Namma Metro envisages 265-km network in Bangalore Having achieved considerable progress in Phase 1 & ready to execute Phase 2 of Namma Metro, BMRCL is preparing to take up Phases 2A & 3. The proposed new network of 150.94 km will virtually throw a metro grid around Bangalore after completion besides connecting key points such as the BIAL, Hebbal & Magadi Road. After completion of all the 3 phases, Bangalore will have a respectable 265 km of metro network.The State govt’s high-power committee has already cleared a pre-feasibility study on the proposed network, said a BMRCL statement. Under Phase 2A, the Gottigere-Nagavara line of Phase 2 will get extended till the international airport, a distance of 23.37 km. Also, another 33 km new line will connect Yelahanka in the north & Sarjapur in the southeast under Phase 3. The ORR will be covered by the metro network (64.37 km) under Phase 3 with the line being proposed from Hebbal to Bannerghatta Road via Central Silk Board, Ganapathi temple, Bannerghatta Road & back to Hebbal. Another new line is proposed from Hosakerehalli in south Bangalore to the ORR, connecting the grid (21.31 km). The proposed Peripheral Ring Road on Magadi Road too will be connected to the Phase 1 grid at the Magadi Road toll gate through an 8.89-km new line.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 10:50:14 +0000
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