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Rail Infrastructure Development Company (Karnataka) Ltd (K-RIDE) has announced the instauration of 25 kV AC electrical traction connected the Belandur Road–Karmelaram double-line corridor and the loop lines astatine Huskur presumption nether the Bengaluru Division. The upgraded installation forms portion of the Baiyappanahalli–Hosur line.
K-RIDE said the overhead electrical traction is charged and operational from November 14 and cautioned commuters, motorists, and the nationalist to adhere strictly to information advisories issued for the electrified section.
Officials said the electrification and presumption improvements are components of the 48-km Baiyappanahalli–Hosur doubling project. As portion of the expansion, a caller halt presumption with 4 tracks has been developed astatine Huskur to enactment freight bid movements. New presumption buildings person besides been constructed astatine Karmelaram and Heelalige arsenic portion of the broader upgrade programme.
Currently for goods operations
Although it volition beryllium dedicated to goods operations currently, according to officials, the caller Huskur presumption is expected to payment a ample commuter basal erstwhile rider services begin. Unlike the existing Heelalige station, which is astir 10 km from Electronics City, Huskur lies conscionable astir 5 km away, perchance easing question for thousands surviving and moving successful the Electronics City.
“Huskur presumption volition beryllium a immense vantage for those employed successful Bommasandra and Veerasandra concern zones and for tech workers commuting to Electronics City. The Railways indispensable present much bid services connected this route,” said Veena Jagadish, a nonmigratory of Electronics City.
Regular commuters connected the Bengaluru–Hosur way person agelong raised concerns astir constricted services and inadequate rider amenities on the stretch.
Meanwhile, K-RIDE officials said that the Commissioner of Railway Safety (Southern Circle) volition undertake a high-speed inspection of the recently electrified information connected November 16, during which trains are expected to tally astatine speeds exceeding 120 kmph to measure the section’s readiness.
Line is energised
Meanwhile, successful the nationalist notification, KRIDE has stated that the tallness gauges person been installed astatine each level crossings on the section, with a maximum permissible clearance of 4.78 metres for roadworthy vehicles. The unrecorded overhead wire, known arsenic the interaction wire, volition tally astatine a minimum tallness of 5.5 metres supra the obstruction level. K-RIDE said the measurement is intended to forestall vehicles carrying over-height loads from coming into interaction with the electrified infrastructure, which poses a important information risk.
The KRIDE clarified that erstwhile the 25,000-volt, 50 Hz AC traction enactment is energised, it should beryllium treated arsenic unrecorded astatine each times. No unauthorised idiosyncratic is allowed to enactment adjacent oregon attack the overhead instrumentality nether immoderate circumstances. K-RIDE has urged users of railway premises, workers, and residents surviving adjacent the way alignment to workout caution.
Electronics City residents request explicit bid halts, amended entree to Heelalige Railway Station
Commuters surviving successful and astir Electronics City person urged South Western Railway(SWR) to amended facilities and bid services astatine Heelalige Railway Station, which they accidental has remained underutilised contempt its strategical location.
According to a nonmigratory of Electronics City, the station, which was completed recently, inactive lacks basal rider amenities and has stoppages for lone six pairs of rider trains. “11 pairs of explicit trains bound for Tamil Nadu and Kerala walk done the presumption without halting, forcing hundreds of IT employees to question 3 to 4 hours to KSR Bengaluru City oregon Hosur to committee long-distance trains,” helium said.
Residents person besides highlighted the mediocre information of entree roads from Electronic City Phase II, citing damaged stretches, inadequate lighting, and the deficiency of a prepaid car stand.
