Railway development in Karnataka

[DrYaqoob]

Samparka Kranti eludes north Karnataka region

DHARWAD: When the Indian Railways introduced Samparka Kranti Express trains to connect state capitals to the national capital New Delhi, people in the states were elated thinking that they could reach the national capital without hassles in minimum possible time.

The introduction of Karnatak Samparka Kranti Express train from Yeshwantpur to Nizamuddin had brought cheer to the people of North Karnataka who visit New Delhi and other cities in Northern India as they thought they could travel conveniently.

The train was meant to cover maximum possible distance in the originating state and stop at various stations. After leaving the state border it was supposed to run non-stop. However, people's happiness was short lived as they learnt that the Sampark Kranti circumvented Karnataka and it was more convenient to the people of Andhra Pradesh than those in north Karnataka. While the trian runs from Bangalore to New Delhi via Hubli-Dharwad- Belgaum only twice a week, on remaining four days it runs through Andhra Pradesh.

After travelling for 50km in Karnataka the train enters Andhra Pradesh and travels further to Maharashtra via Hyderabad, Secunderabad and other places. Initially the train was running from Yeshwantpur to Nizamuddin via Andhra on all the six days.

There has been demand to run the Sampark Kranti on all days of the week via Tumkur, Davanagere, Hubli, Dharwad, Belgaum and Miraj. Following pressure from Dharwad MP Prahlad Joshi, the railway authorities agreed to run the train via Hubli on only two days of the week.

No fast train Large numbers of businessmen travel to north India from Davanagere, Hubli, Dharwad and Belgaum and they are deprived of services of a fast train. Whenever the issue of changing the train's route is raised the railway officials express apprehension that the move may face with resistance from people in AP.

Recently a group of MPs from North Karnataka led by Prahlad Joshi met Union railway minister Mukul Roy and explained to him about the injustice meted out to people of north Karnataka.

MP Prahlad Joshi said people from north Karnataka travelling to Delhi have to depend mainly on the weekly Swarnajayanti Express, Vasco-Nizamuddin Link Express and twice a week Samparka Kranti Express.

He told TOI that the minister was convinced with the explanation given to him and has instructed Member (traffic), Board of Railways to take steps to change to route of the train.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/13624884.cms

[mangalore mania]

Samparka Kranti eludes north Karnataka region
TNN | May 29, 2012

DHARWAD: When the Indian Railways introduced Samparka Kranti Express trains to connect state capitals to the national capital New Delhi, people in the states were elated thinking that they could reach the national capital without hassles in minimum possible time.

The introduction of Karnatak Samparka Kranti Express train from Yeshwantpur to Nizamuddin had brought cheer to the people of North Karnataka who visit New Delhi and other cities in Northern India as they thought they could travel conveniently.

The train was meant to cover maximum possible distance in the originating state and stop at various stations. After leaving the state border it was supposed to run non-stop. However, people's happiness was short lived as they learnt that the Sampark Kranti circumvented Karnataka and it was more convenient to the people of Andhra Pradesh than those in north Karnataka. While the trian runs from Bangalore to New Delhi via Hubli-Dharwad- Belgaum only twice a week, on remaining four days it runs through Andhra Pradesh.

After travelling for 50km in Karnataka the train enters Andhra Pradesh and travels further to Maharashtra via Hyderabad, Secunderabad and other places. Initially the train was running from Yeshwantpur to Nizamuddin via Andhra on all the six days.

There has been demand to run the Sampark Kranti on all days of the week via Tumkur, Davanagere, Hubli, Dharwad, Belgaum and Miraj. Following pressure from Dharwad MP Prahlad Joshi, the railway authorities agreed to run the train via Hubli on only two days of the week.

No fast train Large numbers of businessmen travel to north India from Davanagere, Hubli, Dharwad and Belgaum and they are deprived of services of a fast train. Whenever the issue of changing the train's route is raised the railway officials express apprehension that the move may face with resistance from people in AP.

Recently a group of MPs from North Karnataka led by Prahlad Joshi met Union railway minister Mukul Roy and explained to him about the injustice meted out to people of north Karnataka.

