Railway development in Karnataka

[engineer.akash]

Karnataka set for railway budget

Published: Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011, 8:57 IST
By Bosky Khanna | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA

If all goes according to plan, Karnataka will have a better rail infrastructure, and the proposal made by the state government will be implemented in the upcoming railway budget, said KH Muniyappa, Union minister of state for railways.

He said that the state government has penned a letter to the Centre, putting forth few demands.

Inaugurating a train service on Tuesday, chief minister BS Yeddyurappa said that the state government is optimistic about the upcoming budget for train connectivity.

Like the Bangalore-Shimoga and Shimoga-Mysore trains, more trains should be introduced connecting the rural and semi-urban areas. Further, the state is ready to undertake projects on cost sharing, where the state will bear 50% of the cost and also provide lands, he said.

Muniyappa added that the work on the proposed Kudachi- Bagalkot, on public-private partnership, is yet to commence. The project was proposed in 2009-10 at a cost of Rs 914 crore for laying 150 km.

So far, the state government has allotted an area of 60 km. He added that the proposed trains— Yeshwanthpur-Delhi Duronto, Howrah-Prashanthi Nilayam and Bangalore-Nelamanagala— will soon start functioning.He also said that plans are on to introduce a dedicated North-South freight corridor to reduce the cost and transportation time.

To make a world-class station in Bangalore, a proposal has already been sent to the railway board, he said. Bangalore’s divisional railway manager, S Mani, said that the station will be improved with a budget of Rs2-3 crore by March 31 next year.

A proposal is with the railway board for land acquisition of Binny Mills site for expanding the station. Conceptual reports are being prepared to make Byapanahalli a world-class station.

[gentem]

Originally Posted by engineer.akash

We need an intercity connecting Mysore-Hubli,high time that these two cities get connected.Mysore-Shimoga intercity was a great move by the CM and IR.

My wishlist

Mysore-Hubli Intercity Express

Leave Mysore at 6 am and reach Hubli by 2pm and leave Hubli at 4 pm and reach Mysore at 11:45 pm

Can someone update on the Hubli-Belgaum direct rail link?

mysore-belgaum better

bangalore-delhi and bangalore-mumbai duronto urgent ..

[mangalore mania]

There has been lot of talk on development of Bangalore station but what about the modernisation of Mangalore station which was proposed in last budget. I think it was just a gimmick just to avoid the protest of extension yeswantpur-mangalore train. I hope this is a right place to ask this. Or i may have to post this in kerala thread since mangalore comes in palghat division

[Vishy23]

Originally Posted by engineer.akash

I am fom Belgaum and on my way to Belgaum from dharwad via londa,I think it touches alnavar.Manganese is mostly transported along this route,at Londa you get one of the best Cutlets and Wadas

Yes it is very dense forget even humans settling there.

k pretty clear...hence no case for passenger trains on this route.

[Vishy23]

Originally Posted by engineer.akash

‘City rly station renovation awaits land allocation’


DHNS

Yeddy is working silently

True....surprised to see how easily he is getting projects of his choice cleared, 3rd year in as CM n already 3rd demand(Shimoga-Harihar new line) for his home district will be met as per indications, great going Yeddy
Two advantages here for him..
1. K.H.Muniyappa is from Karnataka & he shares good rapport with him.
2. Sharing the costs.
3. Since Didi was earlier part of NDA, some benefits from her to be seen....

Well, if Muniyappa replaces Didi, then it'll be Sone per Suhaagaa for Karnataka!!!!

[vlakshmi_n]

We need to wait & see if the state will benefit.

[dyamannavar]

Originally Posted by Vishy23

Anybody from North Kanara, Dharwad, Belgaum districts?

There is a British built railway line from Alnavar to Ambewadi(Dandeli) which is about 30-40km in distance.However, i dont see any passenger trains there,why?
My guess is that, its used only for Freight movement, however what freight???
except for West Coast Paper Mills, neither we find any other well known companies nor its an industrial area there since its a dense forest area...

I am from Dharwad.
Their is one more station exists between Alanwar to Ambewadi : Shingatageri
Total track length between Alanwart to Ambewadi is 26 Kms, currently its used for West Coast Paper Mill.
Ambewadi is just 6 Kms from Dandeli. Their is so much hype about Hubli Ankola, when Ambewadi line no one is fighting, this can be extended upto Dandeli easily without any Environment issue. This will give connectivity to Western Ghats for tourists and Dandeli can be connected directly from Bangalore, Bijapur, Belgaum.
In this rergard, I had written to GM / SWR and Dharwad MP Prahald Joshi to take up this line with SWR and provide 4 Passanger Trains from Hubli to Ambewadi, looks nothing progressed.

