Metro Stations in Bengaluru.pdf - Apurva Bose Dutta

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functions, there is a plaza for street
performance at the Mysore road
terminus, space for fairs, exhibitions
and a commercial complex at the
Magadi Road Station, site for
advertising and pathways to be used
for temporary exhibitions and
shopping.
Dwelling on the structure of the
stations Indraneel adds, “The
structural design was very
challenging on the single pier
design as the entire load of the
cantilevers (9m on either side) and
tracks station loads were on a
single pier. Also, the structure had
to take into account a lot of
movement from the trains coming
in and out. The roof truss had to be
designed to take into account a lot
of wind load from an approaching
train.”
Interior view of a station
Conclusion
Bengaluru has a population nearing
seven million. The number of
passengers expected to travel on
the metro everyday is estimated at
10.20 lakh in 2011 and 16.10 lakh
in 2021. With so much of pressure
on the transport system, everyone
is waiting for the metros which have
been in planning for long. Once
complete, they would be easing out
the traffic congestion, strains on the
road and reduction of pollution
levels. It is envisaged that the travel
time from end to end on the eastwest
corridor will be 33 minutes,
and on the north-south corridor will
be 28 minutes. At the time DKA
took on this project, there was no
rule book in India detailing fire
norms for the design of metros.
The Kolkata Metro was designed
without a rule book and the Delhi
Metro was designed on
international norms. But the
relevance of metros is fast pacing
up in India, with today a set of
rules being adopted for metro
constructions. The Bengaluru metro
story doesn’t end here. It is touted
to be one of the biggest
infrastructure projects for the city till
date. Though at present 43 stations
are being constructed which would
get completed by 2015 but the DBR
(Design Basis report) issued by
BMRCL shows an approval for 162
stations which means that in future
there would be tributaries on the
North-South and East West
corridors.
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