Dear Ashish and Group I cannot agree more with Mr Shreedharan on certain fronts 1. The ridership claims as percentage of population are fallacious as they do...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/361142.cms NOIDA: New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) has decided not to extend its proposed...
Dear Group I certainly understand the philospohy of DMRC to provide a high speed linkage between the city centre and the domestic and international airport. To...
I agree with you that a link from Airport and Nehru place and Noida is needed as well but that is not to say that Airport to CP link is not needed. Airport to...
Hello Vineet: You are right in saying that the CP-airport link is needed. The observations raised are not against the link to airport in particular but to the...
I had made some observations on the airport linkage yesterday, but it has not appeared on the forum. I agree with the points raised by Harsh: 1. The fare is...
I would like to draw the attention of the Members to the underutilised (?) Ring Rail infrastructure of Delhi. Presently this line only has skeletal EMU...
Hi Well it is good to hear that my post on the airport group has sparked some discussions and debates. I am not opposed to the idea of the high speed link The...
Hi All, I feel DMRC should straight away leap into "Maglev" technology for airport link, like Shangai.It takes 7.5 mins to cover 35KM from downtown to Shangai...
Hi folks, The debate on Maglev for the aiport link becomes a bit more involved with the economic aspects and travel benefits from it. I understand that it...
I am new to this group and have added some Delhi metro pics to the photos page.I know a couple of people here whom I know from SSC. I am a pretty big fan of...
Dear All, The following is a link to a news item that appeared on Yahoo today, which talks about Beijing's ambitious plans to expand its Metro network to make...
The Beijing plan can also be implemented in delhi with proper planning. In addition to DMRC alignments, additional alignments can planned along the suburban...
Interesting. Here is what I posted on the Skyscrapercity forum a few days ago in response to a news report about DMRC's plans to build a new circular line. ...
What a coincidence; I posted a response on Skyscrapercity on the same topic too. To add to what Sridhar said, an example -- I live very close to the DU South...
This is a post from Skyscraper city. "Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) is the SF metro and uses an ultra wide gauge of 5'6" /1676mm. This is to give the...
Here's the link for the Vision 2021 map again http://www.irfca.org/users/delhimetro/maps/Delhi_Metro_Full_Network_2021.pdf Ashish Vashisht and I made this map...
BART choice of a broad gauge track is a special case because the area fall in an earthquaqe prone zone, hence the need for greater stability. ... From:...
Is "HEGDE" suggesting that BG trains can run safely in the event of an earthquake. This is absolute rubbish, i dont believe any guage is safe to run a train...
BART in San Francisco was a very special case involving quite a lot of aircraft design features many of which have simply got in the way ever since. The...
Not suggesting anything like that - I am not an expert on these things. From what I have read, this was the ostensible reason why, when the rest of the US is...
Hi Rajeev, Thanks for sharing the article. Beijing Metro's expansion is indeed impressive. A large portion of this is in preparation for the Olympics in 2008...
to hell with you who want to keep India backwards. It is people like you who keep india backwards - every great city in the world has a metro inside their ...
To all members, Please maintain civlity in your conversations. This is NOT a forum to vent one's anger. It is a forum to persuade and to discuss but certainly...
Hi, I don't think hot headed comments will make any difference. This is a forum to discuss and criticize the Metro not the people. Each people can have their...
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