Bengaluru: nine months after its settlement, Sir M Visvesvaraya terminal in Byappanahalli has not been opened for passengers.
While the train terminal was approved in 2015-16 and should be completed in December 2018, he missed several deadlines and construction only finished in March this year.
This is a third train coaching terminal which will operate a long longer distance train.
Source said the election election in four states (Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal) in March-April and the second wave of Covid-19 delayed the inauguration of the 314-crore RS terminal.
Back in September, the Minister of Railway Ashwini Vaishnaw said it would open after completion of connectivity issues.
In November, Overbridge Rail 810m-long (ROB) in Byappanahalli, which was proposed in 2010-11 to ensure the connectivity between Sir MV terminals and Swami Vivekandada Metro Station on Jalan Madras Old, finished.
In fact, many motorists have used it now.
The BBMP has proposed two other paths rob along with this bridge and swivel flyover which was elevated in the Junction Maruthi Sevanagar-IOC.
Even if the job starts now, it will take at least 2-3 years to complete.
“Prime Minister is expected to inaugurate BYappanahalli terminal and also should put the foundation stone for the suburban train project, but we have not received confirmation on that date,” said AWR official.
Visit Bengaluru PM scheduled this month was postponed because of the model behavior model for the election of the legislative council.
With Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur, and Punjab went to the election and threat of Omicron and the third wave of Covid-19 towering, many passengers in the city that worried the launch of the terminal would be postponed further.
SIR MV terminal, spread across 4,200sqm, is expected to meet the daily 50,000 foot limit.
It has seven platforms, eight lines of stabling and three pit lines.
Every day, 50 trains can operate from the terminal.
The facade was designed on the Bengaluru airport line and also had a centralized AC system.
In fact, two other repair stations – Habibanj (Rani Kamlapati) in Madhya Pradesh and Gandhinagar in Gujarat – which offer facilities such as airports, has been inaugurated even though it works at the stations finished after the Byappanahalli terminal.
Abhilash S, Regular Rail Passenger, said: “This is a taxpayer money waste.
Inauguration can be done virtually.
This is an important project because it will confine two terminals such as KSR Bengaluru City and Yeshwantpur.”