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Bengaluru Suburban Railway
The Bengaluru Suburban Railway is an under-construction suburban rail network for the city of Bengaluru in Karnataka. Since the first proposal in 1983, several others were made but to no avail until a revised proposal of length 161 km (100 mi) was approved in the 2019 Railway Budget. The network is set to have four lines in total with two of them planned to open by December 2026.
The four lines of Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project (BSRP) are named after regional flowers in Kannada: Sampige (Magnolia champaca), Mallige (Jasmine), Parijaata (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis) and Kanaka (Crossandra infundibuliformis). When abbreviated, they form the Kannada word 'Sa-m-par-ka' which means connectivity.
There have been a total of six proposals with the RITES (2018) proposal being approved in 2019 after a few amendments. The construction works for the project commenced in 2022 on the two priority lines, Mallige (line 2) and Kanaka (line 4) which are planned to be operationalised by the end of 2026. The remaining two lines, Sampige (line 1) and Parijaata (line 3) are planned to be opened by 2028.
Unlike Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai which had India's earliest and extensive suburban railway network, Bengaluru did not except for a single rail service in 1963 for Hindustan Aeronautics Limited employees to commute from KSR Bengaluru to Vimanapura railway station. The city's first ever suburban railway proposal was dated to early 1960s in the form of a circular railway connecting existing Bengaluru Central, Cantonment and Bengaluru East railway stations with new railway line and stations in Dommaluru, Koramangala, Jayanagara, Banashankari and back to Bengaluru Central.
In 1983, a formal suburban rail system for the city had first been proposed by a team from Southern Railway under then Railway Minister C. K. Jaffer Sharief and Member of Parliament representing Bengaluru. Their recommendation had been to invest in three suburban rail lines and a 58 km (36 mi) ring railway. The package was estimated to cost ₹650 crore (equivalent to ₹110 billion or US$1.3 billion in 2023) spread over a 25-year period.
In 1993, Minister of Railways, India C. K. Jaffer Sharief influenced the State of Karnataka to establish a committee to look into mass rapid transit for the city. This committee recommended essentially the same put forward by Southern Railway in 1983 and the same circular railway. Both in 1983 and 1993 the proposal was rejected by then Prime Minister of India.
In 2007, RITES (Rail Indian Technical and Economic Services) was commissioned by the Government of Karnataka to conduct a CTTP (Comprehensive Traffic & Transportation Plan) for the city of Bengaluru. Their report called for ten suburban rail routes totalling 204 km (127 mi). As per the report, suburban rail (along existing rail routes) would have cost much less than mass rapid transit system.
In July 2010, a proposal was made by Praja Bangalore in a 'Call To Action' report. This plan was supported & presented at the center for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CisTup), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. The proposal had suggested a 376 km network around three hubs (Yesvantpur Junction, Benniganahalli & Yelahanka Junction) with 42 new stations.
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Bengaluru Suburban Railway
The Bengaluru Suburban Railway is an under-construction suburban rail network for the city of Bengaluru in Karnataka. Since the first proposal in 1983, several others were made but to no avail until a revised proposal of length 161 km (100 mi) was approved in the 2019 Railway Budget. The network is set to have four lines in total with two of them planned to open by December 2026.
The four lines of Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project (BSRP) are named after regional flowers in Kannada: Sampige (Magnolia champaca), Mallige (Jasmine), Parijaata (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis) and Kanaka (Crossandra infundibuliformis). When abbreviated, they form the Kannada word 'Sa-m-par-ka' which means connectivity.
There have been a total of six proposals with the RITES (2018) proposal being approved in 2019 after a few amendments. The construction works for the project commenced in 2022 on the two priority lines, Mallige (line 2) and Kanaka (line 4) which are planned to be operationalised by the end of 2026. The remaining two lines, Sampige (line 1) and Parijaata (line 3) are planned to be opened by 2028.
Unlike Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai which had India's earliest and extensive suburban railway network, Bengaluru did not except for a single rail service in 1963 for Hindustan Aeronautics Limited employees to commute from KSR Bengaluru to Vimanapura railway station. The city's first ever suburban railway proposal was dated to early 1960s in the form of a circular railway connecting existing Bengaluru Central, Cantonment and Bengaluru East railway stations with new railway line and stations in Dommaluru, Koramangala, Jayanagara, Banashankari and back to Bengaluru Central.
In 1983, a formal suburban rail system for the city had first been proposed by a team from Southern Railway under then Railway Minister C. K. Jaffer Sharief and Member of Parliament representing Bengaluru. Their recommendation had been to invest in three suburban rail lines and a 58 km (36 mi) ring railway. The package was estimated to cost ₹650 crore (equivalent to ₹110 billion or US$1.3 billion in 2023) spread over a 25-year period.
In 1993, Minister of Railways, India C. K. Jaffer Sharief influenced the State of Karnataka to establish a committee to look into mass rapid transit for the city. This committee recommended essentially the same put forward by Southern Railway in 1983 and the same circular railway. Both in 1983 and 1993 the proposal was rejected by then Prime Minister of India.
In 2007, RITES (Rail Indian Technical and Economic Services) was commissioned by the Government of Karnataka to conduct a CTTP (Comprehensive Traffic & Transportation Plan) for the city of Bengaluru. Their report called for ten suburban rail routes totalling 204 km (127 mi). As per the report, suburban rail (along existing rail routes) would have cost much less than mass rapid transit system.
In July 2010, a proposal was made by Praja Bangalore in a 'Call To Action' report. This plan was supported & presented at the center for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CisTup), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. The proposal had suggested a 376 km network around three hubs (Yesvantpur Junction, Benniganahalli & Yelahanka Junction) with 42 new stations.
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