Hello Dr. Frew, ... From: delhimetro@yahoogroups.com [mailto:delhimetro@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Iain & Wilma Frew ... Flying is the most energy...
I do not know if there is any stated criteria, but availability of land and right of way seems to be the major one. The first choice would always be on-grade....
did someone say that bike paths would be compuslory under NURM and wasnt that actually M Rajamani the Mission Director in MoUD after one and half years which...
Very true bottlenecks have to be removed before increasing the speed otherwise it will result in overall slower speeds. IR can go underground very very...
My post regarding trees, environmental where for the purpose of the environment. But metro should always be elevated wherever possible infact it makes the most...
I am in favour of faster and punctual train services, but if we talk of the "Very High speed", what is the economic return or economic value created or saved...
It is false that our costlier trains have good ridership in special seasons only. Our GDP is not good enough for high-speed trains but it is good enough for...
... Vishal, wouldn't you agree that the difference between a Metro and the costly intercity trains lies in the social, environmental, in turn economical too,...
* Metro projects will have PPP model * Staff Reporter * Mumbai Metro awarded to Anil Ambani group, says Jaipal Reddy * BANGALORE: Union Minister for Urban...
In Europe fast trains are preferred means of travel even for distances of about 1000 kms eg between North Germany and Italy. So it is false that fast trains...
Mr.Jaipal Reddy has misquoted about BRTS that it is based on Bogota Model. I have seen BRTS in Pune city which is too short of what is adopted in Bogota....
In this discussion about fast trains, there is one point we must appreciate... are our current fast trains actually fast ....and ridership is bases on...
Thats exactly what we want--speeds that exceed today by 33%. And it can be claimed that the only way to achieve these speeds is by laying down more tracks. Eg...
IMO excpet for emergency repairs or emergency upgradation we should have new tracks which will allow long term benefits to our growing nation. Our public...
"economic return for fast travel" if we look at the speed from a myopic point of view then yes "maybe" it will be expensive from "just " the cost of tickets...
Some thoughts-- I think that the bus passengers be motivated and empowered to speak up and correct drivers whenever the drivers engage in rash driving. The...
Strict, across the board, enforcement of traffic rules is the need of the day. Instead of filling the coffers by impounding cars running safely at 60kph(on...
Then we should keep our fingers crossed and wait for that to soemhow replicate over here as well. However I believe that there is altogether different reason...
Very True. This is what I have been saying that instead of having invested heavily into the separate HSC, if the average speeds fo the existing trains are...
The area between President’s Estate and the Ridge is of heritage value. The DMRC has already gone underground in some other areas; here too they should opt...
The IR is in the process of developing a new generation 6000 HP diesel-electric locomotive (WDP-6 and WDG-6). WDP-6 the passenger version is being developed...
The Western Railways yesterday put back on track CAR no 864A on the Churchgate-Borivali line. This car was completely destroyed last year (7/11) by the...
The correct verb is "can" and not "will". For can to become will, things other than new locomotives are required and here IR has been unwilling to invest. In...
The IR will be commencing trail runs on the 120 km Baramullah-Qazigund section of the Kashmir rail project. The trains are 6-car (1400 hp) DEMU sets with...
If required additional tracks must be laid. I see following as the requisites for higher average speeds: @All locos to be minimum 4000HP to have Sufficient...
I agree with the idea of increasing speed of Shatabdi and Rajdhani trains. But for this dedicated corridors are required. This means, entire corridor needs to...
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