Trivandrum Monorail l Proposed

[atuljg]

Why not connect Aakulam and Ulloor and then proceed via the red or yellow lines? That route most probably has a higher traffic density.

[prakas]

Originally Posted by Ajaypp

Here's a few route options for Phase I of the monorail system from a confidential presentation that I managed to lay hands on.



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The current proposed route is in red (minus the Thampanoor-Pappanamcode segment), I vote for the blue.

Comments invited!

I prefer the route through akkulam pointed by atul since it has the right mix of technopark factor and commercial estabishments factor as of now.Pappangode should be the starting point for phase 1 as already pointed by Ajay

[Ajaypp]

Originally Posted by atuljg

Why not connect Aakulam and Ulloor and then proceed via the red or yellow lines? That route most probably has a higher traffic density.

Do you mean a spur line to Aakulam or going from Kumarapuram to Aakulam and then onwards to Ulloor and the red (current) alignment?

[atuljg]

I mean the blue line from Kazhakootam to Aakulam, then pass through the Ulloor-Aakulam road (instead of the Poonthi road) passing through Pulayanarkotta, reach Ulloor and then pass through the red/yellow lines.

[Ajaypp]

Originally Posted by atuljg

I mean the blue line from Kazhakootam to Aakulam, then pass through the Ulloor-Aakulam road (instead of the Poonthi road) passing through Pulayanarkotta, reach Ulloor and then pass through the red/yellow lines.

Just what the doctor ordered! The Aakulam-Ulloor road is currently being widened to 4-lanes. When I passed by early in January, I saw that the LA had been completed and the demolition was well advanced from the Bypass end. This road could accommodate monorail piers in the median, although I am not sure further LA would be possible.

While this alignment would allow connectivity to the future ICCC, Aakulam tourist center and the Southern Air Command, not to mention a host of apartment complexes coming up around the Lake, the alignment via Anamugham - KIMS - Kumarapuram (the blue option) will also allow connectivity to Kochuveli rail terminus and to the Airport (via shuttle buses).

More comments awaited.

[Viveks]

Once the 3 phases of Technopark is getting completed, we require the Akkulam - Ulloor route necessary as there will be high patronage to this route. Anyhow a count of 40000 techies as of now and a projected another 60000 in the coming 5 years is more than enough for getting good traffic volume from Kazhakuttom to various parts of the city.

[ajithv]

Originally Posted by Ajaypp

I sure hope it does. We are just at the feasibility study stage now, hopefully the DPR will re-examine all options and choose the best one. Like I said somewhere before, if this project does not anticipate demand in 2015 or 2016, it may be stuck in a rut.

Infact, the Govt. should have asked NATPAC to find the feasible alignment by themselves.But in this case,Govt.had fixed an alignment and asked to prepare the feasibilty of the alignment.That istelf is a big blunder.

So as of now we may need to follow that alignment.

[Ajaypp]

Originally Posted by ajithv

Infact, the Govt. should have asked NATPAC to find the feasible alignment by themselves.But in this case,Govt.had fixed an alignment and asked to prepare the feasibilty of the alignment.That istelf is a big blunder.

So as of now we may need to follow that alignment.

That's the crux of the issue. Ideally, NATPAC should have been mandated to do an urban transportation survey and study that would have mapped out the demand into the future and recommended the best technological solution and the optimal route network.

Instead, the State Cabinet, whose collective wisdom on mass transit is equal to that of a clam, decided the technology and the route, effectively tying the hands of the real expert. That's smart governance for you!

[Viveks]

But the route alignment is still not confirmed, i hope. Last time it was from kazhakuttom to Thampanoor. Later i heard the route has to extend from Thampanoor to Pappanamcode as the road is having enough width upto Pappanamcode and Central works plot can be utilized as a Mono rail shed.

But still waiting to see a final feasibility report and a revised DPR.

[ajithv]

Originally Posted by Viveks

But the route alignment is still not confirmed, i hope. Last time it was from kazhakuttom to Thampanoor. Later i heard the route has to extend from Thampanoor to Pappanamcode as the road is having enough width upto Pappanamcode and Central works plot can be utilized as a Mono rail shed.

I think, the Monorail Depot will come up at Kazhakkoottam,if the Kazhakkoottam-Technocity stretch is not included in the suggested Phase I.Another location may be at Karyavattom,where more land is available.

Originally Posted by Viveks

But still waiting to see a final feasibility report and a revised DPR.

To revise the DPR,where is the actual DPR..

[Ajaypp]

Originally Posted by ajithv

I think, the Monorail Depot will come up at Kazhakkoottam,if the Kazhakkoottam-Technocity stretch is not included in the suggested Phase I.Another location may be at Karyavattom,where more land is available.

To revise the DPR,where is the actual DPR..

Let's hope NATPAC at least delivers the long-delayed prefeasibility study and also puts it online.

[rajkrish]

Appol avidethe pole ivideyum feasibility studyum dpr ounnum ille

Originally Posted by ajithv

I think, the Monorail Depot will come up at Kazhakkoottam,if the Kazhakkoottam-Technocity stretch is not included in the suggested Phase I.Another location may be at Karyavattom,where more land is available.

To revise the DPR,where is the actual DPR..

[vinod/kakka]

Originally Posted by Ajaypp

Let's hope NATPAC at least delivers the long-delayed prefeasibility study and also puts it online.

So now 2 weeks is long delayed

Also, heard a rumor that the LRT corridor proposed in the CDP for Trivandrum might make a come back as a Monorail corridor? Anybody else hear anything?

KZM - Bypass - KCVL - Airport - Eanchaykkal - EF - Karamana/Thampanoor?

[Ajaypp]

Originally Posted by vinod/kakka

So now 2 weeks is long delayed

Vinod, I thought that the report was originally due in end- December?

[Ajaypp]

Originally Posted by vinod/kakka

So now 2 weeks is long delayed

Vinod, I thought this was originally supposed to have out in December?

[vinod/kakka]

Sorry, my bad in that case - I thought it was due End Jan, and it got postponed by a couple of weeks.

[ajithv]

Yes vinod/kakka.The original date of submission of report was end of December.Later it was extended to mid of January & then to end of January.Now again extended to end of February.

Hope there won't be any further delay

[Ajaypp]

Originally Posted by ajithv

Yes vinod/kakka.The original date of submission of report was end of December.Later it was extended to mid of January & then to end of January.Now again extended to end of February.

Hope there won't be any further delay

Ajith/Vinod - Better late but correct than way off the mark, which is less than can be said of some other feasibility studies that we have seen of late.

[dpkanu]

Originally Posted by Ajaypp

Ajith/Vinod - Better late but correct than way off the mark, which is less than can be said of some other feasibility studies that we have seen of late.

+102

[ajithv]

Originally Posted by Ajaypp

Better late but correct than way off the mark, which is less than can be said of some other feasibility studies that we have seen of late.

The latest I happened to know that,there won't be further delay as the report is in its final stages.