The rates of platform tickets have been enhanced from Rs 10 to Rs 50 at KSR Bengaluru, Yesvantpur, Bengaluru Cantonment and Krishnarajapuram
The South Western Railway on Friday said that the price of platform ticket at four railway stations in Bengaluru will be increased from Rs 10 to Rs 50 to discourage crowding at ticket counters and on the platforms. The move will come to effect on Saturday and will remian in place till April 30.
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at major railway stations over Bengaluru Division, the rates of platform tickets have been enhanced from Rs 10 to Rs 50 at KSR Bengaluru, Yesvantpur, Bengaluru Cantonment and Krishnarajapuram," it said.
The South Western Railway's Bengaluru division cited the surge in Covid-19 cases in second wave amid the starting of train services in a phased manner as the reason behind the increase in the ticket rates.

The 18 trains will have special fares and operate on different days
The railways will run nine pairs of trains with limited services between Bengaluru and many districts across the state to cater to the festival rush in view of the strike called by the workers of state road transport corporations (RTC).
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per a release by the South Western Railway, the 18 trains will have special fares and operate on different days. The first of these is the special train from Hubballi to Yashwantpur (06545) which will run on Thursday.
Trains have been deployed on Yashwantpur-Vijayapura, Yashwantpur-Belagavi, Yashwantpur-Bidar and Mysuru-Bidar, Shivamogga-Bengaluru, Mysuru-Bengaluru and Karwar-Yashwantpur.

Joshi said South Western Railway officials have been asked to send a proposal in this regard to the railway ministry and central railway board
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has in-principle approved for a superfast train between Hubballi and Bengaluru, once the Covid-19 pandemic subsides.
Speaking to media persons here on Saturday, Joshi said South Western Railway officials have been asked to send a proposal in this regard to the railway ministry and central railway board.
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and board members have agreed to run the superfast express between Hubballi and Bengaluru as soon as the Covid-19 situation comes under control in state. Within the next six months, this superfast train is expected to ply between the two cities. Currently, the trains take eight hours to cover the distance (of near 410 km). However, the superfast express will cover this distance in 6 hours,” he said.
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“Doubling and railway line electrification between Hubballi and Bengaluru is taking place in full swing and expected to be completed in six months,” he said and added that efforts are being made to fulfil late Suresh Angadi’s (former minister of state for railways) dream of direct train between Belagavi and Dharwad via Kittur. With this, the travel time between Belagavi and Bengaluru (which is currently, 10 hours), is expected to come down to six-and-half hours.
Joshi also instructed the SWR officials to send a proposal to start a demo train between Hubballi and Davangere.
Political compulsion
The Union Minister said BJP central committee took the decision of fielding Mangala Angadi, wife of late Suresh Angadi, due to political compulsions and demand from the local leaders. “Political compulsion after the death of Anant Kumar was completely different from Belagavi issue, which is why Tejaswini Anant Kumar could not get a ticket. Based on the winnability factor the party has selected Mangala. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charisma and late Suresh Angadi’s work for Belagavi will help BJP win the seat,” he said

It is expected that the loan with a 1.15 per cent annual interest rate and 30 years redemption period will meet the city's increasing transportation demand
Japan on Friday pledged a loan of 52.036 billion yen ($474 million) to India to support the construction of the three lines – 2A, 2B and 6 – of Phase 2 of the Namma Metro in Bengaluru.
C S Mohapatra, additional secretary at the Ministry of Finance, and Japan’s ambassador to India, Satoshi Suzuki, signed and exchanged notes confirming Tokyo’s support for the construction of the three metro...
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rail lines in Bengaluru, covering a total length of 80 kilometres.
The project supported by the Japanese government will increase the number of train services to 150, 233 and 125 and daily passenger distance to 3.1 million passenger kilometres, 6.9 million passenger kilometres and 4.7 million passenger kilometres on Lines 2A, 2B and 6, respectively.
It is expected that the loan with a 1.15 per cent annual interest rate and 30 years redemption period will meet the city's increasing transportation demand, contributing to strengthening industrial competitiveness through alleviating traffic congestion and reducing traffic hazard, the Embassy of Japan in New Delhi stated.
Tokyo also pledged a loan of 119.978 billion yen ($1.09 billion) to the Government of India for Phase 4 of the Delhi Metro to provide a loan for extension of Line 7 and Line 8 and construction of Line 6, covering a total distance of 65 kilometres.
Japan will provide another loan of 11.032 billion yen ($100 million) to the Government of India for the development of agricultural-production infrastructures such as small-size irrigation and access farm roads, for the support of organisation of farmers group and agricultural technology, as well as for strengthening of the capacity of Department of Agriculture (DoA) in Himachal Pradesh.
Suzuki and Mohapatra also signed and exchanged notes for Japan’s 45.816 billion yen ($417 million) loan to India for a rural water supply and fluorosis mitigation project in Rajasthan.
Japan committed a 4.016 billion yen ($36 million) Grant-in-Aid for providing batteries and related facilities in South Andaman, to stabilise the electricity supply and promote the effective utilisation of electricity generated by solar photovoltaic cells. “The project will contribute to the enhancement of industrial competitiveness in South Andaman. It is expected that this Grant Aid will lead to sustainable economic growth and mitigation of climate change impacts in South Andaman,” said a spokesperson of the Embassy of Japan in New Delhi.

The Minister also said that a sum of Rs 1 crore has been earmarked by Railway Board for the year 2020-21
The Centre has allocated Rs 800 crore as equity infusion from the Railway Board to a joint venture company to be set up with the Karnataka Government to implement Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal informed Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
Replying to BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje's question, the minister said, ”During the year 2021-22, a Budget grant of Rs 800 crore has been kept for equity infusion into Joint Venture...
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with State Government. Budgetary requirement of Bangalore Suburban Railway Project will be released from it, based on requirement.”
The Minister also said that a sum of Rs 1 crore has been earmarked by Railway Board for the year 2020-21.
The Centre in October last year approved Rs 19,000 crore Suburban Rail Project for IT city. As per the proposal, a special purpose vehicle will be formed to implement the project. In the special purpose vehicle, the Centre will have 20 % of the equity in the project and facilitate external financial assistance of up to 60% of the project cost.
The Karnataka Government will have to share the remaining 20% equity.