MP Prahlad Joshi said people from north Karnataka travelling to Delhi have to depend mainly on the weekly Swarnajayanti Express, Vasco-Nizamuddin Link Express and twice a week Samparka Kranti Express.

He told TOI that the minister was convinced with the explanation given to him and has instructed Member (traffic), Board of Railways to take steps to change to route of the train.

[s.yogendra]

PERMANENT AUGMENTATION OF YESVANTPUR- HAZRAT NIZAMUDDIN KARNATAKA SAMPARK KRANTI EXPRESS TRAINS

For the convenience of rail passengers, Northern Railway has decided to increase the passenger carrying capacity of train no. 12649/12650 & 12629/12630 Yesvantpur- Hazrat Nizamuddin Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express trains by one additional General Sleeper Class coach each on permanent basis as per the following programme:

The 12649/12650 Yesvantpur- Hazrat Nizamuddin Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express train will be augmented by one additional General Sleeper Class coach from 02.6.2012 when departing from Yesventapuram and from 05.6.2012 when departing from Hazrat Nizamuddin.

The 12629/12630 Yesvantpur- Hazrat Nizamuddin Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express train will be augmented by one additional General Sleeper Class coach from 05.6.2012 when departing from Yesventapuram and from 06.6.2012 when departing from Hazrat Nizamuddin.

http://www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in/...227&id=0,4,268

[s.yogendra]

Railways plan for ‘Go-India’ smart card

The Indian Railways plans to introduce on a pilot basis a pan-India, multi-purpose smart card known as ‘Go-India’. The card will be first tried out on the Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Howrah sectors, including the Allahabad railway station. In yet another initiative, the Railways has completed a feasibility study, the first phase of a project, to devise methods to reduce emissions from diesel locomotives and ensure that they meet international emission standards. The second phase of the project, which involves developing a prototype of the new emission system for the diesel locomotives, is under process. The Indian Railways consumes about 2.5 billion litres of diesel annually. The Railways also has introduced refrigerated vans to facilitate transport of perishable commodities such as fruits, vegetables, frozen foods, chocolates, milk products and pharmaceuticals. At present the Railways has ten refrigerated parcel vans which are attached to mail / express trains as per demand. Besides this, it has 98 insulated and ventilated containers which run as special trains on demand. These containers have been procured by Container Corporation of India (CONCOR), an Indian Railways subsidiary.

http://www.trafficinfratech.com/rail...ia_smart_card/

[s.yogendra]

RCF to fit 2,500 coaches with bio-digestive toilets

Indian Railways have set a huge target of fitting 2,500 coaches with bio-digestive toilets this financial year. Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala, has already received the order to fit around 1200 bio-digestive toilets in 500 coaches.

The authorities hope to bring about a dramatic change in the hygienic conditions of the trains as well as the trains stations. The RCF has already rolled out a few dozens coaches with bio-digestive toilets. A total of about 8,000 bio-digestive toilets will be fitted in the 2,500 coaches, added railway sources. “The number of coaches with bio-digestive toilets was less then 100 in 2011,” said Railway board sources.

read more:- http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rc...oilets/954568/

[mangalore mania]

Bangalore could get suburban rail too
TNN | May 30, 2012

BANGALORE: The city could well be going the Mumbai way. In a first step to revive suburban trains for better connectivity into the city, Rail Indian Technical and Economic Services (RITES) will ready the feasibility study by June first week. The Suburban Commuter Rail System will connect nearby high-density locations like Ramanagaram, Mandya, Chikkaballapur and Hosur to the city

RITES is ready to hand over the feasibility study to the Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT). "Its feasibility study will be completed by May-end and submitted anytime now. Once this is read and understood, stakeholders can meet to take the project forward," V Manjula, commissioner, DULT told TOI.

Sources in the urban land transport department told TOI the study will look into the infrastructure available with the railways, what more needs to be created for commuter routes and cost.

The project is envisioned for 2027 and ground surveys and studies whether Karnataka needs such a system to connect to its capital city were done by 2006-07. But South Western Railway demanded a second study on proposed routes to understand the need of commuters, based on which a detailed project report could be worked upon.

Manjula said in the present system, only a skeletal service is operating and to enhance better commuter rail services, the number of services has to be improved. She also said the Suburban Commuter Rail System will look into these aspects. Sources also said RITES is looking at four major routes which will not clash with the Metro rail but provide connectivity to Metro stations.

