`Bangalore-Tumkur line doubling work progressing'

`Bangalore-Tumkur line doubling work progressing'

The Hindu

Sanction accorded to gauge conversion of Kolar-Chikballapur line

Bangalore: Work on doubling of Bangalore-Tumkur and Bangalore-Ramangaram railway lines are progressing. Work from Yeshwantpur up to Dodbele and Bangalore to Bidadi will be completed this year, Mahesh Mangal, Divisional Railway Manager, Bangalore Division, said here on Tuesday.

Speaking at the 60th Independence Day celebrations organised by the Bangalore Division of South Western Railway here, he said sanction had been accorded for gauge conversion work of Kolar-Chikballapur line during the current year.

Mr. Mangal said the freight loading for the first four months of 2006 had increased by 11 per cent with the South Western Railway registering 4,99,000 tonnes as against 4,49,000 tonnes during the same period last year.

M. Mangal said passenger earnings had gone up by nine per cent and the division had earned Rs. 143.05 crore this year as against Rs. 131.11 crores last year.

He said Bangalore division had 26 Passenger Reservation System centres, including one in Kolar.