Has high-speed rail link project been revived?
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Chief Minister Bommai’s announcement on the project to link Kempegowda International Airport caught officials unawares
Is the high-speed rail link project to Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) back on the cards? At the inauguration of the extended Purple Line from Mysuru Road to Kengeri on Sunday, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the KIA would be linked with three mass transit networks: suburban rail (Majestic to Devanahalli), Namma Metro (Silk Board to KIA) and a high-speed rail from a city point to the airport. He added that the airport would be unique, as it would have three modes of mass transit. In 2009–10, when the BJP was in power, it attempted to implement the high-speed rail link project from M.G. Road to KIA via Chalukya circle, Hebbal, and Yelahanka. Trains were to operate at a speed of 160 km per hour. However, the ambitious project was subsequently termed “non-feasible” and dropped due to high costs, including that of land acquisition. Instead, Bangalore Metropolitan Rail Corporation Ltd. was asked to develop a metro line to the airport. It is constructing a 55 km-metro line from Central Silk Board to KIA via K.R. Puram and Hebbal under phase II a & b of Namma Metro.
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