Metro Rail Projects in India
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Honestly, I'm pretty disappointed with the amount of metro infrastructure built in Bangalore in the last 15 years. Roughly 60km of track and two measly lines after 15yrs of work! In contrast Delhi metro has over 300km of track. Very disappointing for what's supposed to be a T1 Indian city.
Bengaluru will be one of first cities to get Vande Metro: SWR
Towns located within a 100-km radius of Bengaluru, such as Tumakuru and Hindupur, could get the Vande Metrowww.deccanherald.com
It took so much time for them to construct a ring road that it was already over capacity by the time it was opened to traffic. As such metro should be a remarkable achievement. Unless they get rid of that cesspool called BBMP and local politicians every thing will move at a slow pace.
Bangalore as a whole is underdeveloped, the roads are too few and of full of potholes. I remember 2 hrs of start-stop traffic being a regular thing over ten years ago... I don't know if that has gotten better or worse with time. It needs a minimum of 4/5 lines of high capacity metro. Something like London Underground sized rakes. Looking at some of the new metro stations, the smaller ones appear to be built from low grade materials. Even footpaths are constructed poorly but this seems to be a norm in Indian cities. The whole city just seems like a big spread out maze, hard to navigate and susprisingly few skyscrapers. I believe the scyscraper issue is due to having to own the total floorspace of said building in land area. Wonder if anyone could shed some light on this?
European Investment Bank is keen to invest up to 3 billion$ in Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC). a six-member delegation team of the EIB headed by vice president Kris Peeters met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at his residence. After agra , kanpur , lakhnow Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation has planned to expand the services in six more cities: Gorakhpur, Pryagraj, Varanasi, Jhansi, Bareilly, and Meerut.
Look at the population base too. Bangalore is already hovering around the 1 cr mark. Hyderabad should be between 50-60m
Probably yes. I was referring to the last census figures . In which case, Greater Hyderabad should be just under a crore & Greater Bangalore should be near 1.25 cr
Correct. Hyderabad traffic used to have some choke points between 2005- 2012. However, they removed those and also built the metro
. Plus people also moved to Hitech city - Gachibowli side ( all companies are located here) which further reduced traffic. Hence no incentive to use metro.
I wouldn't see it as a wasted expenditure just not judicious utilization of resources. Hyderabad is a prime destination in India which means their population too would record phenomenal growth . This metro will serve it's full purpose in times to come.Correct. Hyderabad traffic used to have some choke points between 2005- 2012. However, they removed those and also built the metro
It will certainly be useful in long run. The good thing about Hyderabad is they are very good at planning and execution, compared to other Indian cities. They built 8 lane outer ring road 12 years back !!
Japanese mnc hitachi own a US$200 million bid to deliver autonomous digital signaling for Chennai Metro. cutting-edge technology will enable services to run without a driver . will automatically control the train’s traction and braking to continuously calculate optimum speed. The technology will allow trains to run at 90-second intervals, providing significant capacity as well as reliability .