Transportation in Karnataka

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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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Air Transport
Karnatakas 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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Bengaluru 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
Golden jet escapes is a
initiative by The Golden Chariot one of Indias
swankiest luxury trains and Jet Airways one of
Indias 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
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Water transport

• Karnataka has 1 major port the New Mangalore
  Port
• It also has 10 minor ports
• Karwar, 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
KSRTC plies various categories of buses viz

• Airavat

• Rajahamsa

• Ambaari

• Karnataka Saarige

• Sheetal Bus/ Mayura

• Grameena Sarige

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Airavat

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

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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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Ambaari

• 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

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Ambaari
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Karnataka Saarige

• Chassis fitted with all Weveller suspension.
• Fitted with Improvised passenger seats of
• 65 seating capacity with 3x2 configurations.

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Karnataka Saarige
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Sheetal Bus/ Mayura
This bus is provided with good branded carrier
make air-conditioner with excellent cooling
effect to make the journey comfortable cool.
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Grameena Sarige
Grameena Sarige is another initiative by KSRTC to
provide bus service to the rural populace of the
state.
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BMTC

• The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation
  came into existence in 1997

• 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.

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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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BMTC Bus services

• Vayu Vajra Airport Service

• Vajra

• BIG10

• Suvarna

• Pushpak

• Normal black /red board buses

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Vayu Vajra
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
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Vayu Vajra
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VAJRA
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.
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VAJRA
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BIG10
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.
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BIG10
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Suvarna
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.
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Suvarna
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Pushpak
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
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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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