[Vishy23]

Originally Posted by dyamannavar

I am from Dharwad.
Their is one more station exists between Alanwar to Ambewadi : Shingatageri
Total track length between Alanwart to Ambewadi is 26 Kms, currently its used for West Coast Paper Mill.
Ambewadi is just 6 Kms from Dandeli. Their is so much hype about Hubli Ankola, when Ambewadi line no one is fighting, this can be extended upto Dandeli easily without any Environment issue. This will give connectivity to Western Ghats for tourists and Dandeli can be connected directly from Bangalore, Bijapur, Belgaum.
In this rergard, I had written to GM / SWR and Dharwad MP Prahald Joshi to take up this line with SWR and provide 4 Passanger Trains from Hubli to Ambewadi, looks nothing progressed.

Ya gud initiative.....
However, as Akash pointed, are there enough people who can avail of the train services,if any?

[vlakshmi_n]

Passenger, freight traffic increases

South Western Railway (SWR) Mysore Division has recorded 14.6 per cent growth in the passenger segment over the corresponding period of last year, said SWR Divisional Railway Manager B B Verma.

He was speaking at the 62nd Republic Day celebrations organised by the South Western Railway (SWR) Mysore Division at the Railway Sports Ground here on Wednesday. Highlighting the performance of Mysore Division in the current year (Up to December 2010), Verma said that the Division had shown significant improvement over the corresponding period of previous year despite the ban on export of iron ore by the State government.

Earnings

The Division has lifted 3.72 Million Tonnes of revenue earning originating traffic and earned ` 338.71 crore.
In the passenger segment, the Division had recorded 14.6 per cent growth over the corresponding period of last year and earning ` 105.01 crore from passenger traffic.
Sundry earnings had shown a growth of 98.48 per cent in this period.

The punctuality of passenger-carrying mail/ Express trains was 75.48 per cent, he added. He touched upon the excellent safety record of the Division in the current year. He stated that the self-propelled Accident Relief Train (ART), which was the first of its kind on Indian railways had been stationed in Mysore to meet emergency situation. Verma outlined various measures taken to enhance the level of passenger satisfaction, such as provision of safe drinking water, adequate number of toilets and improved catering services.

He further said that adequate steps for ensuring adequate hygiene and standards of cleaning of coaches and as well as mechanised cleaning at major stations by professionals were undertaken. With continued threat perceptions from terrorists/ anti-social elements, Verma said that in addition to vigil on the part of personnel of Railway Protection Force & Government Railway Police, a Closed Circuit Surveillance System was also introduced at Mysore Railway station. Besides this, an Integrated Security Scheme is on the anvil at important stations of the Division in the direction of instilling a sense of confidence among our customers for a safe and secure journey.

Energy conservation

Verma said the Division had taken the lead in energy conservation by use of energy efficient fittings such as digital electronics meters. He said by judicious shutting down of diesel locomotives, 6.23 lakh litres of High Speed Diesel (HSD) were saved up to end of December 2010.

[vlakshmi_n]

Integrated security for railway station

The Mysore city railway station will get an integrated security system in due course to enhance the safety of passengers, Divisional Railway Manager B.B. Verma has said.
Speaking during celebrations to mark Republic Day here on Wednesday, Mr. Verma said the division had introduced a closed circuit surveillance system at the Mysore station in addition to the extra vigil maintained by the Railway Protection Force and the Government Railway Police. The integrated security system would be extended to important stations in the division and would help instil a sense of confidence among passengers, he added. While highlighting the performance of the Mysore division in the current financial year, until December 2010, Mr. Verma said there had been significant improvement over the corresponding period of the previous year, despite the ban on export of iron ore, which had affected freight earnings. Besides, the division had recorded an impressive 14.6 per cent growth in passenger traffic over the same period, earning Rs.105.01 crore.

