Karnataka and Railways - Game for a Praja Initiative!?

Here is a railway map of Karnataka.  Could not find one which showed double and single lines. 

 Some key missing links

Hospet -->Lingsagur-->Yadgir without having to go through Guntakal

Bijapur -->Wadi -->Gulbarga -->Bidar

Shimoga --> Talguppa --> Sirsi -->Hubli (without having to touch Birur)

Tumkur -->Sira --> Chitradurga-->Hospet (without having to go through Arsikere and Chikjajur)

KSRTC will then supplement railways from the nearest railhead.

As far as migration on Bullet Trains go, it is a bit far fetched.  There are enough flights for the rich to migrate on and enough passenger trains and buses for the middle class and poor to come on.

Srivathsa

It is an excellent compilation of the requirements.

Two important trains that were needed for Karnataka:

1. Shiomoga - Bangalore Limited Stop day train (Intercity / Janashatabdi) just stopping at Tumkur, Arsikere, Birur covering the distance in probably 4-5 hours helping Shiomoga residents to come to Bangalore, finish off work and return back the same day. This is our ChiefMinister's place and he should have followed up with Central Government.

2. Bangalore - Mangalore Day Train atleast 1 train leaving Bangalore in Morning and reaching Mangalore at afternoon. Again leaving Mangalore in afternoon and reaching Bangalore in the night.

I've updated the map to show projects that are in progress as well. As on date, all operational lines in Karnataka are BG (the Shimoga-Talguppa section has been closed for gauge conversion).

2) More urgent need is to operationalise line between Shravanabelagola to Bangalore. Current circuitous route via Mysore is taking too long time. Additional benefit is to connect with tourist place that is Shravabelagola.

-Srinivas

Dear Sir,

If the TALAGUPPA-HONNAVAR Railway Line implement, below will be the advantages.

1.      It would provide a vital rail link to the important commercial centers such as Shimoga, Chikmagalur, and Davangere for the transportation of goods to northern India.

2.      It will provide a faster and shorter route to Mumbai for people in most parts of southern Karnataka.  It can save time, (time is Money).

3.      It forms a vital link between Bangalore and Mumbai and Goa.

4.      It will increase exporting opportunities of agricultural products like Coconut, Areconut & Rice to northern India.

5.      It will develop regional economy.

6.      It will change living of standard of local peoples.

 7.      If this project implemented, at least 1000 families get Job & Bread.

8.      It will also increase the revenue.

9.      Talaguppa will be no more dead end station.

The distance between Bangalore to Panji(Goa) via Mysore & Mangalore is 783 KM.The distance between Bangalore to Panji(Goa) via Shimoga & Talaguppa is only 553 KM.

Bangalore-Shimoga..............274 

Shimoga-Talguppa..................83

Talguppa-Honnavar.................55

Honnavar-Madgaon...............141

Total........................................553   Kms.

If we use Shimoga & Talaguppa route to go Panji (Goa) from Bangalore we can save more than 230 KM.We can save Travel Time. We can save Travel Fare also.

 http://indianrailways.informe.com/forum/link-talguppa-with-honnavar-using-new-line-dt284.html

The NG line was closed for traffic way back in 2004 for guage conversion between Bangarpet and Yelahanka. Later on only the stretch between Yelahanka to Chikkabalpur and Bangarpet to Kolar was converted to BG. Haven't found any updates on the remaining stretch of conversion. Last I heard was that IR has put the conversion on hold(cold shelf). Does anyone have any new updates/developments on this.

Friends,

I notice the main concern seems to be of getting new railway line connections or converting metre gauge to broad gauge.

How about paying some attention to quality and kind of facilities that are being provided by the Railways? When can we expect better / cleaner and well lit railway platforms, clean toilets, proper seating arrangements for waiting passengers, more organised vending of wares and general upgradation of entire layout including car parking facilities, porter availability and proper sign boards etc?

The Bangalore Metro Railway is planning air conditioned waiting rooms, platforms etc. Can we do something to ensure it does not become a one week wonder?

Can there be some method in the madness?

Regards,

Chari

Friends,

Minister of state for railways K H Muniyappa told Deccan Herald on Thursday that the date would be decided at a meeting that he would hold on October 22 with Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee who has evinced interest in inaugurating it herself.
The train was to be flagged off on October 6 but it was put off because of the devastating floods that hit northern Karnataka. The new train was announced in the 2009-10 railway budget.

For complete details,

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/30823/bangalore-shimoga-intercity-express-soon.html

Regards,

Santosh

SWR to run new trains

Some Routes To Be Extended To Other Cities

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Bangalore: Long distance commuters can rejoice as seven new trains from South Western Railway have been announced. Also, several trains are scheduled to be extended to include other cities. Timings have been revised too, starting November 1, 2009.

The new trains are:

1. Train Nos. 7304 and 7303 Yeshwantpur-Mysore-Yeshwantpur Daily Express will leave Mysore at 12.10 pm and arrive at 3.30 pm at Yeshwantpur. It will leave Yeshwantpur at 11.45 am and reach Mysore at 3 pm.

