Transportation in Karnataka In brief …..

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Karnataka has a well-developed transport system.

There are four major modes of transport :

1 Air transport 2 Rail transport 3 Water transport 4 Road transport

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Karnataka’s capital city, Bangalore is well-connected by air to domestic and international destinations and the Bangalore International Airport (BIAL) in the city is one of the busiest airports in India.

It is also the headquarters of the airlines, Air Deccan and Kingfisher Airlines.

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05/02/23 7Bengaluru international airport

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Mangalore and Bangalore are the only two cities in the state that have International flights operating from their airports.

The international flights from Mangalore International Airport are only to countries located in the Middle East,

While Bangalore has good international connectivity with flights from different nations landing here.

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The airport at Bangalore is termed as Bengaluru International Airport and Lufthansa, British Airways, Air France, Singapore Airlines and Malaysian Airlines are some of the important airlines that operate out of this airport

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Kingfisher airlines plane Air Deccan plane

Both these airlines have merged their shares and are working together .

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Rail transport

•The total length of rail track in Karnataka is 3089 km.

The South Western Zone is headquartered at Hubli .

Coastal Karnataka is covered under the Konkan railway network

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The superfast Shatabdi Express trains run from Bangalore to Chennai and Mysore.

A Jan Shatabdi express runs from Bangalore to Hubli and this is the first train in India that has been fitted with a GPS (Global Position System) based Location Announcement System.

Konkan Railway is an engineering marvel; the construction of which included the bridge across the river Sharavathi at Honnavar of length 2023 mts and a tunnel at Karwar of length 2960 mts.

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Mysore railway station

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The Karnataka Government has recently introduced The Golden Chariot - a train which connects popular tourist destinations in the state and Goa

Tour: 7 Nights / 8 Days

Places Covered: Bangalore Srirangapatnam - Mysore - Kabini - Shravanabelagola - Belur - Halebid - Hampi -

Badami - Aihole - Pattadakal - Goa.

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Inside Golden Chariot

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Golden jet escapes is a initiative by The Golden Chariot –one of India’s swankiest luxury trains and Jet Airways –one of India’s classiest airlines .

It includes a packaged trip by both train and by flight .

Example :( International) New York - Bangalore - The Golden Chariot - Bangalore - New York for 4,982.00 US Dollars

(Domestic )Mumbai - Bangalore - The Golden Chariot - Bangalore – Mumbai for 1,96,550 Indian rupees

Golden jet escapes

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Water transport

Karnataka has 1 major port; the New Mangalore Port

It also has 10 minor portsKarwar, Belekeri, Tadri, Honnavar, Bhatkal, Kundapur, Hangarkatta, Malpe, Padubidri and Old Mangalore

The sector of Inland water transport within the rivers of Karnataka is not well-developed.

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Road transport

Among the network of roads in Karnataka, 3973 km. of roads are National Highways.

Karnataka also has State highways of length 9829 km.

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The public bus transport in Karnataka is managed by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC)

It operates 6360 schedules using 7100 vehicles covering 1.95 million kilometres and an average of 2.2 million passengers daily.

About 25000 people are employed in KSRTC

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For better management of public transport, KSRTC was bifurcated into three Corporations viz.,

(BMTC) Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation Bangalore on 15th Aug 1997,

(NWKRTC) North-west Karnataka Road Transport Corporation, Hubli on 1st Nov 1997

(NEKRTC ) North-East Karnataka Road Transport Corporation, Gulbarga on 1st Oct 2000

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•Infrastructure of KSRTC includes a Corporate Office, 13 Divisional Offices,65 Depots, two Bus Bodybuilding Workshops ,one Printing Press, 119 Bus Stands and 3 Training Institutes.

•Traffic revenue in 2008-09 - Rs. 1429.53 Crores

•Gross Revenue in 2008-09 - Rs. 1635.85 Crores

•Profit in 2008-09 - Rs.57.71 Crores

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KSRTC plies various categories of buses viz:

AiravatRajahamsaAmbaariKarnataka SaarigeSheetal Bus/ Mayura

KSRTC

Grameena Sarige

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Fully Air-conditioned buses, Air suspension for better travel comfort,Video and Audio facilityReduced noise level inside the coach, Executive Seating, Luxurious and comfortable reclining seats.

Airavat

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Airavat

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Rajahamsa

•Chassis fitted with all Weveller suspension •Fitted with Improvised Hi-Tech Reclining passenger seats of 43 seating capacity with 2x2 configuration. •Provided sound proof Driver partition.

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Rajahamsa

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The bus is fitted with 160 Horse power .Cummins engine at the rear end so as to reduce noise pollution inside the bus saloon

Fully independent front Air suspension

Air conditioner: This bus is provided with good branded “carrier” make air-conditioner

Ambaari

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•Chassis fitted with all Weveller suspension.

•Fitted with Improvised passenger seats of 65 seating capacity with 3x2 configurations.

Karnataka Saarige

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This bus is provided with good branded “carrier” make air-conditioner with excellent cooling effect to make the journey comfortable & cool.

Sheetal Bus/ Mayura

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Grameena Sarige is another initiative by KSRTC to provide bus service to the rural populace of the state.

Grameena Sarige

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BMTC

BMTC leads by example in being the only Bus Corporation within the city of Bangalore to ferry more than 4 million commuters. The organization comprises a fleet of over 5593 buses covering an area encompassed with a radius of 36 kilometers from the city centre.

The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation came into existence in 1997

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In a day BMTC operates on 578 city and 1756 sub urban routes, running 12 lack kilometers and making 750000 trips

Annual Gross Revenue = 100063.00 lakhs

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Vayu Vajra Airport ServiceVajraBIG10SuvarnaPushpakNormal black /red board buses

BMTC Bus services

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Volvo based Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) Services, also known as Vayu Vajra, offer high-end air-conditioned comfort to passengers in an effort to wean them away from personalized modes of travel.

The service is available round the clock, providing seamless connectivity between important areas of the city and BIAL

Vayu Vajra

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The service is operated by deploying Volvo based buses that are Air-conditioned, Euro-III conforming with kneeling mechanism, collapsible exit floor and room for wheel-chair.

VAJRA

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services deploy (Suvarna class of) buses branded in green and bottle green on 12 major corridors coming in from surrounding sub-urbs in the city - Hosur road, Bannerghatta road, Sarjpura road, Kanakapura road, Mysore road etc.

These buses are run on a direction based concept where the commuter takes the next (high frequency, every 15 minutes) bus in his/her direction of travel, and if need be, makes a change over to another bus to reach the destination.

The service terminates on different points on the radius of the city core, to avoid congesting the city centre.

BIG10

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Suvarna services are newly introduced services with a fleet comprising air-suspension and high comfort (without A/C) buses.

They are 295 services in operation as on 31st July 2009, which are specially deployed during peak hours.

Suvarna

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Pushpak services are operated by deploying branded buses having added comfort features such as better upholstered seats with head rest, more leg space etc. Their fares are structured higher than the ordinary fares.

These services are especially popular for Chartered Service, Casual Contract etc

Pushpak

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NORMAL BLACK /RED BOARD BUSES

These are ordinary buses ,well maintained and provides dedicated service

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For transportation within the city or town limits; motorbikes, cars, autorickshaws and buses are used.

With the advent of low-cost airlines, many people are choosing to travel via air as well.

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