The Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation website has been recently updated. In the projects page, there is now a description of MUTP Phase-II with the following major...
Thanks Sridhar for that post. This is really exciting news! Hopefully the Sky Bus Goa (SBG) project will be off the ground soon. The fact that BEML might well...
The March newsletter is out - has info on the under-construction sections http://www.delhimetrorail.com/home/newsletters.htm Also, the media gallery has been...
While this is not about the Delhi Metro, I am posting it here because 1. We discuss infrastructure in and around Delhi on this newsgroup 2. We could look at...
The following article talks about how this is done. http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2003040806820400.htm ... Metro focus on keeping trains sparkling NEW...
This news item has an interesting piece of info - that the Shahdara- Tis Hazari section has 40,000 passengers a day against the capacity of 1.5Lakhs. I...
Mainly M. L. Khurana letting off some hot air about how he is the "creator and protector" of the Metro. Some useful info nevertheless about the Delhi Metro. ...
Hello friends, On the group we have had lots of discusison on MRTS systems in India. Here's some more! Some news on the Chennai MRTS, which uses the...
Thanks, Ashsish, for the neat summary of the current situation and prospects of metro systems in various cities. I think there are some critical factors for...
Talking of Chennai MRTS, today the foundation stone was laid for the Chennai Central to Chennai Egmore link. While it is ostensibly meant to serve long...
Chennaionline News: (19-Apr-2003) PM to launch Goa sky-bus prototype Bangalore, April 18: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee will unveil the first prototype...
Sorry ..guys...This is not really about 'metros', but I just thought that modern toilets in long distance trains are definitely overdue. This article talks...
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=49551 Govts get proposal for Metro's run till Noida Amba Batra New Delhi, April 18: COMMUTERS will be able...
The following is a news item about mixed land use policies for Delhi. We have had some discussion on the group as to why high population densities are...
An extension towards Noida is long awaited. However (as the news report says), the network is severely limited with the speed with which it can grow. It...
I think the claim of ICF is twisted.... ... Chennaionline News - 21-Apr-2003 Move to give contract to BEML ‘wilful’ Chennai, April 20: Giving a new twist...
Controversies are nothing new in such high profile purchases. Most notable being the Bofors scandal. Even the families of martyrs of the Kargil War were not...
NEED FOR URBAN MASS RAPID TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR OUR CITIES (Press Information Bureau) http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2003/fapr2003/f170420031.html E. Sreedharan*...
Naturally this gentleman is "crying" over a lost opportunity to be associated with the DMRC's "success" and public visibility and the mass support it has...
I was inspired to start this topic on the newsgroup because of a heated debate on the IRFCA group about this issue. There are some who feel that the high...
DMRC defends its decision through this press release. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow? msid=44567997 ... DMRC defends import...
Asian Heroes: 2003 http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/heroes/elattuvalapil_sreedharan.html Elattuvalapil Sreedharan Getting New Delhi on track By By Brian...
Hi guys: I have uploaded an image file in the 'Files' section titled 'Bangalore Metro Map - Tentative.jpg'. I have drawn the tentative routes for the two...
I hope Mr. Sreedharan and DMRC are able to complete and run Delhi Metro. Politicians in their efforts to be part of the political game have ruined Delhi in...
Dear All, This is all great but would someone be able to tell me as to what is happening to plans of setting up a metro in Mumbai. The last I heard (apart from...
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