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Atal Sarige buses

27 July 2010 - 11:05pm — ss87
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Last week  I waited at Kanakapura road for a bus to Banashankari. There came a AS1(Atal sarige 1) and I boarded it. This bus had some advantages:

1. The fare charged between Jaraganahalli and Banashankari, a distance of about 2 1/2 kms was just Rs.2/- in a situation where all other buses charge Rs.4/-

Utilizing existing trains

12 June 2010 - 8:19pm — ss87
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Praja.in members travelled by train and proved that the trains can be cheaper and faster also. Sop why not we consider the existing options and link with BMTC buses to the IT sector areas in the city? Just a list of them: * The stations which are very well connected with BMTC buses are Krishnarajapuram,Carmelram and whitefield stations. The are closer to the IT sectors also.

1. Krishnarajapuram Junction: It has the bus stop attached to it on the outer ring road side. almost all trains bound south stop at this station. BMTC buses connect well to:

a) ITPL: 304,306,319,600 series buses

b)Mahadevapura: 500A,500C,500D,500N,500L,501,501B,502A,C-1,BIAS-8,BIAS-8A

c)Bellandur: Same as Mahadevapira except 502A

Trains from Bangalore city:

Lalbagh Express at 6:30AM Marikuppam passenger at 7AM Chennai Express at 8AM Chennai Passenger at 9:20 Bangarpet passenger at 10 Good parking facility available at city station/cantt station.

Proposal to increase fares

31 March 2010 - 4:38pm — ss87
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Following the recent increase in fuel prices,BMTC is planning to increase the fares.The same was published in the bangalore mirror newspaper of yesterday. Owing to BBMP elections and results the bus fares will be mostly increased once the poll results come out.

In the traffic affected bangalore city the only mode of PT available is BMTC. BMTC has just started propoganding its services and conducting events like bus days. But if fares are increased at present the people travelling by buses will definitely reduce.

C&AG in its recently conducted audit has revealed that operational costs are quite high which have resulted in loss of revenue to BMTC though slight margin in revenue was revealed. Instead of increasing fares it would be better if they can analyse the reasons for high costs and cut down the same successfully.

If BMTC and other authorities seriously plan to decongest th city then this fare increase must not be accepted. Proper rationalization,allocation and running of buses will help in reduce the costs to some extent. The reasons for high increase in costs have already been discussed in our forum under the C&AG audit blog.

Chikka Circle Buses (K service)

13 March 2010 - 2:55pm — ss87
BusPublic Transport

There has been sightings of new route prefixed with "K" near Koramangla. The same has been confirmed by http://btis.in

K service or the Chikka Circle service has been started recently by BMTC. Following are the routes:

  • K1: St. Johns Hospital to Yeshvantapur via Domlur,Trinity Circle,Indian Express and Mekhri Circle
  • K2: Chikkamaranhalli to MCTC via Yeshvantapur,Isckon,Shankarmutt,Vijayanagar
  • K3: Vijayanagar to Koramangla via MCTC,Chamrajpet,Jayanagar bus stand,Carmel Convent and Dairy Circle.

 

IT sector Routes (Non-AC)

8 February 2010 - 5:15pm — ss87
BusPublic Transport

ITPL:

From Banashankari: (502 and MBS-24)*,321B,411E,411F,506

From Silk board: 500F*,411J,502 and MBS-24,321B,411E,411F,506

From Ulsoor/K.R.Puram Railway station: (304,306 & 319 series )**

From Kengeri satellite Town: 502

From Rajarajeshwarinagar: MBS-24,373G

From Electronic City: 600

From Hebbal: 601,506A

Non-disconnected Ring Road Routes

25 January 2010 - 6:21pm — ss87
BusPublic Transport

There has been a lot of topics going on regarding the disconnected Ring Road routes of Bangalore and problem in changing buses. But it is not the ordinary bus users but generally Volvo bus users who face this problem.

Ring Road is not actually disconnected. Following routes imply it:

Bangalore Bus Routes

21 January 2010 - 9:52pm — ss87
BusPublic Transport

There has been a lot of discussions going on about the many bus routes running in Bangalore which is one of the main point for not using a bus.

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