The construction of the new railway station is underway and it is nearing completion. The new building has ticket counters, toilets, shop space and waiting area. This new railway station is built adjacent to the old railway station.
The proposed Bangalore-Cudapah train will pass through this station. The train will help reduce the road traffic and will certainly help the people who commute frequently. How far it is going to be usefull is to be seen? The laying of the rails is still pending and looks like it could take couple of years for everything to fall in place. The approach roads to the railway station is the only glitch. The residents of the town have to sneak through the narrow lanes of Doddapete and Agrahaara to reach the railway station. This surely will become a new problem that has to be fore-thought and has to be fixed.
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The old railway station still stands there like a monument. The old train that resembled a bus used to travel from Yelahanka to Bangarpete at a very slow pace. A man near the railway station said that the train that left Chintamani would screech to halt at Yelahanka after a 5 long hrs. When asked about the newly proposed train route that the town is eagerly waiting , he said
"ನಾನು 'ಟಿಕೆಟ್' ತೊಗೋಳಕ್ಕೆ ಮುಂಚೆ ರೈಲು ನೋಡ್ತಿನೋ ಇಲ್ವೋ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ , ಗುರುವೇ..."
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6 comments:
wow, it would be great, Chintamani such a glorious town with so much of business happening does not have train route is disgusting, hope concerned authorities or people will think about it and make things move in a fast pace.
Vasu
I liked it.
Shifting the railway station to the railway intersections on one of the main roads -bagepally road, shidlaghatta road or chelur road(the nearest point) could solve the existing problem of narrow roads.
Subash
Dear Chintamani friends:
Who is the concerned authority for planning of roads in Chintamani??
Do you have e-mail address for this concerned person??
Lets start a campaign for building road connectivity for chintamani railway station and also ring roads for chintamani town.
These stupid government authorities build infrastructure without any vision for connectivity. Imagine the traffic nightmare once the railway station starts functioning.
regards
Ashok
u people telling that to reach railway stn. ppl should pass through Doddapete and agrahara rigt?
So, how about roads to go there?????
And will there be any disturbance for residents of Doddapete?
Certainly the existing roads leading to the railway station will clog the smooth flow of traffic. But a lot depends on how usefull the new train would be for the people of Chintamani.
wow....!!!!! the Train transportation has already started just enjoy the facility.........
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