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Bengaluru: Sub urban trains to start rolling from Aug 18

  • Sub urban train between Byappanahalli and Whitefield from Aug 18.
  • Trains will ply from Byappanahalli at 8.25 am and reach White field at 8.50 am.
  • It starts from White Field at 6.15 pm and reach Byappanahalli at  6.40 pm.
  • The train will have 8 bogies and can carry  2412 commuters at one time. 

 

Sub urban trains to start rolling from Aug 18

The Railways have announced the time schedule of trains between Byappanahalli and Whitefield from Aug 18, confirming the much anticipated suburban train services open to public, reported Kannada Prabha.

The traffic at the Byappanahalli and Whitefield road is very heavy and the construction works on the road for the Namma Metro second stage Reach I extension has added to the traffic woes.  To facilitate the commuters on this line the railways have introduced the sub urban trains on morning and evening.  DEMU, diesel electrical multiple unit, trains will ply from Byappanahalli at 8.25 am and reach White field at 8.50 am.  In the evening it starts from White Field at 6.15 pm and reach Byappanahalli at  6.40 pm. The train stops at K R Pura and Hudi stations. In the morning the train stops at K R Pura at 8.30 am for one minute. It will stop at Hudi for one minute at 8.36 am.

In the evening the train leaving from White Field stops at Hudi at 6.21 pm for one minute and at K R Pura stops for one minute at 6.29 pm. The train will have 8 bogies and can carry  2412 commuters at one time said railway officials.

The industrialists and other owners of offices around White Field and Hudi held a meeting some time back, decided to appeal to the railways to run a suburban train to facilitate their employees and subsequently submitted the appeal. MP P C Mohan had also written to the Union Railway Minister in this regard. He had even brought it up at the Parliament. As a result the suburban train service has become a reality.

 

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