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A new DPR for monorail - when?

26 February 2010 - 10:23am — n

Refer to the proceeds of this BMLTA meeting. Go to section 6/7 - there is no mention of Scomi/Geodesic. Why would IDD again prepare the DPR if Geodesic already submitted one? Different alignment?

See meeting notes in full here:

Is Monorail still on for Bangalore ?

25 January 2010 - 10:27pm — Naveen

This report in DH states that the Scomi Engineering /Geodesic Techiques tie up is pitching for Bangalore Monorail on BOT basis (build, own, transfer), whose first phase of execution will see $2.4 billion investment.

Mono Rail for city transport

2 September 2009 - 3:26pm — Vasanthkumar My...

Source: Dec.Chronicle todate

Gist:

Futuristic Mono Rail on 30 km ORR between JP Nagar & Hebbal Flyover - Project Report in two months - Bangalore Airport Rail Link Authority - Comprehensive Transport and Traffic Plan (CTTP) - Rs.44,000 crore estimate

ABIDE - Please put few more proposals in front of Government

14 March 2009 - 3:41pm — Vasanth

I request ABIDe Members like professor Ashwin Mahesh who has been constantly interacting with us to take few more things with the Government.

1. Public Transport on NICE Peripheral road.

Monorail's Ups & downs

6 March 2009 - 7:41pm — Naveen

Monorails or for that matter most of the mass-transits have not been churning out profits. Japan is the only unique exception due to their much higher standards of living & people's higher affordability levels to pay fares. Thus monorails have been profitable there. In fact, monorail makers have been forced to cut manufacturing costs for systems & are offering to install & run their systems as there had been no takers. Some examples :

Is a surface LRT system suitable for Bangalore ?

1 March 2009 - 11:29pm — Naveen

The city is desperately in need of some additional form of mass transport system to feed the Metro. The choice is essentially between Monorail, LRT or BRT. Some of us believe that a surface LRT is suitable for Bangalore, & that it can assist in reducing street congestion.

CAF Presentation on Mono Rail

1 March 2009 - 9:12am — Rithesh

Start: 4 Mar 2009 17:30

End: 4 Mar 2009 19:30

Timezone: Asia/Calcutta

Saw this in the CAF Mails - will be of interest to Praja transportation enthusiasts.

Bengaluru Mono Rail - proposal details

12 February 2009 - 1:50am — idontspam

There is a proposal for runing Mono Rail in Bangalore by SCOMI-Geodesic consortium which is proposed to be awarded using the swiss-challenge method. As per initial high level information sent to Praja the consortium is proposing to build monorail along the three corridors.

Train to Airport over High Speed - Prof Sreehari's points

8 January 2009 - 12:56pm — silkboard

Continuing on the proposals to start Trains to BIA on South Western Railway's tracks, some of us got a note from Prof Sreehari where he is arguing for investment on this Railway system (CRS) over the proposed High Speed Rail Link (HSRL). News reports have suggested that HSRL is almost dead. The current action on CRS is likely a related event. Here is the note from Prof Sreehari (see below) with some details:

Mumbai to get India's First Monorail - by 2011

25 November 2008 - 8:24pm — santsub

Come November 29 Mumbaikars' dream of smooth commuting will get a major boost with the laying of the foundation stone for India's first Monorail project at the metropolis. Details below in the link.. http://timesofindia.india...

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