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Bengaluru suburban rail only 20% done, to use European signalling
The Bengaluru Suburban Transport Project has achieved only 19.9% physical progress in three-and-a-half years as of July, says implementing agency K-RIDE. Tenders have been invited for viaduct works on corridor-2 and packages…
The Story in Brief
The Bengaluru Suburban Transport Project has achieved only 19.9% physical progress in three-and-a-half years as of July, says implementing agency K-RIDE. Tenders have been invited for viaduct works on corridor-2 and packages covering 22 km on corridor-4, while land acquisition for the Akkupete depot is under way.
K-RIDE has confirmed it will use the European Train Control System Level-2 across all corridors, replacing the earlier planned communications-based train control. The same system will be used for India's Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail. A double-decker structure is planned along Mohan Kumar Road, with a road flyover below the suburban rail line.
The Indian Opinion
The government is quick to announce shiny European signalling systems but slow to move earth. Only 20% progress in over three years, even as K-RIDE touts tech as a solution to land acquisition nightmares. The real test is not which system is deployed, but whether Bengaluru's commuters will see trains before the decade ends. Watch for the next milestone: completion of the first viaduct segment.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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