on the transport demand.
(b) Articulated Cans
Trains with articulated cars are planned so trains can negotiate curves easily. However, trains with normal cars can also negotiate curves easily if the distance between bogie centers is short. Therefore the type of car to be selected articulated or normal, should be discussed from various angles.
(c) Train Composition
It is reasonable to adjust the length of a train by increasing or decreasing the number of articulated cars. To do this, however cars shall be coupled or decoupled which involves . the risk of accident or injury and man-power. Trains therefore could be composed of two articulated cars as a fixed unit for the first phase, and fixed units coupled when there is large transport demand.
(d) Driver's Cabin
It is planned that each car be equipped with two driver's cabins. If possible, however one-cab cars would be desirable because it would reduce manufacturing and maintenance costs and reduce the amount of devices subject to failure.
(e) Car Width
To increase transport capacity, either passenger capacity per train or train frequency per hour must be raised. To increase passenger capacity per train, either passenger capacity per car or the number of cars must be raised. Increasing car width can increase passenger capacity per car. Increasing car width presents no difficult problems from the viewpoint of car structure and manufacturing costs. Therefore, it is advantageous to increase the passenger capacity by increasing car width, except when constraints such as tunnel width are present as in the case of subways.
(f) Car Directionality
As the track layout of vehicle depot allows reversal of car direction, cars shall be able to run on the main line in either direction. Systems for security, telecommunication and information transmission shall be designed accordingly.
7.7.2. Vehicle Depot
(1) Location of Vehicle Depot
The Binnamangala vehicle depot is constructed first followed by the Yashwantpur, Kachankanahally and Konankunte vehicle depots. The construction of the latter three vehicle depots should be postponed until they become necessary.
