Sameer, Thanks.. Keep us informed for such things in future. Suggestions to these types of committees may actually be very effective way of getting new ideas ...
Ankur, The Rs. 160 cr. per KM for Delhi is the sum average of the underground and surface / elevated sections. Underground sections cost a whole lot more than...
The typical rule of thumb for construction costs at 2000 prices is the following (including stations at approx 1.5km intervals) Underground section : Rs. 180...
Hey all, The Min. for State for Railway, AK Moorthy flagged off the new Suburban Line from Villivakkam to Anna Nagar West here in Chennai. The line uses the...
Line 1 - the Trinagar (now renamed Shastri Nagar) to Rithala section is about 70% complete Line 2: The physical work on the underground line is also more than ...
Surprised to see no postings about this event. Anyway, here's a news item http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/india_metro_pm and a photograph...
Here's a link to an interesting article in the World Tunneling journal (issue dated August 2002) primarily about the underground section (Line 2) with lots of...
Sridhar, I was looking for information on what times the train starts at the first station and when does it reach the last station. The timetables are often...
Ankur, Here are some numbers from the media: * Now it will take about 8 minutes from Tis Hazari to Tri Nagar to cover 4.3 Km (4 stations). From Shahdara to Tri...
Dear Metro fans, Here’s the news update, ending October 4, 2003. All previous news updates (since May 3, 2002), including this one, are available at: ...
Nice article Sridhar. Here's are some informational excerpts about the underground section which might be useful to share: - Mixed soil to be encountered at...
Hey all, It is good to see the Delhi Metro continuing on its path to completion. But I was not surprised to hear of the squabbling between parties vying for...
Hello, Can someone clarify the meanings of certain abbreviations and how do they fundamentally differ from each other such as the following: ELRTS (Is UB...
Hi, It appears I confused a lot of people, so... MRTS is Chennai's Mass Rapid Transit System MMTS is Hyderabad's Multi Modal Transit System ELRTS is the...
... system ... But I ... guess ... for ... the ... turned ... MMTS, I ... place! Since this is likely to confuse more people, let me clarify that the news of...
Hi Ankur, I can't remember if it was from the DMRC website, or from media reports, or both - Sridhar and I compiled this info for the Metroplanet update. URL:...
Here's a virtual view of an upcoming underground station on the Delhi Metro Line 2. There is not much information provided with the picture and it is not clear...
Here are some pictures by Nikhil / Ashwin Arora. Some nice shots of the Shastri Park Depot and the coach interiors. http://irfca.org/~nikhil/dmrc/dmrc.htm ...
Ashish, The capacity of the trains sounds extremely high to me. The usual rule of thumb that we use in London Underground (admittedly very different type of...
Hi Shashi, That makes sense. We have been skeptical of these numbers for long. However, we can certainly have more standing passengers than sitting. This is...
Hi, I was wondering if anybody out there can take (or has taken) some good photographs of the Welcome (at Seelampur) station. There are some pics in the DM...
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Hi again! Shashi, I looked at your email again and realised that by 2/3 (of 70 sq m) area you meant the total 'available' area - both for seating and standing....
Please excuse me for cross posting - but noise concerns all, hence this tresspass ... Please send mailto:ccgii-owner@yahoogroups.com in the suggested short ...
Hi, I think estimate of 2/3 is not close enough. In these coaches due to thin wall I think 80-85% of space can be used for passengers. But still with 60...
Hi Ravi, Nice pictures! Check this out - you will like this: http://geocities.com/bmetro1/ Ashish __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New...
Hi! I recently joined the delhi metro group and was going through news articles available on site. I had read the above article which says DMRC has fined...
Amit, ... DMRC fined people for overstaying in the "paid" areas, or only the platform areas. Restaurants etc. are in the unpaid areas. ... That is exactly the...
