BANGALORE (Metro Rail News): The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has started work on its overhead structures above the railway line after the Railways finally granted traffic and power blockage for a small section between Karmelaram and Baiyappanahalli stations on the Bengaluru-Salem route. However, BMRCL has announced that it would only open the Baiyappanahalli-Whitefield route up to K R Puram because construction at the nearby railway crossing has yet to begin.
According to the issued letter, the senior divisional operations manager of Bengaluru Railway Division approved line blocks ranging from 3-4 hours on nine different days between December 8 and December 31. This allowed BMRCL to carry out its work.
A senior BMRCL official announced that the construction of an open web steel girder with a 65-meter length had started on December 9. The girder is a steel building constructed and placed over a bridge (horizontal structure between the piers). The girder is being built in the space between pillars 25 and 26.
“Concrete would then be poured to create a deck, over which the rail tracks are laid,” the official added. “It is being done at a height of 14 metres above the railway tracks. Anything over 8 metres above the railway tracks is safe, and there will be no issues in future when trains run.” The launch will happen on December 19, the source stated.
The 2.5-kilometre stretch from KR Puram to Baiyappanahalli will be worked on after the erection of the girder. The 13-km route from Whitefield to K R Puram, where testing is currently taking place, is expected to be operational by mid-March in 2023.
Hi BMRCL, Please speed up finishing activities from KR Puram to Whitefield and complete trail run. Please start the commercial operation between Whitefield to KR Puram. Please organise the Metro feeder buses from KR Puram to Byappanahalli will be greatly helpful for daily commuters. Every day struck in terrible trafic please help us.