Title - Commuter Rail for Bangalore

Commuter rail, also known as suburban rail, can draw a large number of commuters - people who travel on a daily basis from cities/ growth centres like Tumkur, Devanahalli, Hoskote, Ramanagar, Doddballapur, Chikkaballapura, Hosur, Anekal, Yelahanka, Whitefield/ ITPL, Kengeri and Bidadi.This can be achieved within an approximate one hour travel distance to Bengaluru with environmental friendly EMU trains, operating on existing tracks, doubled or quadrupled as necessary, for operation at a high frequency of 20 or more trains per day between each origin-destination pair, at speeds of about 50 km/h and some services restricted to peak hours. Bangalore City, its suburbs & growth centres can be easily connected by improving the required railway infrastructure, as this will cater to the needs of Commuter Rail/ Local Trains for better & improved Public Transport with minimum investments.Bangalore has the required infrastructure to start Commuter Rail / Local Trains:Nearly 300 Kms of Railway Track exists, in and around Bangalore city 36 Railway stations exist in and around Bangalore 14 Pairs of Trains runs between Bangalore and Bangarpet, Hosur, Devanhalli and Tumkur A major part of Railway Track around Bangalore is getting upgraded for Doubling & Electrification 30 new stations have been proposed for the Commuter Rail Railway track to Nelamangala is ready for Commuter Rail operations GoK has assigned DPR work to RITES for Commuter Rail in Nov'2011 & it is ready for submission Commuter Rail / Local Trains will benefit the following areas and segment of Citizens:Professionals working in major IT hubs like ITPL, Sarjapur Road, Marathalli, and Hebbal People working in Auto hubs Bidadi & Hosur, Textile hubs Dodballapur, Agri hub Malur, and Industries around Anekal, Yelahanka, Dabaspet & Tumkur Workforce at BIAL, upcoming IT hubs, Health city, Financial District, Aero City, and International Conventional centre near Devnahalli Airport Students of major educational institutions like two Universities, several Engineering / Medical / MBA colleges & other institutions Big Hospitals, Parks / amusement centres, Shopping Malls located near to the Railway Tracks Major upcoming residential areas like Yelahanka, Suryanagar, KHB, Bidadi, Arkavathi Layout, Kengeri, Nelamangala, Chandapur & Hosur Commuter Rail will be integrated with Bangalore METRO at Byappanahalli, Yesvantpur, Nayandhalli People travelling by Intercity Trains can use Commuter Rail at Yelahanaka, Yesvantpur, Hosur, KR Puram, Kengeri, Tumkur to reach their nearest places of residence The benefits of the Bangalore Commuter Rail Service are multi fold

With 6 Routes connecting 6 growth centres at a frequency of 24 trains per day per route, 375 kilometres and 50 lakh people can be covered Availability of labor for growth of the already established economic ecosystem Decongestion of the city, reduced highway congestion, pollution and energy dependence Increased efficiency in commute times Affordable housing for lower & middle classes Significantly lower capital expenditure on transport infrastructure Proposed ‘Namma Railu’ Routes