Railways in Karnataka - Game for a Vision Plan
- Goal - VISION PLAN for RAILWAYS in KARNATAKA
After every year when the railway budget is presented in Parliament, we hear the cries of injustice to Karnataka and usual political rhetoric sans any data or facts. After a week or so these voices are lost for ever. Not to say that Karnataka has good railway infrastructure. Even cursory look at the railway websites would point to the fact that Karnataka lacks a good railway infrastructure. It is time the ordinary citizens take cognizant of this grave need and voice it to the planners to include the plans to fill the existing and glaring gaps in railway infrastructure.
- Actionable Tasks
- List of exiting railway lines in the state - May be a map
- List of existing trains that run in the state
- District-to-District railway Connectivity matrix
- Gap-Analysis - List of missing railway lines, trains to connect various towns and districts.
- Study of goods transportation thru railways in Karnataka
- A detailed VISION PLAN for Railways in Karnataka
- Key contacts, or active members - SB_YPR, kbsyed61
- Public service providers that Praja members would expect to interface with:
- General Manager, SWR
- DRM, Bangalore, Hubli, Mysore
- Chief Public Relations Officer, South Western Railway
District-to-District Train Connectivity Matrix
This is another attempt to understand the railway imprint in Karnataka. This spread sheet represents the matrix of train connectivity between each district. It is one of way of analyzing analytically the actual facts of train connectivity between each district. The perspective or approach is to see how well each district is connected to the other district by train service. In this matrix only the connectivity exist between any 2 districts is marked.
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List of Trains that run in Karnataka
This is the list of trains that run in the state of Karnataka. Please make a note that all trains doesn't originate in Karnataka and all doesn't end their journey in Karnataka. It is is a good attempt to make an effort to know the amount of railway service in Karnataka.
NOTE: This list doesn't claims to be an accurate one,. For actual data one may contact the Railway department who are the actual service providers. The list is produced only for the purpose of analysis to propose a vision plan for railways in Karnataka.
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| <p>Consolidated List.pdf</p> | 131.14 KB |
Map - Existing Railway lines in Karnataka
This is the current state of existing railway lines in Karnataka.
