Hello, Check out this link titled "Light Rail is Bogus" http://www.skytran.net/12KiddyTrain/kt01.htm where it describes in a fun way how you can get the same...
One clarification is necessary in this debate. When Americans refer to Light Rail, they are usually talking about street-level rail (also called 'modern...
Hi all, I am a British Transit enthusiast and have been secretary of the Elecric Railway Society here in the UK for nearly 40 years. I write most of our...
Hi Iain: Welcome to the group and thanks for your account of Indian metro plans. In the group, we have discussed this in depth in the past. Besides the cities...
Thank you Sridhar for your reply to my initial letter to the Group. Yes I know the Urban Rail site well and have contributed to the pages on Glasgow (My...
Iain: The Ring Railway in Delhi was originally built as a goods bypass line. Just before the Asian Games in Delhi in 1982, the Govt. came up with a proposal...
Thank you Sridhar very much - I will probably use this information in an article that I will be writing about Delhi in ERS's magazine "The Electric Railway" ...
Dear Friends, The first Electrified meter guage line in country and the only suburban tarin service on meter guage, in chennai, has gone for its last trip on...
Indeed, it feels very strange to see the end of the MG era in Madras. The line did so much for the City, connecting all those suburban towns, many of which are...
My first trip on the MG EMU in Madras was when I was about 5 years old. I never lived in the city, but we used to visit my grandfather's place during the...
Myself stayed for short time in chennai and being a rail fan, most of the times i used it to go from Mamblam to Park or egmore. So i fell some what attached to...
I am very eager to know when does metro plan to reach south delhi except the Vasant kunj corridor. I think Lajpat nagar to Okhla is one of the most commercial...
See the following map made a few months ago based on DMRC's plans till 2021. Of course, these plans change constantly (particularly in the case of DMRC), but...
I have seldom used the MG Suburban rail in Chennai, since we never lived on the train route. I grew up using the buses run by PTC (Pallavan Transport Corp), ...
DMRC redesigning stations to serve people better (Pioneer) Saturday, July 10, 2004 Teena Thacker/ New Delhi In a bid to extend its services to taking care of...
Hi All, If any one have information why are we using Metro train with overhead power transmission instead of Third Track as used in the Underground Metro...
Hello Neeraj, We have discussed the 3rd rail vs. over head electric (OHE) before. You might want to browse through old posts on the group. In brief, OHE is ...
Hi Ashish, Thanks for your valuable information(The Hindu Article). I would also browse through the Archive also. But with the UGLY looking Wire and poles all...
The wires and poles are "ugly", but some find beauty in that too! Not sure about the greater investment required for OHE vs. third rail. As the Hindu article...
dear friends as enthusiasts about the metro line that is so far operational in delhi (shahadra- trinagar- rithala) i would be grateful if some of you could...
Hi! The Article in Hindu said that its first time in metro anywhere around the world that OHE is used instead of third rail. I can't say for sure about the 25K...
In Correction to my earlier statement, most of the lines use 1.5 KV DC and few lines use 20K AC. The shinkansen uses 25K AC. If want to have good idea about...
Dear all, The Delhi metro is establishing new standards by using 25kV ac via overhead wire/rail. This allows a higher performance and is better if long runs...
The use of 25kV ac may be a first for a Metro though of course it is used very widely on long distance routes across the world. Shorter routes such as those...
AC speed control is much more technically difficult compare to DC. that's why people ever bothered with DC trains to begin with. but with today's technology,...
Thanks Evil, Yes you summarise the position well. The use of a rigid wire or fine rail within tunnels has not always been used. In earlier high voltage routes...
The 2021 Map of Delhi Metro includes Karnal. Does anybody know what sort of corridor is this Line 8 supposed to be ie on-grade or elevated. I should think, if...
Vishal presents an interesting idea but it is hardly practical. Metro lines such as those in Delhi are designed to serves corridors along which very many...
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