ASCENDAS india trust ANNUAL REPORT 2014/15
4 Connectivity
Bangalore, being the IT/ITES hub of India, has good connectivity to other cities of the country. It has good connectivity
through all the three modes (rail, road and air) of inland transportation.
Infrastructure Description
Airport
The Nadaprabhu Kempegowda International Airport (earlier known as Bangalore International Airport)
located at Devanahalli started operations since May 2008. The airport currently has a capacity to handle
12 million passengers every year. The movement of the airport to North Bangalore has resulted in
development of this section as the new growth corridor of the city.
On 14
th
December 2013, another terminal – Terminal IA spread over 150,500 sqm has become operational,
which has increased the capacity of the airport to approximately 20 million passengers ever year. The
renaming of the international airport took place on 14
th
December 2013, along with the opening of
the new terminal.
Roads and
Highways
Bangalore is connected to various locations in Karnataka and other states via state and national
highways respectively.
National Highways connecting Bangalore to:
• NH 4 – Maharashtra
• NH 7 – Tamil Nadu in the south and Andhra Pradesh in the north
• NH 48 – Andhra Pradesh via Doddaballapur
• NH 207 – Tamil Nadu via Anekal in the south and to Andhra Pradesh via Hoskote in the north
• NH 209 – Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu via Kanakapura
State Highways connecting Bangalore to:
• SH 17 – Mysore
• SH 82 – Andhra Pradesh
• SH 96 – Kolar
Railways
Bangalore is one of the well-connected cities in southern India via rail. It has both meter gauge and broad
gauge rail services. In all, the city has four railway stations i.e. Bangalore City Railway Station, Bangalore
Cantonment Railway Station, K.R. Puram Railway Station and Yeshwanthpur Railway Station.
Elevated
Expressway
NHAI has constructed approximately 22 km long, elevated, six-lane expressway, connecting Hebbal to
Trumpet Loop Junction near Nadaprabhu Kempegowda International Airport. The travel time from Hebbal
to the International Airport is reduced to approximately 30 minutes from 1 hour due to the expressway.
Source: C&W Research
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