2. Train Nos. 2777 and 2778 Yeshwantpur-Kochuveli-Yeshwantpur Weekly Express will leave Yeshwantpur at 3.15 pm on Wednesdays and arrive at Kochuveli 6.30 am the next day. In return, it will leave at 12.45 pm on Thursdays and reach Yeshwantpur at 6.15 am the next day.

3. Train Nos. 6503 and 6504 Yeshwantpur-Lucknow-Yeshwantpur Weekly Express will leave Yeshwantpur at 11.15 am on Wednesdays. It will leave Lucknow at 8 pm on Fridays.

4. Train Nos. 6535 and 6536 Yeshwantpur-Solapur-Yeshwantpur Tri-Weekly Golgumbaz Express will leave Yeshwantpur at 9.10 pm on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. On return direction, it will leave Solapur at 3.30 pm on Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays.

5. Train Nos. 6201 and 6202 Bangalore City-Shimoga Town-Bangalore City Intercity Daily Express will leave Bangalore at 4.30 pm and arrive at Shimoga at 9.55 pm. It will leave Shimoga at 6.20 am and reach Bangalore at 11.50 am.

6. Train Nos. 2847 and 2848 H ow r a h - Ye s h w a n t p u r-Howrah Weekly Superfast Express will leave Howrah on Sundays at 11.30 pm and arrive at Yeshwantpur on Tuesday 9.15 am. It will leave Yeshwantpur on Thursdays at 8 pm and arrive at Howrah on Fridays at 6 pm.

7. Train Nos. 2493 and 2494 Bangalore City-Hazrath Nizamuddin-Bangalore City Rajdhani Tri-Weekly Express will leave Bangalore at 8.20 pm on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. It will leave Nizamuddin at 8.50 pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

The date of commencement of these trains will be notified by the railway deparment.

EXTENSION OF SERVICE:

1. Bangalore City-Hubli-Bangalore City Intercity Express has been extended to Dharwad
2. Yeshwantpur-Mangalore-Yeshwantpur Daily Express has been extended to Kannur 3. Tirupathi-Mysore-Tirupathi Fast Passenger has been extended to Chamarajnagar

PARTIAL CANCELLATION:

Train Nos. 227 and 228 Shimoga-Bangalore City-Shimoga will be terminated at Arsikere instead of Shimoga on introduction of Intercity Express

TRAIN SERVICE STARTING:

Train Nos. 2777-A and 2778-A Hubli-Yeshwantpur-Kochuveli-Hubli Weekly Special service, which leaves Hubli on Wednesdays at 6.50 am and arrive at 3 pm at Yeshwantpur, and then proceed to Kochuveliwill, will run starting November 4.

In the return direction, it will start on Thursdays. This week, the train will leave on November 5 at 12.45 pm on Thursday from Kochuveli and reach Hubli via Yeshwantpur.

The trains will run from Hubli via Ranebennur, Davanagere, Arsikere, Tiptur to Yeshwantpur; then they will proceed to Kochuveli via Bangarpet, Salem, Erode, Thiruppur, Phalgat, Trichur, Ernakulam, Kottayam and Kollum.
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  Thanks to the 'Times of India', Bangalore, 03 Nov., 2009
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Regards,
Santosh F S

@Raghu Nandana,

Sure. With Railway Budget 2010-11 coming up in February, it is the right time we should group and act.

BANGALORE: The Indian Railways is likely to accord top priority to several pending projects in the State this year, with some of them proposed to be executed under public-private-partnership for speedy completion.

Given the extensive railway network requirement for the State, estimated to be over 1,100 km, and the huge expenditure involved (around Rs. 6,000 crore), the State Government has proposed to opt for the PPP model to ensure expeditious execution of the projects.

Read Full Article at:

CRS for Bangalore is the much awaited project which I hope was put in the petetion. 

Places in karnataka must be linked to north also

Mangalore-->Hassan-->Hubli-->solapur-->Delhi express

Mangalore-->Hassan-->Mysore-->Bangalore-->Howrah express/Hassan-->Arisikere-->Hubli-->Guntakal-->Howrah

Mysore-->Howrah must be made regular train

 But unlike the Coimbatore-->Madras-->Vijayawada-->Howrah track the traffic on the mangalore-arisikere strech is quite less. Owing to this we can have the Mangalore-Delhi train via Hassan and Hubli providing good connectivity to Hubli and reducing the demand for Karnataka Express in the Solapur-->Delhi section. If that is not posible then Swarnajayanthi can be made thrice a week or daily and route diverted via Gadag and Solapur. Anyway Goa express provides a daily connectivty on the northern part and hence this train can run in this strech. 

City station: Recipe for a stampede

On an average over 1.5 lakh people use the Bangalore City Railway Station everyday.

Has there been any efforts to remodel this station to handle this many passengers? Has the new TTMC unvieled just a few days ago & Metro interchange coming up on the other side integrated to this terminal? If so how?

There is a crying need for planners to think integration at planning stage. One single underpass integrating all SWR platforms with the new bus TTMC & metro is not rocket science by any stretch of imagination 

The current underpass from BMTC side to the Station & the station platform underpass need to be connected.