[dyamannavar]

Yelahanka - Channasandra Doubling - Earthwork in widening formation, extension of minor bridges, road works, construction of retaining walls, side drains and other misc., works from
Ch.2500 to 10600 between Channasandra and Yelahanka station REACH-I. YNK-CSDR-01
Value : Rs 5,97,00,000

http://tenders.gov.in/details.asp?te...2&work=1&cno=0

Finally Bangalore is getting some capacity of doubling after long time.

[gentem]

Originally Posted by dyamannavar

Yelahanka - Channasandra Doubling - Earthwork in widening formation, extension of minor bridges, road works, construction of retaining walls, side drains and other misc., works from
Ch.2500 to 10600 between Channasandra and Yelahanka station REACH-I. YNK-CSDR-01
Value : Rs 5,97,00,000

http://tenders.gov.in/details.asp?te...2&work=1&cno=0

Finally Bangalore is getting some capacity of doubling after long time.

two line doubling around bangalore was announced in budjet itself. i saw railway flyover was half doubled on new airport road near yelahanka recently..

[gentem]

The budget also provides doubling of Yeshwantpur-Yelahanka and Yelahanka-Chanasandra lines, construction of Kottur-Harihar line, survey for electrification of Guntakal-Gutti-Bangalore line, and survey for Chikballapur-Sri Sathyasai Prashanti Nilayam, Almatti-Koppal, Gadag-Haveri, Gadag-Wadi, Shimaga-Harihar, Anekal-Bidadi and Yadgir-Almatti lines.

Read more: Rail budget fails to enthuse Karnataka - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...#ixzz1CFTn2HBn

2009 budget. but i would love bangalore-guntakal electrification any day

[Vishy23]

Originally Posted by dyamannavar

I am from Dharwad.
Their is one more station exists between Alanwar to Ambewadi : Shingatageri
Total track length between Alanwart to Ambewadi is 26 Kms, currently its used for West Coast Paper Mill.
Ambewadi is just 6 Kms from Dandeli. Their is so much hype about Hubli Ankola, when Ambewadi line no one is fighting, this can be extended upto Dandeli easily without any Environment issue. This will give connectivity to Western Ghats for tourists and Dandeli can be connected directly from Bangalore, Bijapur, Belgaum.
In this rergard, I had written to GM / SWR and Dharwad MP Prahald Joshi to take up this line with SWR and provide 4 Passanger Trains from Hubli to Ambewadi, looks nothing progressed.

@Dyamannavar:

I saw an article in DH dated 22-12-2010 on CRS for Bangalore through Praja initiated by you..

Any news on that?like assurances by MoS etc to be taken in this budget

[gentem]

Originally Posted by Vishy23

@Dyamannavar:

I saw an article in DH dated 22-12-2010 on CRS for Bangalore through Praja initiated by you..

Any news on that?like assurances by MoS etc to be taken in this budget

thank god no that CRS will ruin the beauty of bangalore with ugly railway stations. they proposed 25 new railway stations in bangalore city limits, city will lose its identity garden city of india will become garbage city of india

[sfs]

South Western Railway ferries 25.583 mt iron ore

Our Bureau

Hubli, Jan. 27

The South Western Railway (SWR), despite a ban on iron ore exports from Karnataka, has been able to ferry 25.583 million tonnes for the domestic market and has also carried 1,289 million passengers up to December 31, 2010.

According to Mr Kuldeep Chaturvedi, General Manager, South Western Railway, “Thrust has been given to improve infrastructure and line capacity of SWR to bring in additional revenue and efficiency.”

SWR plans to increase number of Jana Sadharan Ticket Booking Sewaks in Bangalore city. These sewaks will be appointed to issue unreserved tickets to passengers. Further to this, issue of tickets through mobile vans has also been planned in Bangalore city.

In order to carry the ever-increasing passenger traffic, three express trains and three passenger trains have already been introduced on SWR during the current year. “One express and two passenger trains will be introduced shortly, besides, frequency of three trains has been increased, two trains have been extended and two pairs of trains are delinked to run as separate trains,” Mr Chaturvedi said.

To clear extra rush of passengers, SWR has run 4,468 special trains and attached 4,125 extra coaches to various trains during April 2010 to December 2010.

Mr Chaturvedi said that SWR has maintained a good record in the area of safety in train operations. There has been no accident on account of collision or fire since inception of railway in 2003.

Track Doubling

He further stated that thrust was being given to improve infrastructure and line capacity on this railway. During this year, 44 km of track between Bangalore-Mysore and Arsikere-Devanur section has already been doubled.