For example, if a person is travelling from Ramanagaram to Kengeri, he should be able to travel within the city by accessing the Kengeri Metro station, planned in Phase 2 or even access the Mysore Road terminal of Phase 1 which will be ready by mid-2014.

The Project

The system is to provide railway connectivity from suburban areas to urban locations, like the ones operating in Mumbai, Kolkata and Hyderabad. The travel time of one hour by rail, which is generally a distance of 40-60 km radial from the city, is looked for developing such a system. All these trains moving in these routes will also come towards Bangalore City railway station but not halt here. Sources in DULT told TOI the trains could be moving in directions along inter-changeable routes like a train from Ramanagaram to Kengeri can also head up to Yeswanthpur and travel towards the Yelahanka-Doddaballapur line too.

Proposed route -- Distance (km)

Ramanagaram to Kengeri - 32

Baiyyapanhalli to Hosur - 41

Tumkur to Yeswanthpur - 64

Yelahanka to Doddaballapur - 24

[DrYaqoob]

Additional Second Class Sleeper Coach for Both Karnataka Sampark Kranti Expresses (via Hubli and via Secunderabad) from June 2012


Source : Udayavani

[sfs]

Birur-Shivani doubling

Birur to Nagavangala (12 km)
Except for the short length(see video), Birur-Nagavangala doubling has been completed. Levelling of earth is in progress between Nagavangala-Shivani(16 km).




Nagavangala station

[rocky23]

Railway counter to open from 5am

MYSORE: Mysore railway authorities have rescheduled the timing of unreserved ticket counter at the west-end entrance of the station from June 1. This is expected to benefit early-morning passengers.

SWR senior divisional commercial manager Anup Dayanand Sadhu said the counter will be open between 5am and 9pm on all days from Friday. Earlier, the counter used to be open between 5.30am and 9.30pm.

[DrYaqoob]

[eralilebby]

Electrification update on Bangalore - Mysore - Wiring nearly over upto Ramanagaram. Likely EMEU from Bangalore-Ramanagaram after completion. Photo taken just before Ramanagaram.

[Junior Engineer]

thanks for update man
what about C'patna - Settihalli...... connected ?
beyond settihalli status?

[eralilebby]

Settihalli station work is going on in full swing. However, the last half Km at channapatna is at a stand still. Probably land issue. Work after settihalli progressing well and the new alignment at shimsha bridge and Maddur station is also going on at a fast space. In my opinion, Tippus armoury is the only major hassle for completion of this project on time !

[s.yogendra]

Originally Posted by eralilebby

Electrification update on Bangalore - Mysore - Wiring nearly over upto Ramanagaram. Likely EMEU from Bangalore-Ramanagaram after completion. Photo taken just before Ramanagaram.

plp will be greatfull if SWR introduces EMEU between Bangalore - Ramanagaram

[s.yogendra]

Bangalore-Nagore passenger via Mayiladuthurai from July 1

Running of the daytime service follows completion of BG conversion works



The much-awaited direct train service from Nagore to Bangalore would be re-introduced from July 1.

The Railways has proposed to extend the Bangalore–Salem daytime passenger train to Nagore and it will be operated via the newly-laid Tiruvarur-Mayiladuthurai BG section.

The Nagore–Bangalore passenger will be the first passenger train to be operated on the Tiruvarur–Mayildathurai track, ever since the BG conversion works were completed in this section in March last.

The Bangalore City–Salem passenger (56514) will be extended to Nagore with effect from July 1 and the Salem–Bangalore City junction passenger (56513) will run from Nagore on July 2, according to a press release of the Southern Railway here on Wednesday.

At present, the Bangalore–Nagore passenger will leave Bangalore at 7.15 a.m. and arrives at Salem at 12.55 p.m. It will leave Salem at 1 p.m. and will arrive at Nagore station at 10 p.m.

In the return direction, the Nagore–Bangalore passenger will leave Nagore at 4 a.m. and will reach Salem junction at 1.25 p.m. It will depart from Salem at 1.30 p.m. and will reach Bangalore city junction at 7 p.m.

