Bengaluru Suburban Railway: Cost, Status and Completion Date
The Bengaluru Suburban Railway is an under-construction suburban rail network for the city of Bengaluru in Karnataka . Since the first proposal in 1983, several others were made but to no avail until a revised proposal of length 161 km (100 mi) was approved in the 2019 Railway Budget. The network is set to have four lines in total with two of them planned to open by December 2026. The four lines of Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project (BSRP) are named after regional flowers in Kannada : Sampige ( Magnolia champaca ), Mallige ( Jasmine ), Parijaata ( Nyctanthes arbor-tristis ) and Kanaka ( Crossandra infundibuliformis ). When abbreviated, they form the Kannada word 'Sa-m-par-ka' which means connectivity.
Key facts
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Status | - |
| Built by | Rail Infrastructure Development Company (Karnataka) Limited K-RIDE |
| Length | - |
| Completion | - |
| Location | Bengaluru , Karnataka , India |
| Cost | The package was estimated to cost ₹ 650 crore (equivalent to ₹ 120 billion or US$1.2 billion in 2026) spread over a 25-year period. |
| Official website | K-RIDE |
Cost and funding
- The package was estimated to cost ₹ 650 crore (equivalent to ₹ 120 billion or US$1.2 billion in 2026) spread over a 25-year period.
- The budget proposed the setting up of the Bengaluru Suburban Rail Corporation Limited (BSRCL), a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to implement the project estimated to cost ₹ 8,759 crore (US$910 million) .
- In the 2016-17 Railway budget, Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu announced a partnership with Karnataka government for a ₹9,000 crore suburban rail network for Bengaluru, but did not allocate any funds.
- This seemed to kick-start the project with a ₹1,000 crore investment to connect Mandya with Kengeri, Whitefield with Baiyappanahalli and Tumakuru with Yeshwanthpura Junction .
- Out of 82 stations, 29 stations were shelved, route length reduced to 148 km (92 mi) and the cost lowered to ₹16,000 crores.
Source: Wikipedia article on the project. Wikipedia is written by volunteers and cites official and news sources; check the linked page and the executing agency for the latest figures.