Bangalore Railways on upward growth

Bangalore Railways on upward growth
Sunday January 27 2008 11:59 IST

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BANGALORE: Bangalore Division of South Western Railways has earned Rs 512 crore till December 2007, a growth of 12 per cent over last year.

Passenger earnings stood at Rs 393 crore as opposed to Rs 336 crore last year, registering a growth of 17 per cent, said Divisional Railway Manager Mahesh Mangal at the Republic Day celebrations in the city on Saturday.

He also said that arrangements have been made to improve the infrastructure of level-crossing gates. While nine gates will be manned, 12 gates have been interlocked and 49 gates have been provided with lifting barriers.

Mangal also said that work has been completed up to Bidadi on line doubling between Bangalore and Ramnagaram and the rest will be commissioned shortly.

Similarly, doubling work between Yeshwantpur and Tumkur had been commissioned up to Golahalli, he added.