As per report the services will start with two trains that will run from Majestic and gradually more trains will be added to the airport, Divisional Railway Manager ashok kumar Verma announced during a meeting with lok sabha mp tejasvi surya and a group of activists on Thursday. Meanwhile railway officials in bengaluru said that work on the station halt at Trumpet Flyover near the Kempegowda international airport has already started on october 30 and should be ready by december 2019.
Furthermore the train will not reach the airport terminal, the Kempegowda international airport operator will run a shuttle bus service to cater to the suburban rail users. Perhaps Bengaluru south mp tejasvi surya said, “It takes more than 2 or 2.5 hours for anyone in the city to reach the airport due to the saturated traffic situation in bengaluru today. This will benefit at least half a million people of Bengaluru.”
Moreover other important announcements made by the officials include work on quadrupling of tracks between Cantonment and Whitefield that will begin from the second week of november, and tender for building a new terminal for suburban rail. Apparently bengaluru Central mp PC Mohan again met Railway minister piyush goyal and minister of State for Railways suresh angadi on thursday to expedite the formation of the long-pending special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the suburban rail project.
