U.P. prefers Metro to IRBT (Hindu) http://www.hindu.com/2004/09/02/stories/2004090209370400.htm By Lalit K. Jha NEW DELHI, SEPT. 1. Rejecting the proposal for...
http://www.urbanrail.net/as/mumb/mumbai.htm The updated map reflects the opening of the Thane-Turbhe line, and also depicts the proposed metro projects,...
ALL DUE TO BLOODY CONGRESS GOVT!!! Ashish Vashisht <ashishvashisht@...> wrote: ******************************* Another polio case, despite campaigns (HT)...
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... DelhiMetro Yahoogroup is a forum to discuss urban transportation issues and it is NOT a platform to air political viewpoints. If he any member deliberately...
Dear All, A video clip of the first trial run of Skybust Metro, Goa is available at www.sky-bus-metro.com under "Testtrack." Both a .avi file for direct...
IRDT vs Metro, Isnt the only difference between them is that IRDT is surface rail while Metro is elevated? I guess the IRDT surface tracks were to lie...
Dear Vishal, Its not necessary that Metro will be either elevated or underground. Where ever possible, the Metro will be surfaced only. Also, for IRBT, it was...
Another major difference between the metro and the proposed IRBT project is in the rolling stock. IRBT (at least as per current plans) intends to use standard...
There are many other differences such as access restricted stations and tracks, air conditioner on the coach, ticketing and smart card controlled gates etc....
Ashish, It is not entirely clear why there is a delay in the approval for this phase of the project. Clearly there has been a change of government and, from...
Dear Mac, I understand your feelings and share the same but i hope you will be agree in fact that this forum is for sharing our views for further development...
Dear friends, I m coming back to Delhi next week for next few days. If any one intrested to meet please let me know. it will be great to meet you people whome...
Dear friends, I m coming back to Delhi next week for next few days. If any one intrested to meet please let me know. it will be great to meet you people whome...
Metro survey causes panic in Sikanderpur (IE) http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=98864 Raghvendra Rao Gurgaon, September 9: Gurgaon’s dream...
... day-to-day running of the trains.------------- So, that makes DMRC one of the few profitable metro operations in the world. But, Whom to believe is the big...
This is symptomatic of the lack of transparency on some aspects of the metro. There is no financial statement from the DMRC on their website. For people to...
Hi! I don't know why in this world of m/cn's DMRC want to go for man power. They should go for installing ticketing m/c instead of opening up new man powwered...
Well this is a good question to ask in this forum. If somebody can illustrate the economics of using machined ticketing than manual ticketing, it would be...
One problem that vending machines of any kind in India would face is that coins are in short supply and currency notes are often in terrible condition. One...
Frankly speaking, with a sophisticated technology like the METRO, one must also have peripheral operations, that are equally sophisticated. Otherwise,...
I agree with what Vikas has said about installing "filling" machines. Also, the peripheral devices need to be as sophisticated as he pointed out. I also agree...
One of the reasons could also be that many of the commuters are not that regular and therefore do not want to invest in the smart card. Actually, as you point...
Well, I know something about operating machines capable of stand- alone operation. I work with ATM machines and they cost a lot; a simple machine with a touch...
I am sure the government is privy to the financial papers of DMRC. However, why this information should remain confidential should be questioned. If Metro is...
One cause for poor usage of automation in India is lack of trust from people in machines. Talking about Cadbury machine - What if I put in 10 rupees and ...
So as far as automation goes there are predominantly several overwhelming factors which go against using such system in India still, like economic, cultural...
Hi, I think one bottlenect in using vending machine is non-avilability of higher denomination coin and bad condition of indian currency. Where ever in world we...