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Bangalore Public Transport

27 October 2008 - 12:39pm — silkboard

From having a single state wide bus operator serving the city in early ninties, public transportation scenario in Bangalore has come a long long way. The city boasts of having the best city bus transport corporation (BMTC), it will get is first Metro rail by end of 2010, and there is talk of monorail and bus rapid transport system (BRTS) as well.

Mumbai Selects Monorail Builder

25 October 2008 - 5:15pm — Naveen

Mumbai has selected the Scomi-L&T consortium to build it's Monorail. The first route (20km) is expected to be ready within 3 years. The other bidder, Reliance-Hitachi were eliminated due to longer construction period.

Mono vs LRT vs METRO vs Commuter vs Suburban vs ...

18 September 2008 - 10:38am — srkulhalli

This is something I have been dying to understand better. What is the real difference between the various rail based transport systems ? That is, the engineering aspect. Fundamentally arent they all wheels on a track.

Is it just a question of capacity ? Just scaling the strength of the supporting civil infrastructure ? Do we call a higher capacity LRT a METRO ?

Need study for metro projects

14 September 2008 - 9:08am — blrsri

We have seen many projects which are very ill conceived and never catering to the actual needs. These more to satisfy interests of few people!

Does Mysore need to plan for a Monorail?

14 July 2008 - 11:59am — blrsri

TOI reported that..

Why not extend Namma Metro to BIAL ?

7 May 2008 - 12:06pm — bangalore-guy

I have been reading at various forums and news papers and it is now clear that the planning authorities goofed up by not thinking about rail connectivity to the new BIAL. Now various suggestions are being made and one that is louder than the rest is that a dedicated rail link be provided from MG Road to the BIAL. Which in my opinion is utterly stupid and expensive.

7.4 Mono Rail / Light Rapid Transit System (LRT)

15 November 2007 - 6:18am — admin

7.4 MONO RAIL / LIGHT RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM (LRT)

Figure 1 Mass Transport Corridors

14 November 2007 - 9:56am — admin

Figure 1 Mass Transport Corridors
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Table 1 Proposed Mass Transport Corridors

14 November 2007 - 7:26am — admin

Table 1 Proposed Mass Transport Corridors

Questions about MRTS Bangalore

21 September 2007 - 8:10pm — Naveen

Hi! My letter to be sent to BMRCL is as follows - please review & advise your comments, thanks.
Pertaining to the Metro & Mono-Rail for Bangalore, I request you to please advise me on the following queries that I have under the RTI Act.

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