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Posted: Dec 13 2016 (12:09)
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Last Response: Dec 14 2016 (10:39)
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Last Response: Dec 14 2016 (10:39)
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In what might be a ray of hope to thousands of commuters demanding a suburban rail system, City Development Minister K.J. George on Monday held a...
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If it gets started now, they will definitely add a dedicated lines for suburb trains in future. First it has to kick off and should give effective response and road traffic should decrease. Don't have hope on current GoK, they think for BMTC profit and this CRS will bring them in loss, only hope is on IR/SWR. If there is loss by suburbs then raise the standards and charge more, bring AC locals, as they did in Mumbai.
A long term project is obviously the ideal approach, but there are several hurdles in this case. 1st thing is that there is a very severe lack of space in the city. While separate tracks for a suburban system are possible in some areas, for almost 60% of the route, there is no scope to add more than one additional line to the existing tracks. And most of the areas beside the tracks are major townships and apartments in which politicians have a large stake or there are colonies that have been present there for several decades. So relocation of these people is out of the question.
The city planning, particularly in the Whitefield and nearby areas...
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Suburban trains would be cheap, loss making and politically comprised.
Loss-making, definitely. Politically influenced? Could be. KA politicians have large investments in the private transport in the state and have been largely inactive in terms of demanding development of railways in the area. Even if they publicly demand for the suburban system, it's very likely that many of them will work against it in the background.
The city is really struggling with the issue of transport and the BMTC is not at all helping matters. The Metro too, has been delayed very much and it has shown it's toll on the city traffic. IR is the only savior for most people. Many of us used to rely on long distance trains to commute within the city and...
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The city is really struggling with the issue of transport and the BMTC is not at all helping matters. The Metro too, has been delayed very much and it has shown it's toll on the city traffic. IR is the only savior for most people. Many of us used to rely on long distance trains to commute within the city and...
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The case is opposite in KA, politician don't like it, they can't make money out of it. They are happy with KSRTC/BMTC bus transports. Nowadays people are using long distance trains and pulling chain near at suburban station, which is delaying long distance trains also.