Stoppages

The stoppages along the extension include Salem junction, Salem Market, Salem Town, Ayodhyapattanam, Minnampalli, Valappadi Gate, Ettapur Road, Peddanayakkan Palalyam, Attur, Talaivasal, Melnariyppanur, Chinna Salem, Siruvattur, Pukiravari, Kuttakudi, Mukhasaparur, Vriddhachalam, Uttangal Mangalam, Neyveli, Vadalur, Kurinjipadi, Cuddalore Port, Parangipettai, Chidambaram, Vallampadugai, Kollidam, Sirkazhi, Vaitheeswarankoil, Anandatandavapuram, Nidur, Mayiladuthurai, Peralam, Nannilam, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam and Nagore.

It may be recalled that the daytime Nagore passenger train via Tiruvarur, Mayiladuthurai, Cuddalore, and Vriddhachalam which provided direct connectivity to the devotees of Karnataka to visit the shrines of Tirunallar, Velankanni and Nagore, was suspended a few years ago for the BG conversion works between Bangalore and Salem. After this BG conversion works were over, this passenger train was operated between Salem and Bangalore.

Rs. 204 crore

The Railways, a few years ago, announced the extension of the Bangalore–Salem passenger train to Nagore, after the completion of the BG conversion works in the Tiruvarur–Mayiladuthurai section.

The 38-km Tiruvarur-Mayiladuthurai section was converted into BG track at a cost of Rs. 204 crore. S.K. Mittal, Commissioner for Railway Safety, conducted mandatory inspection of the new track on March 22 and certified it fit for train movement.

Goods train services were introduced on the newly-laid Tiruvarur-Mayiladuthurai section in the first week of April.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper...cle3475155.ece

[DigitalOne]

Originally Posted by s.yogendra

Bangalore-Nagore passenger via Mayiladuthurai from July 1

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper...cle3475155.ece

Hope they can introduce a couple of reserved coaches and AC chair car coaches to this train. Though it is a passenger train, there will be many patrons who are not hard-pressed for time (for e.g Senior citizens) who will be benefited.

[s.yogendra]

SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY GENERAL MANAGER ASSUMES ADDITIONAL CHARGE AS GENERAL MANAGER, SOUTHERN RAILWAY

Shri A.K.Mital, General Manager, South Western Railway, has assumed the additional charge of the post of General Manager, Southern Railway, o*n 31.05.2012.Shri Deepak Krishan, General Manager, Southern Railway, retired o*n superannuation o*n 31.05.2012.

http://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/view...815&id=0,4,268

[s.yogendra]

Mysore division continues to transport two-wheelers in trains

The officials at the parcel wing of South Western Railway (SWR, Mysore division) are continuing to book two-wheelers for transportation, in spite of a "ban" by SWR.

The officials at the parcel wing say that they are yet to receive an official notification in this regard.

Following the recent Hampi Express accident, which claimed 25 lives, SWR decided to stop transporting two-wheelers in trains. The officers probing how one of the coaches caught fire had conferred that leakage of petrol from one of the motorbikes being transported had caused the fire.

"We have not yet received any instruction in this regard. So daily we are booking nearly 20-25 two-wheelers in Mysore division. Once we receive the circular or instruction against transporting the vehicles, we will stop bookings," said Anup Dayanand Sadhu, senior divisional commercial manager (Mysore division). "Our staff here are strict and follow the stipulated rules. After the Hampi Express tragedy, our staff have become more careful. Before booking the vehicles, our officers ensure that fuel tanks are completely dry," said Anup, adding that he himself monitors the process.

According to Harish, who works for Infosys, the railway authorities should have taken the officers at the parcel division to task for their lapses, instead of banning transportation of two-wheelers in trains.

Another customer Saritha said: "Fuel tanks of vehicles have to be emptied before being accepted to transport through trains. It seems this process has been violated by the booking staff. Instead of punishing them, the railways is inconveniencing the customers."

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/13760333.cms

[engineer.akash]

[gentem]

http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/rai...orks/RE/RE.pdf

railway electrification pink book mentions only bangalore-gooty electrification. no mention of bangalore-mysore electrification anywhere

But according to swr pink book 40 crore allotted to ramanagaram mysore electrificaiton

http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/rai...ks/SWR/SWR.pdf