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New Indian Express
20-06-2025
- Business
- New Indian Express
‘Circular Railway DPR around Bengaluru to be ready by August'
BENGALURU: The Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the 288-km Circular Railway Project around Bengaluru will be completed and submitted to the Railway Board by August 2025, stated Divisional Railway Manager, Bengaluru Division, South Western Railway (SWR), Ashutosh Kumar Singh, on Thursday. Singh said the DPR is part of a larger push to expand rail infrastructure. The project is designed to decongest urban traffic through a seven-leg rail network circling the city. Final Location Survey has already been sanctioned, and DPR preparation is under way. Addressing the delays in the Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project (BSRP), the SWR officials clarified that while the project is managed by K-RIDE, the Railway division has provided all requested land for Corridors 2 and 4 of the total 4 corridors. 'For Corridor 1, the process is still on. Once it's finalised, we will hand it over,' an official said. Meanwhile, the KSR Railway Station is set to receive two additional platforms, to the existing 10 platforms, at an estimated cost of Rs 222 crore. The expansion will involve the demolition of a portion of the MG Railway Colony, and a fourth entrance to the station is also planned. Other major infrastructure upgrades include the redevelopment of the Bengaluru Cantonment Station at a cost of Rs 484.58 crore, and the ongoing quadrupling of the 38-km Bengaluru Cantonment-Whitefield section.
The Hindu
17-06-2025
- General
- The Hindu
Final location survey for doubling of Tiruchi-Manamadurai BG section to be conducted
The final location survey for doubling of the Tiruchi-Manamadurai broad gauge section via Pudukottai, Thirumayam, Karaikudi, and Sivaganga will be conducted soon. The nearly 150-km electrified single line stretch is an important route to temple town of Rameswaram which attracts devotees from all over the country. Railway sources said a tender had been floated by the Southern Railway Construction Organisation to identify an agency to conduct the final location survey for doubling the Tiruchi-Manamadurai stretch through which some inter-State express trains proceed to Rameswaram from different destinations in the north. The proposed survey would be a detailed exercise as part of which geo-technical investigation would be done. The final location survey would include preparation of a comprehensive detailed project report for the construction of a double line. Work relating to civil, signal, and telecommunication, electrical and operating also form part of the Final Location Survey. A major portion of the Tiruchi-Manamadurai BG section falls under the limits of the Madurai Railway Division and passes through Tiruchi, Pudukottai, and Sivaganga districts. The Final Location Survey is to be conducted for doubling the Madurai-Manamadurai-Rameswaram BG section. The sources said the Tiruchi-Manamadurai section is key route to Rameswaram through which several trains are operated. The Ayodhya Cantonment-Rameswaram; Firozpur-Rameswaram Humsafar Express; Bhubaneswar-Rameswaram; Tirupati-Rameswaram; Banaras-Rameswaram; Puducherry-Kanniyakumari; Coimbatore-Rameswaram; Tambaram-Sengottai; Chennai Egmore-Rameswaram Silambu Express and the Chennai-Rameswaram Sethu Express are among the trains operated on the Tiruchi-Manamadurai route.
The Hindu
13-06-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Survey begins for doubling of tracks on the route between Arakkonam and Chengalpattu
: In a major development for rail users taking the Kancheepuram and Thirumalpur route, the Southern Railway has begun a survey for doubling the tracks from Chengalpattu to Arakkonam via Takkolam. The track doubling will help ease rail traffic, and create a dedicated corridor for operating direct suburban train services from Arakkonam to Chengalpattu, avoiding the need for circular route via Beach. M. Senthamil Selvan, Chief Public Relations officer of Southern Railway, said the Final Location Survey (FLS) for the project had been approved for the Chengalpattu-Arakkonam corridor via Kancheepuram and Thirumalpur. A branching track has been planned to link Palur-Paranur bypass. At present, the Chengalpattu to Arakkonam route, has only one track with nine railway stations. Some stations are Reddipalayam, Villiambakkam, Palur, Palayasivaram, Walajabad, Nathapettai, Old Kancheepuram and Kancheepuram. Kancheepuram junction serves as the freight hub for transporting not only industrial finished goods from Walajabad, but also agricultural and food materials. The suburban train services operated by the Chennai Division from Beach to Chengalpattu via Tambaram, which includes the Thirumalpur section, sees a patronage of more than 10 lakh people every day, with over one lakh commuters travelling to Thirumalpur. For several years, the residents in Kancheepuram have been requesting for doubling the tracks, at least from Thirumalpur to Chengalpattu, to create a dedicated suburban train corridor to Beach. J. Ranganathan, office bearer of the Chennai-Kanchi Rail Users Association, said thousands of office-goers and traders bound for Chennai opt for the cheap suburban services, but the lack of services from Kancheepuram to Chennai Beach makes it a daily struggle. Normally, a few train services, which are operated to Chengalpattu, are extended to Thirumalpur via Kancheepuram on the single track. Commuters in Kancheepuram have been seeking the doubling of tracks for a long time as that would help thousands of workers from as far as Tiruvallur, Arakkonam and Tiruttani to have direct train facilities to Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu, instead of the time-consuming circular route that is now being operated, he added. D. Kishore Kumar, a member of the Divisional Railway Users Consultative Committee (DRUCC), had highlighted the issue in a recent meeting with senior railway officials of the Chennai Division. He had stressed the need to upgrade Kancheepuram to a suburban category in the light of the municipality being made a Corporation and increasing migration from Chennai. This section was the only one left out in the region under the Chennai division, though it has been fetching high freight and passenger revenue. Mr. Kumar said track doubling project had become pertinent for operating freight trains because of the presence of automobile hub at Walajabad and the goods shed in Kancheepuram. The Southern Railway has a line capacity utilisation of 105%, and this is projected to increase by 119% in 2025. The Southern Railway, having converted all meter gauge tracks to broad gauge by 2010, converted the meter gauge of the Arakkonam-Chengalpattu section to broad gauge in 2019, after several years of delay due to land acquisition issues. The broad gauge line was commissioned in January 2019, creating a direct track link from Chengalpattu to Arakkonam. The Southern Railway, having converted all meter gauge tracks to broad gauge by 2010, converted the meter gauge of the Arakkonam-Chengalpattu section to broad gauge in 2019, after several years of delay due to land acquisition issues. The broad gauge line was commissioned in January 2019, creating a direct track link from Chengalpattu to Arakkonam.
