There is a detailed project report (DPR) from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for Infrastructure Development Corporation, Government of Karnataka of a high speed rail link from Cubbon Road to the upcoming Bangalore International Airport at Devanahalli has been submitted to the government. The rail link will cost Rs 3,716 crore and will enable passengers to reach Devanahalli from Cubbon Road in 25 minutes flat versus 75 to 90 minutes by road.
This was said by S N Venkata Rao, advisor and project director, DMRC during the 44th MEA Commemoration lecture on ‘High speed rail link from city centre to new international airport at Bangalore (Devanahalli)’. According to Mr Rao if the project gets the approval from the government, initially 10 trains at a frequency of 10 minutes will ferry passengers from check-in-station at Cubbon Road to the internodal transport station at Hebbal, from where it will move to Yelahanka and will finally reach the airport terminal at a maximum speed of 160 km per hour.
“Two city air terminals have been planned, where air passengers can check in and take boarding passes at the police ground between M G Road and Cubbon Road and beyond Hebbal flyover. This project will not interfere with the Bangalore metro rail project.”
By 2011 the estimated air traffic at the new airport per annum will be 17.2 million and rail passengers will be 40,753 per day, Mr Rao added.
According to the DPR, each train will have six coaches, of which one half of a coach would accommodate checked-in baggage. The maximum speed would be 160 km per hour, and 10 trains were proposed to run at frequent intervals. Initially, the train frequency could be 10 minutes and could later be reduced to six and four minutes.
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