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This is primarily an underground metro thing. But I feel like going straight from an Air Conditioned space to the outside ruins the outside place because your body goes into crisis mode trying to adapt itself to hot and humid climates. Instead, if metro systems, and by extension any other large air conditioned public space (such as airports), had a section next to their entrances and exits that was weakly air conditioned, it could serve as a natural buffer allowing people's bodies to adapt themselves to the outside.

This is something I noticed when I was in Kolkata. The East West Metro system is fully air conditioned to the entrances. However, exiting at say, Sealdah station directly into 2pm sun and 70% humidity is not a fun experience. However, this is something that is better with the original Blue Line (alongwith a bunch of quality of life things). Because the stations are weakly air conditioned, you only get the full effect of the AC inside the train itself which is the most crowded place and thus, where AC is needed most. Having an approach like this could also save a lot on energy, especially with larger areas.

What do you guys think?

The new transport minister said that the government is planning to revive all old 70 tram routes that used to exist in Kolkata. There are also plans for a new route from Dakshineswar to Kalighat with a possible extension to New Town.

The government has engaged with RITES to study how to revive the network.

Finally some great news about trams!

i don't live in delhi but had the privilege to ride the RRTS. What an absolute beauty watching them go and come, it almost felt like I was in another country.

However, when I was in the coach (executive i believe), I noticed that when the doors are closing/opening, the announcement sound I hear is similar to the ones I've heard in restaurants sometimes. Like when you place an order and they have this kind of a notification sound. I've heard the same sound in theobroma.

It could be that the software might be written by the same provider but comparing the diversity of the same software/framework being used in a restaurant machine as well as a train PA is something only companies like samsung (korean) tencent etc do

Source: https://backend.delhimetrorail.com/documents/11133/NIT-DMRC-PB-50.pdf

In a new tender released by the DMRC, they are seeking bids from advertising firms for audio advertisements in the Delhi Metro.

The plan is to have these ads running in 4 lines, with the following rates monthly(they're calling these rates MG minimum guarantee):

Red,Yellow line: 15 lakhs

Blue line: 16 lakhs

Magenta line: 6.5 lakhs

The revenue share for these ads will be 85-15% between DMRC and the Advertising firm. If in a specific month the revenue is greater than MG, DMRC will receive a higher amount based on the share above.

This is just a tender for now but it's great to see the DMRC plan for ways to increase non-fare box revenue. As most of these lines have high traffic during commute hours (which is when I believe they'll run these ads) then it may not even be that disturbing to the users.

Weird thing about metro, which I never understood is that it is not constructed as a "standard module". It is very bad from accessibility standpoint.

Few observations:

1. The lifts, escalators are not consistent or in pattern. Like some stations don't have down-going escalators. Some stns are unusually higher than ground level (silk board stn), but there's one escalator on to go up, but none to come down. Also, to hide their cost cutting measures, a board is put up asking ppl to take stairs as it is healthy and avoid lifts as it is meant for old-age ppl.

2. All stn above ground have platform on the left and all stations underground have platforms on the right (center and shared between 2 rails), but at Majestic it is the opposite and no clear pattern and boards in improperly placed. At Majestic, purple line has platforms on the left and on green line platform in or the right (center and shared). If I'm not wrong, Platform numbers are p1-p2 for purple and p4-p3 for green. Muscle memory never works. I'm always lost in Majestic underground station😅.

3. Recently noticed in RV road metro stn. The station platform numbers are inconsistent. Ordering is not 1234, it's 2143 (p2-p1 of green line and p4-p3 of yellow line, where p1-p4 share the platforms). Why?

4. Silk institute is the last stop on green light, but central silk board (commonly known as silk board) is on the yellow line. Kannada announcement is especially confusing 😜. "reshme samsthe vs Kendra reshme mandali).

5. Similar thing with, metro stn at Electronic City. Electronic city bus stop = Infosys Foundation Konappana Agrahara. Konappana Agrahara bus stop = Electronic city Metro stn. No idea how many faced troubles due to this. Besides, names are too long that train will reach station by the time announcements are done 😅.

6. Station platform at Ragigudda is unusually wide. Too wide concierge. Probably because the double decker road ends there. Oh, and due to bottle neck at Ragigudda signal, it is sometimes faster to go through the signals at ground level instead of being stuck at the signal at the end of flyover.

7. Male voice announcement on Yellow line is funny. It doesn't say "doors will open on the right", but it says "doors will \*wopen\* on the right". Mostly kannada accent induced in English.

Some of these feels like OCD problems, but these are simple things that could have been fixed by engineers and designers having common sense.

Corridors Involved are Sector 142 Noida to Botanical Garden and Noida Metro Depot to New Bodaki MMTH.

Contract to be awarded within month end. Expected commencement of Construction to be started in Mid September or Early October.

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First time in mumbai, my train is reaching mmct station and I have to go to csmt railway station, at around 1pm today, my question is, is it safe to travel seeing the current rains in Mumbai(which I just got to know) and which is the best route?

Pune Metro's pimk line opens its first stretch from Hinjewadi to Baner on July 15th. I was curious if anyone is planning to take the first train open to the public that day? It'd be nice to meet fellow transit nerds in the city.

Hi everyone,

I've been spending the past year building software around public transit, starting with Delhi NCR, and one thing I've realized is that different people use transit apps for very different reasons.

Some just want the fastest route.

Others care about fewer interchanges, station facilities, first/last train timings, or nearby exits.

I'm curious:

• What's the biggest frustration you have with existing transit or metro apps?
• What's one feature you wish existed but doesn't?
• Are there any apps (Indian or international) that you think do something particularly well?

I'm trying to understand real commuter problems before deciding what to build next, so I'd really appreciate any thoughts or examples.

Thanks!

Finally a W for upcoming metro systems... Cross highway skywalk connectivity at Wakad! Found this missing in major metro stations in Highway proximity in Mumbai like WEH, RBI Colony and likes.

Finally a sane connectivity choice!