Further, 16 km of new line between Kadur-Sakrayapatna section, 28 km of doubling between Mugad-Kambarganvi and Devanur-Birur section, and 40 km of Gauge Conversion between Anandapuram-Talaguppa section will also be completed in the current financial year.

Mr Chaturvedi said more emphasis is being given for improving safety at level crossings. Road over Bridges (ROBs) in lieu of Level Crossing gates have already been constructed at eight locations and two more ROBs are targeted to be completed during the current year.

Integrated Security System

A special emphasis is being laid to bring perceptible improvement in rail travel by improving security: CCTV systems have been installed at 11 important stations on this railway. “In addition, an “Integrated Security System” is being provided at Bangalore City, Yesvantpur and Mysore stations,” said Mr Chaturvedi.

He further said for the convenience of Passengers, Unreserved Ticketing Systems (UTS) at 228 stations, UTS-cum-Passenger Reservation System (PRS) at 63 stations, exclusive PRS centres at 40 locations, India Post PRS Centres at 19 locations, PRS Centres in Defence area at two locations are provided.

Station renovation

Renovated station buildings have been commissioned at Hindupur, Bangalore Cantonment, Arsikere, Hassan, Penukonda, Tumkur, Dharmapuri, Bangarpet, Davangere, Tiptur, Kengeri and Haveri.

Work on the new station building at Hubli has commenced and “Multifunctional Complexes” at Hubli and Mysore have also been planned and execution has already been started. Londa and Chamarajanagar stations have also been developed as “Adarsh Stations” and ten more stations on SWR will be developed during the financial year, Mr Chaturvedi said.

Source

[dyamannavar]

What about the following Track opening which were to be completed in this FY only.

1. Kottur - Harihar
2. Bangalore - Nelamngala
3. Gauge conversion of Chikballapur to Kolar
4. Doubling between Yelahanka to Yesvantpur & Channasandra
5. MFC for Yesvantpur station is yet to be started
6. World class stations at Bangalore, Mangalore & Biyappanahali
7. Adarsha stations for Chikballapur, Dodballapur, Yelahanka, Devanhalli, Gauribidanur
8. LHB coach for Bangalore to Chennai Shatabdi
9. New projects announced during last budget, no approval from Railway Board till now.

What about the Commuter Rail for Bangalore??

Renovated station buildings have been commissioned at Hindupur, Bangalore Cantonment, Arsikere, Hassan, Penukonda, Tumkur, Dharmapuri, Bangarpet, Davangere, Tiptur, Kengeri and Haveri.

These were completed before Feb'2010 except Bangalore Cant. & Hindapur, why is he mentioning them. Also Tumkur & Yelahanka stationa are worst with only single Platform, their is no effort to improve these station

So not much progress for SWR over the last year even though MoS is from Karnatak

[vlakshmi_n]

Goods train flagged off

This train is expected to give a boost to mining activities and reduce road accidents in the region.



Bhimasamudra (Chitradurga district): A goods train was flagged off here on Friday not only to give a boost to mining activities but also reduce road accidents due to heavy lorry traffic. Mineral Enterprises Limited, a private mining company, which took up the project at a cost of Rs. 65 crore, laid the railway line of 10.5 kilometres from BBH Mine near Bhimasamudra to Amritapur Station of Chitradurga taluk.

“The railway link will ease lorry traffic. Besides, it will become feasible for mine owners to transport ore to steel plants in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Goa,” according to the company's managing director Basant Poddar. Addressing presspersons after participating in the flagging-off ceremony, he said that the new railway link, which was the first such link in Chitradurga and Tumkur districts, will increase freight volume for the Railways as ore will now be transported through train in this region. He said that the train contained 60 bogies to transport 3,900 tonnes of ore. This would fetch revenue of Rs. 1,200 crore annually to the Railways. Mr. Poddar said that it took nearly five years for the company to commission the project, for which 125 acres of land was acquired from farmers by spending around Rs. 3 crore. He said that the company would spend roughly Rs. 30 lakh annually as recurring expenses. The company was exporting 1.5 million tonnes of ore a year to China.

