China openned commercial Maglev service in Shanghai. Rotem successfully tested self developed High speed train to reach speed of 350 km/h on Dec 30th 2002. ...
TODAY'S EDITORIALS Man of the Times http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/xml/comp/articleshow?artid=32993369&sType=1 [ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 01, 2003...
i awent to ride on the metro on 31.12.2002 but it was surprising that the smart cards weren't available when iasked for them . when asked for tokens i was...
Read the following article by the man of the moment himself. http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2003/fjan2003/f020120031.html ciao shantanu ... 2nd January, 2003 ...
I heard that Rotem delievered those trains 6 month inadvance of schedule. Since they delievered them in July 2002, the trains were supposely delivered about...
Dear friends , Regarding the menace of migrant population , attached below is one of the numerous articles appearing in media highlighting this problem. The ...
That is incorrect. The coaches were not delivered 6 months in advance. There were 4 trainsets delivered for use on this section, the last one delivered only...
Regarding the issue of crime, it would seem to me that criminals might find themselves MORE vulnerable if they used the Metro as a part of any crime act....
... road ... Brian: It is named after the same Lawrence (though I am not sure which of the two). The Lt. Governor of Punjab was actually based in Delhi for ...
Thank you Sridhar, for the background information about this particular stretch of the Metro route. I was also wondering, what impact is the Metro construction...
Dear friends, The introductory page of the DMRC website (http://www.delhimetrorail.com) starts with a flash application which is terrible to load on a slow...
Indeed Delhi is a treasure trove for historians with a history that goes back many centuries. However, present day Delhi might not fully appreciate the need to...
Brian: I was actually living in the then Delhi College of Engineering campus when the first survey for the Delhi Metro was done. They did conduct an...
Hi, Does anyone know if the Metro authorities plan to run fast trains between stations. By fast I mean non stop trains between important stations and popular...
multiple tracks are required if you want express metro. which may not be a big deal in surface tracks but would be extremely costly to build underground....
... As is the practice with many metro systems around the world, there is no junction crossing of trains. Obvious advantage being simplicity in construction,...
Hello there! Here’s wishing everyone a very Happy New Year! The year 2002 was special for the city of Delhi – the Metro started commercial operations from...
Light rail systems are not for a Big City with high population density. City like delhi require full sized metro that runs on wide guage heavy rail. light rail...
Did the excavations for the metro unearth anything of archaeological significance? Delhi has been continuously occupied for a very long time. --Satish...
Hi everyone I don't know how the track are layed in the first phase of the Delhi metro, but if the train can change to the other tracks at the stations and on...
I don't think we can make blanket statements about Light Rail and the size of cities. There are cases of relatively large cities having light rail systems too...
Contruction of LRT in Old delhi will be quite a challenging task . Plus Old Delhi's rickshaws and tongas are an identity of Delhi's past. At present these...
Dear friends Have the necessary public utilities like toilets started functioning properly at Metro stations ? I got some reports that toilets are not yet ...
Can anyone tell me if there any available links to the proposaed systems in Cochin and Goa? Also, does anyone have any photos of the new Delhi Metro that I can...
Light Rail or tram may not work for heavy commuter traffic. However, it certainly has an application for light to medium traffic. I presume that is what is...
... Here's raking up an old issue. Another trouble with overhead current collection - a bird hit! Is this a common occurence with the existing IR electrics, or...
I have never heard of bird problem in S.Korea. Probably because major cities in Korea don't have big birds living anywhere near the city. biggest bird would be...
Hello friends, DDA is proposing a metropolitan development plan which will allow for high rise residential buildings along Metro lines. For the first time ...
Ashish Vashisht <ashishvashisht@...> wrote:Hello friends, DDA is proposing a metropolitan development plan which will allow for high rise residential...
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