ir0010 - Railroad (Gauribidanur200)

About:

The Railroad brevet route starts from IISc and heads north via Jalahalli, Yelahanka Satellite and Doddaballapur. The ride past Makalidurga Railway Station captures the view of the beautiful Penneru valley all the way till Gauribidanur. Turning There is a short climb en route to Chikaballapura, after which the route heads east to Sidlaghatta and then along the scenic state highway south to Hoskote. After a small detour via the quiet suburbs of Bagalur and Sathanur, the ride back to the end control at IISc is on the Bangalore-Hyderabad expressway.

Surface:

Very well paved roads for the most part, very small sections of bad roads after Hoskote and near Bagalur.

Traffic:

Till Yelahanka, light/medium traffic is expected. After that until Hoskote/Old Madras Road occasional heavy vehicles may be encountered. The return leg on NH7 has fast moving traffic. From Hebbal flyover till the end control, traffic jams and slow moving traffic are expected at late afternoon/evening.

Terrain:

Here is the elevation profile generated using gpsvisualizer.com with DEM data. (Click on the image for full size). There is about 1300 meters of climbing.

Map:

This is the route map provided below for reference. A GPX of the route is attached at the bottom of this page.

Please note the map and GPX are provided for information only. The cue-sheet is the official guide to the route.

You can view the map on regular google maps or in fullscreen mode

Cue-sheet

The cue-sheet can be seen here.

Photos

Some photos taken during the recce rides can be seen along with the cue sheet

Credits

Map: Sourav, Rishav

Photographs: Sourav, Shaunak, Abhijit.

Cuesheet: Rishav, Sourav, Abhijit.