Noida Metro

Noida Metro

Welcome to this post on Noida Metro. This can be said as the most SCENIC metro in India, meaning, the metro crosses many areas of agricultural and under-developed land. Thus, the metro faced very low ridership from the beginning.

Noida Metro Logo

Noida metro runs from Noida Electronic City to the depot in the greater Noida region. The metro is called Aqua Line and is 29.7km long. The line also has an interchange with Delhi metro at Sector 52. The metro passes through many grasslands from Sector 83 to Sector 148. These stations have a high chance of being “unfeasible”. The entire corridor is elevated and the metro looks kind of like a Joy Ride through the countryside. Or a suburban train running through remote areas. So, the Noida Metro Rail Corporation or the NMRC that operates the metro, plans to run fast services from Sector 51 to the Depot.

Also, Noida metro tokens will not be valid on the Delhi Metro and vice-versa. The interchange with Delhi metro is not seamless and the stations are 300m apart from each other. DMRC plans to build a skywalk from Sector 51 to Sector 52.

The Metro uses chinese metro rakes made by CRRC Nanjing and imported from China. The line has 19 rakes with a frequencr of 10 to 15 minutes.

As an extension of the network, Noida is set for Phase 2 where the aqua line will be extended to Knowledge Park 5. Let Noida metro be successful and not be called, “Disneyland Monorail of India”.

Thank you for reading this post and stay tuned for MRT News Express next week.....Thank you

Mumbai Metro

Mumbai Metro

Welcome to the series on Mumbai Metro. This is said to be the LATEst metro in India, meaning, the metro was opened decades after it was needed. Mumbai metro was opened in 8 June 2014, but the city actually needed a metro in the 1990's. Despite being so late, Mumbai metro faced a gradual increase in it's ridership from day of opening. 

As of now, the metro consits of a 11km corridor between Varsobha and Ghatkopar, serving a very small area of Mumbai. Unlike other metros that have 2 to 3 phases, Mumbai metro has the longest Phase-1 network of around 200km. The masterplan for the metro is as follows:

Line-1:

Varsobha     to      Ghatkopar

Line-2:

Dahisar West    to     DN Nagar      to          Mankhurd

Line-3:

Colaba       to        Bandra       to       SEEPZ

Line-4:

Thane        to         Wadala

Line-5:

Thane        to         Bhiwandi        to        Kalyan

Line-6:

Lokhandwala       to        Kanjurmarg

Line-7:

Dahiser       to         Andheri      to      Bhayander

Line-8:

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Airport            to              Navi Mumbai International Airport

Line-9:

Dahisar       to         Mira-Bhayander

The Mumbai metro Phase-1 is expected to be completely running by 2025-2026. This big Metro will ease Traffic congestion in every area of the city and is expected to have a ridership of at least 25-30 lakhs per day when fully opened. 

Let Mumbai get the metro it deserves.....thank you for reading this post and stay tuned for Noida Metro next week.....Thank you

Why Metro?

Why Metro?

I have seen a lot of people that have asked me of why we even need metros? This post has been made specifically to answer this question. 

Need for Metros:

A metro network is a modern rapid transit system in which train rakes run on elevated or underground tracks. This system is in use when existing networks of transport are overused. It is built to ease traffic congestion off the roads and also to reduce pollution. This is mainly useful if a place can generate large amounts of people willing to go somewhere else.

In these days, we can get a cab from anywhere to anywhere in a city. But they overcrowd existing roadways even more to an extent that I saw a man who was walking to work in a hurry and refused an auto ride because he was afraid of getting stuck in traffic!! 

In these kind of situations, a metro can be a life saver. The main advantage of metros is that they can expand without taking up a lot of land, and expand as a city grows.... If you see the masterplan for metros in India, you will see that there are around 200km of metro planned in every major city. Especially in India, every other rapid transit except metro fails. This is because many cities in India are densly populated. But metro can't be the only rapid transit in India. Cities like Delhi and Chennai Have metrolites in the Making......so no need to get bored of Metro.

What is a metrolite?

A metrolite is basically the average of Tram and Metro. It is a metro like rapid transit system but runs on Road level.....that is, beside the medians of big main roads. These systems are around 40-50% cheaper than metro but have a lower capacity than metro. They are implemented in areas where the demand is not enough for a metro, but too much for a tram. Instead of building an overcrowded tram or an unprofitable metro, we can build metrolite. 

Metrolite Trains run on Standard 1435mm gauge tracks and can run trains at speeds of upto 65 km/h. Metrolites can be implemented in at least 50 Indian cities that are not big enough for a metro. These include cities like Lucknow, Chandigarh, Trivandrum, Secundrabad, Guwahati, Rajkot, Thiruchirappalli, Solapur, Raipur and Ranchi to name a few.

I'm sorry for this post being delayed.Thank You for reading and stay tuned for Mumbai Metro Next Week....

MRT Express - January 2020

MRT News Express - January 2020

In this series, we explain all kinds of news related to metros, under the Label MRT News Express. There will be one such update whenever news is available.

Express 1-Pune Metro:

The first priority section of Pune Metro from Ananadnagar to Garware college is ready to start commercial services by June 2020 with trials going on rapidly. Once CMRS certificate is issued, commercial services will commence. MMRCL is confident in starting services in June or July 2020. This will be the 14th MetroRail in India.

Express 2-Bangalore Suburban Railway:

As we said in the pevious post, a city like Bengaluru deserves more than 6 lines of metro. So, the Government of India is studying the possibilities of building a suburban railway in Bengaluru, to ease congestion in the city. There is a possibility of Suburban trains from in the city to Bangarapet, Hosur, Kuppam, Chintamani and Doddaballapura.

Express 3-Chennai Metro:

Chennai metro's line 1 extension from Washermanpet to Wimco Nagar has started trial runs and is scheduled to be opened upto Korukkkupet. The route will cover stations such as Theyagaraja College, Tondaiarpet and Korukkupet.

Express 4-Kolkata Metro:

Kolkata's east-west metro is ready from Sector - V to Phoolbagan and commercial services should start before March or April. After 10 years of construction, kolkata's second metro railway will finally open in a few weeks. 

The Dakineshwar to Noapara Extension of North-South Metro will be opened before 2022.

Express 5-Delhi Metro:

Delhi Metro's three extensions, from Najafgarh to Dhansa Bus Stand on Grey line, Dwarka to ECC Centre on Airport Express and Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake to Mayur Vihar pocket - I on the Pink line are scheduled to open between September to December 2020.

Express 6-Chenai &Delhi Metrolite:

Soon Delhi and Chennai are going to have metrolite corridors.

In Chennai, a 12km long metrolite from Velachery to Tambaram is being surveyed.

In Delhi, a 20km long Metrolite is Being built from Kirti Nagar to Darka Sector 25 and is Scheduled to open in 2025.

I will explain about Metrolite is next week. Stay tuned to know more

Source:

www.metrorailnews.in

wikipedia-delhi metro