on-panel-to-decongest-Bengaluru/articleshow/45222814.cms
  12. ↑ http://www.prajavani.net/article/%E0%B2%86%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%81-%E0%B2%B9%E0%B3%8A%E0%B2%B8-%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%88%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%81-%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%9A%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0-%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%81
  13. ↑ http://www.deccanherald.com/content/429894/plans-start-afresh-railway-link.html
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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