Transportation and Logistics

Railways: expanding 3,250 kms of railtrack with increasing investmentsInvestment Opportunity by 2020Target density 32 km per 1000 square kmCapacity addition 2,890 kmProjects entrusted with Karnataka RailInfrastructure Development Corporation(K-RIDE)• GoK will provide land free of cost• GoK will share 50% of the project costInvestmentopportunityKarnataka: Targeted to become amongst India’shighest density states for rail connectivity aftercompletion of ongoing and priority projects403530252015105022AndhraPradeshUS$ 4,583-millionRail Density (length per 1,000 sq. kmarea)2816.93237Gujarat Karnataka Kerala Maharashtra Tamil NaduExistingProjectedKey investment opportunities:• PPP-based projects for expansion of railwayconnectivity within state• Improve rail connectivity with ports• High speed train to Bangalore InternationalAirport• 134 kms in Mass Rapid Transit System withinvestment potential of US$ 5,625-million2034Ongoing projects: Aspart of State’sexpansion of railwaynetwork by over 2,500km, 394 km of newlines constructed inPPP mode withinvestments of US$843-millionSource: Railway InfrastructurePlan, February 2011, IDD, Governmentof Karnataka► Regional Rail connectivity betweenmajor industrial centers toports, ICDs, etc.► Extensive connectivity: KonkanRailway, National Highways 17 and206 connecting Shimoga andBangalore; with Hubli-Ankolarailway, will be able to offer least-costrail freight advantage to IMPEX tradefrom Bellary/Hospet region.► Rail coach factory at Kolar► Udupi-Mangalore Mass Rapid SystemUnderImplementationLength(in km)CostsNew Lines 2,051 US$ 3,486-millionGaugeConversions90 US$ 75-millionDoubling 652 US$ 679-millionElectrification 140 US$ 30-millionTotal 2,933 US$ 4,639-millionKarnataka: Transport InfrastructurePage 7