“However, following the State Government ban order on exports, we lost revenue in the past six months,” he said. Terming the Government decision to ban ore export as impractical, he said that India exports only low-grade ore. This is not used in the country as it required high-tech machinery and enormous amount of electricity to convert that ore into iron. “China has this technology and it imports low-grade ore. High-grade ore is sold in India itself. Now, after the Government banning the export, the low-grade ore is simply being dumped in the yards. We cannot sell it to foreign countries and the local companies will not buy it,” he remarked. He hoped that the ban which has been now challenged before the Supreme Court would be removed. Earlier, MLA S.K. Basavarajan flagged off the train.

Need more trains for people, also if introduction of more goods train reduces the trucks/lorries on the highways, it will be good especially the NH48.

[xetairex]

Originally Posted by dyamannavar

Arsiker & Devanur doubling Track speed Trail was held on 7th Jan. This segment forms 23.63 Kms, good progress considering the work was started in 2009.

http://www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in...s/Press_04.pdf

Year mentioned in the notices is of 2010 which is wrong, simple mistake by SWR????

Now Railway should take complet doubling of Tumkur to Pune via Hubli.
Now Bangalore Pune via Hubli / Tumkur has many places double tracks exists :

1 : Dharwad to Mugad 14 Kms out of Dharwad Londa 71 Kms
2 : Bangalore to Tumkur 64 Kms
3 : Arsikere to Devanur 24 Kms out of the 46 Kms Arsikeri-Birur
4 : Birur to Chikjajur 68 Kms work to start in full force
5 : Miraj to Sangli 08 Kms
6 : Hubli to Hubli South 04 Kms

Total Kms 1021 between Bangalore to Pune via Hubli, total doubling done 114 Kms, balance doubling work taken is 140Kms. This will comes to 254 Kms which is 25%.
Railway should take up the remaining streatch in big way for doubling Tumkur to Pune and electrification between Yesvanthpur to Pune as other streatches like Kadur to Chikmagalur, Hassan - Nelamangala, Harihar - Kottur, Shimoga to Talguppa will bring more traffic to this main line.

I did not realise this, but most of the kilometers doubled are in Karnataka. Awesome

Another 7 years for doubled and electrified section?

Is that too optimstic?

[vlakshmi_n]

State seeks sanction for rail projects

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Introduction of trains on 11 routes sought, Railways urged to order survey on three routes
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In view of the presentation of the Railway Budget next month, the State Government has sought a meeting with Railway Board officers in the first week of February to seek clearance for pending and upcoming rail projects.

Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, in a letter to Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has sought sanction for eight projects, survey of three projects and introduction of trains on 11 routes, in the rail budget for 2011–12.

The Government has urged the Railways to order survey of Bagalkot–Raichur, Gulbarga–Bijapur, and Koppal–Singanur routes.

He sought introduction of trains on 11 routes, and they are: Bangalore–Delhi (Duronto), Bangalore–Yeshwanthapur–Shirdi, Bangalore–Yeshwanthapur–Solapur via Guntakal, Karwar–Bangalore via Mangalore, Bangalore/Yeshwanthapur– Amritsar, Gulbarga–Bangalore (Express), Mysore–Arsikere (Diesel Electrical Multiple Unit - DEMU), Marikuppam–Bangalore Passenger, Kolar–Bangalore (DEMU), Bangalore city–Bijapur via Bagalkot, and Bangalore city–Miraj via Belgaum.

The Government urged the Railway Board to sanction seven projects, and they are: Shimoga–Harihar, Whitefield–Kolar, Davangere–Tumkur, Gadag–Haveri, Bijapur–Shahbad (PPP), Dharwad–Belgaum (PPP), and Hassan–Bangalore.

Cost
The State Government has decided to bear the cost of all new projects on 50:50 basis and allocated Rs. 600 crore for acquiring lands for new projects. But the Railway Ministry has not released its share of cost. The allocation from the Railways to four projects has been insufficient. The four projects are Bidar–Gulbarga, Munirabad–Mahbubnagar, Rayadurga–Tumkur and Kadur–Chikmagalur–Sakleshpur.

The Chief Minister said that the Gadag–Wadi railway line (via Yelburga, Kushtagi, Lingsugur, Hutti Gold Mines, Surpur, Shahpur — 252 km) has been estimated to cost Rs. 1,100 crore and it was under active consideration of the Railways. The Government has also planned a number of projects, including steel and cement zones, in the region. Besides providing logistics support, the railway line would fuel economic growth of the north Karnataka region, Mr. Yeddyurappa added.