The Hindu
27-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
Final Location Survey for doubling Tiruchi - Karur BG section apace
The Final Location Survey for doubling the Tiruchi - Karur broad gauge section is currently apace with the Southern Railway Construction Organisation carrying out the detailed exercise. The over 70-km electrified section is presently a single line stretch witnessing the operation of some inter-state express trains including those originating from the Tiruchi Railway Division as well besides movement freight trains. Railway sources said the alignment of the double line has been finalised as part of the survey which was approved by the Railway Board, New Delhi. The yard planning was in progress as part of the survey. The Southern Railway Construction Organisation has completed the hydrological study and the geo-technical study. The sources said the Final Location Survey was proceeding swiftly and the Southern Railway Construction Organisation plans to complete it in a couple of months. The Detailed Project Report for the doubling project would be prepared thereafter which would also contain the traffic study to ascertain the Rate of Return for the railways by executing the track doubling project. The Detailed Project Report would be forwarded to the Railway Board, New Delhi through the Southern Railway headquarters for obtaining sanction for the track doubling project and allocation of funds for its execution, the sources further said. The Tiruchi - Karur BG section witnesses daily movement of the Ernakulam - Karaikal - Ernakulam; Cuddalore Port - Mysuru - Cuddalore Port; Tambaram - Mangalore - Tambaram and Tiruchi - Palakkad - Tiruchi inter-state express trains besides operation of Mayiladuthurai - Salem - Mayiladuthurai express trains, Tiruchi - Karur and Tiruchi -Erode passenger trains every day. In addition to these, some freight trains are also operated on this section to various destinations.
India.com
21-05-2025
- Business
- India.com
India to Nepal in just 3 hours, THIS new rail line to be laid between Bihar and..., travellers can reach Pokhara, Kathmandu in just...
Image for representational puposes New Delhi: A direct train from New Delhi to Kathmandu is likely to be launched soon. According to the reports, preparations for laying a new railway line from Raxaul in Bihar to Nepal's Kathmandu are in the final stages. A 136-kilometer-long track will be constructed at a cost of whopping Rs 25,000 crore. The track will feature 13 railway stations along the route. Since Raxaul is already directly connected to Delhi, once the new rail line is completed, the national capital will also have a direct rail link to Kathmandu. Konkan Railway Corporation Limited has initiated the Final Location Survey (FLS) for the Raxaul-Kathmandu railway line. The railway will spend Rs 37 crore on the survey. Based on the FLS report, the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the rail line will be prepared. After that, the tender process for laying the tracks will begin. To recall, a survey for the 136-kilometer Raxaul-Kathmandu link railway line was conducted in the year 2023. At that time, the project was estimated to cost around Rs 25,000 crore. The effort to connect New Delhi to Kathmandu via rail began in the year 2022. According to officials from the Railway Board, the final survey is currently underway. This includes examining feasibility and land availability. There is already an existing railway track from Delhi to Raxaul. To connect Delhi to Kathmandu, a new 136-kilometer line will need to be laid from Raxaul to Kathmandu. Regarding this, Mantu Kumar, Secretary to the Deputy CVO Engineering of East Central Railway, has released a report. Kathmandu to Raxaul in just 2–3 hours: After the completion of the track, India will use both road and rail routes to enhance trade with Nepal. The Raxaul Railway Station, located near the Nepal border, is directly connected to Delhi. India will only need to build a 136 km new railway line from Raxaul to Kathmandu. The distance between Raxaul and Kathmandu is about 136 kilometers. Currently, it takes around 5 hours to cover this distance by road. Once the railway line is ready, the same distance can be covered in just 2 to 3 hours. Benefits for both India and Nepal: After the completion of the route, it will be convenient for Indian tourists to visit Pokhara, Kathmandu, Phewa Lake, Gupteshwar Cave, Chandragiri Hills, as well as the Everest Base Camp and Annapurna Base Camp treks Nepali tourists travel to Vaishali, Kesariya, and Rajgir in India. For Indians, Nepal is home to spiritual sites such as the Pashupatinath Temple, Muktinath Temple, Janakpur, and the Kalika Temple in Baglung. For Nepalis, important religious destinations in India include Sitamarhi, Khageshwarnath Temple, and Baba Dham. Currently, road transport is the only means of trade between the two nations, which is time-consuming and costly. A new rail service will enhance connectivity, making it easier and more cost-effective for goods exported from India to reach Nepal. Nepal has traditionally been a natural ally of India. However, growing Chinese influence has led to some erosion of mutual trust and created a political divide. Given the current global scenario, both countries need each other more than ever.
