Monorail to chug into walled city

In an attempt to ease Ahmedabad’s traffic woes, the state government is planning to introduce monorail in the walled city. The work on the prestigious project will begin soon as the Urban Development Department has inked an MoU worth Rs 5,000 crore with L&T to build the network for the rail project.

The walled city is the worst traffic-hit area due to narrow roads and congested lanes. “The area requires a mass transit system that can attract people. As the walled city doesn’t have space for BRTS, Monorail is the best suited for the area. It is the best solution for traffic congestion,” said Urban Development Department Additional Chief Secretary B K Sinha who signed the MoU with L&T on the second day of the vibrant summit on Thursday.

Four corridors identified

Four possible corridors have been identified in project design. According to the plan, Kalupur Railway Station will be the main junction or starting point for all the four routes.

The first corridor will connect the railway station to ST terminal (Geeta mandir) while the second will be connecting Kalupur to Lal Darwaja via Gandhi Road. The monorail will run between Kalupur and Lal Darwaja via Relief Road on the third route while fourth corridor will link Kalupur with Commerce six roads via Delhi Darwaja.

The department, said sources, is also considering to connect monorail with other mass transit systems like BRTS, sky bus and metro train. “The idea to connect monorail with other mass transit systems will be executed in the second phase of the project,” said the source

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http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/article/3/201101142011011403093003d8e989d3/Monorail-to-chug-into-walled-city.html?pageno=1

Monorail to chug in Abad old city

Guj Shines As Projects Rain

A n elevated railway will chug through Ahmedabads walled city on the east bank of the Sabarmati,covering a 30-km circular route.Infrastructure major Larsen and Toubro (L&T ) Infrastructure Development Projects Limited has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) worth Rs 5,000 crore with the Gujarat Urban Development Corporation (GUDC) for a monorail project.K Venkatesh,L&T vicepresident confirmed it.
A monorail runs on an elevated track and uses less space.Transport systems like metro rail and Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) are unlikely to work in the congested walled city area.The route will cover Kalupur,Geeta Mandir (state transport depot ),Sardar Bridge,Ellis Bridge,Nehru Bridge,Gandhi Bridge,Dudheshwar,Subhash Bridge and back to Kalupur.More areas up to Sardar Patel International Airport are likely to be covered in the second phase.TNN

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http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/getpage.aspx?pageid=19&pagesize=&edid=&edlabel=TOIM&mydateHid=15-01-2011&pubname=&edname=&publabel=TOI

I read about it just a few days back, isn't it too early to start a thread. Even the metro is still byond the horizon.

L&T just signed MoU with GUDC for monorail, what else need to create thread?

Both articles contradict each other

The latter one works more in case of a monorail as it's better not to have a terminus station in a monorail route

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getimage.dll?path=TOIA/2011/01/14/2/Img/Pc0021200.jpg

The other one, where the routes fan out from Kalupur doesn't seem too realistic.

So, at the end of the day, Kalupur will have Underground metro, monorail, national rail, and elevated BRTS, and AMTS Bus. That's quite a mess.

AND its not 30 kms of route as the article says, its just 14 kms,

AND its not 30 kms of route as the article says, its just 14 kms,

5000cr for just 14km???? I dont thinks so.....need to check for it... city like Mumbai can build 2500 cr almost same length then ahd can too...

I read about it just a few days back, isn't it too early to start a thread. Even the metro is still byond the horizon.

Yup, I agree with you. Its too early to start this thread.

@Kuwaronline....MOU doens't mean that the contract is in the place to build Mono Rail. Its just MOU nothing more.