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Railways Industry & Economy - Infrastructure States - Karnataka Rail link proposed for Bangalore international airport Our Bureau
Rail line to run from Byappanahalli in the east of Bangalore to right below the airport's parking lot.
MR ALBERT Brunner, CEO, Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL), explaining to the Karnataka Infrastructure Minister, Mr B. Sriramulu, and Mr Karunakar Reddy, MP (right), during their visit to update BIAL's construction progress, in Bangalore on Friday. — K. Murali Kumar
Bangalore , July 7 A BOT-based dedicated rail link is among three high-speed accesses that have been proposed to connect the city to the greenfield international airport at Devanahalli, according to State authorities. The dedicated rail line could run from Byappanahalli in the east of Bangalore to right below the airport's parking lot covering a distance of around 35 km towards Bangalore's north. A Cabinet note is in circulation and may go before the State Cabinet this month, according to Mr Vinay Kumar, Principal Secretary, Infrastructure Development. All the three are actively being looked into, he said. The area regulator, the Bangalore International Airport Area Planning Authority, has also proposed an expressway. Its alignment, grade separation option, financing and mode of implementation are also being processed. The airport project, which has been re-assessed at Rs 1,930 crore after a Rs 5,18-crore expanded redesign, is coming up off the NH4. The road is the only present access to the airport and NHAI is also undertaking a trumpet-shaped flyover from NH4 to bypass an existing railway line. Bids have been invited for the trumpet flyover.
Passenger Traffic
In a presentation to the visiting Karnataka Tourism Minister, Mr B. Sriramulu, the CEO of airport company BIAL, Mr Albert Brunner, said within two years of its opening, the airport was conservatively expected to have passenger traffic of 8.5 million by 2010 as per a 2005 study. This was the earlier forecast for 2020. The airport is slated for opening in April 2008 and nearly 25 per cent of the work is on at the site.
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