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As enactment connected the Bengaluru Airport Metro enactment is successful progress, the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has invited Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the plan and operation of an elevated walkway connecting the upcoming Airport Terminal Metro Station (ATMS) with Terminal 1 (T1) astatine the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA).
The projected walkway is intended to supply seamless and convenient entree for passengers commuting betwixt the metro presumption and the terminal building. The EOI was issued connected Tuesday and, according to sources astatine the BIAL, the task aims to heighten pedestrian connectivity portion ensuring creaseless integration with the Namma Metro’s infrastructure.
Walkway to diagnostic travelators and abstraction for play carts
According to officials, the elevated operation volition span astir 190 metres successful magnitude and diagnostic an wide platform width of 10 metres, translating to a full platform country of astir 1,900 quadrate metres. “The interior width of astir 8.5 metres volition accommodate 2 travelators of 1.12 metres each and 2 pedestrian lanes of 2.65 metres, too allowing abstraction for play cart question to assistance passengers with constricted mobility,” a authoritative said.
The officials said that the walkway has been conceptualised arsenic a state-of-the-art, energy-efficient, and sustainable structure, integrating modern architectural plan with minimal disruption to airdrome operations during construction. “This installation volition greatly amended commuter convenience and complement the upcoming Airport Metro Line, providing a creaseless modulation betwixt the metro and the terminal,” the officials said.
Bengaluru airdrome aims to grip 60 cardinal flyers by 2030
The KIA, 1 of India’s fastest-growing airports, is presently handling much than 37 cardinal passengers annually and aims to scope implicit 60 cardinal passengers a twelvemonth wrong the adjacent 5 years, according to the officials.
The Airport Terminal Metro Station volition signifier a important portion of the Blue Line of Namma Metro, officially known arsenic the ORR–Airport Metro Line, which is nether operation and is present expected to beryllium completed by December 2027. The enactment comprises 2 large sections, Phase 2A, connecting Central Silk Board to Krishnarajapura (K.R. Pura), and Phase 2B, extending from K.R. Pura to the Kempegowda International Airport. Once operational, the metro volition connection a faster, much reliable, and eco-friendly alternate for airdrome commuters.
Currently, the airdrome is connected to Bengaluru metropolis done the BMTC’s Vayu Vajra airdrome buses, KSRTC Flybus services from different parts of Karnataka, and the KIA Halt railway station, located astir 3.5 km away. The BIAL operates escaped shuttle services betwixt the railway halt and the terminal, timed with bid schedules. However, rider numbers stay debased owed to constricted bid frequence connected the single-track Yelahanka–Devanahalli corridor.
Meanwhile, the K-RIDE, which is processing the Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project, is gathering the Sampige Line linking KSR Bengaluru, Yelahanka, and Devanahalli, further enhancing aboriginal connectivity to the airport.
