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Re: Six new routes proposed for Delhi Metro

Sanjeet Teri — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:07:57 GMT

Though ring railway was far from the residential areas in the be beginning but now with expansion of Delhi, it is passing through the centre of major markets,

Re: Six new routes proposed for Delhi Metro

anil nayal — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:07:27 GMT

Would it be possible we may send some feedback / suggestion to DMRC. thanks anil nayal ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Re: Six new routes proposed for Delhi Metro

Rajeev Singh — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:30:19 GMT

Goods avoiding line of NR in New Delhi consists of two loops which make a kind of Northern and Southern loop. Northern loop is smaller, and both the loops

Re: Six new routes proposed for Delhi Metro

Dheeraj Sanghi — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:35:15 GMT

The ring railway has two parts - the Delhi Avoiding Line, which was designed to avoid heavily populated regions of Delhi, and therefore, by design is not

Re: Six new routes proposed for Delhi Metro

Mohit Shukla — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:01:52 GMT

Hi Dheeraj: Thanks for your information on the historicity of the ring railway. I was not aware about this, always thought that it was a commuter line.. ICC

Re: Six new routes proposed for Delhi Metro

Mohit Shukla — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:35:47 GMT

Hi Ashish: I am not aware if RITES conducted the feasibility study for the ring railway. However, the feasibility report must have been prepared by some body

Re: Six new routes proposed for Delhi Metro

Akhilesh Singh — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:18:35 GMT

Thanks Dheeraj for putting the historic angle to it. I used to always think about it the other way. Regards, Akhilesh Singh [Non-text portions of this message

Re: Six new routes proposed for Delhi Metro

Dheeraj Sanghi — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:04:52 GMT

Ring Railway was not meant to be a commuter line. It was designed for freight traffic between north and south, without having to go through New Delhi Railway

Re: Six new routes proposed for Delhi Metro

Ashwin Hegde — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:09:57 GMT

I believe that this is the standard procedure. When the Bangalore Metro N-S route was extended at both ends, a Govt Order was issued (see attachment) for the

Re: Six new routes proposed for Delhi Metro

Ashish Vashisht — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:18:44 GMT

Mohit, do you know if the Ring Railway was also based on a study by RITES? I agree with your comments about the Ring Railway. It is a white elephant. One thing

Re: Six new routes proposed for Delhi Metro

Ashish Vashisht — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:10:20 GMT

Hi Rajeev, Thanks for the detailed response. Yes, I would agree that RITES reports could be questioned. My question was why would government 'approve' the

Re: Six new routes proposed for Delhi Metro

Mohit Shukla — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:52:53 GMT

I agree with Suhas and Rajeev Singh. I am not an expert on the matter but the alignment of the Ring Railway (IR)is another example. It was meant to be a

Re: Six new routes proposed for Delhi Metro

Suhas Kulhalli — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:48:26 GMT

I think that was a well written comment. Calibre of RITES needs to be questioned. They appear to be a typical Public sector organisation, and unlike other

Re: Six new routes proposed for Delhi Metro

Rajeev Singh — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:36:36 GMT

If DMRC would have adhered to the earlier RITES recommendations, it would have made huge losses. In my opinion, RITES recommendations are based on studies that

Re: Six new routes proposed for Delhi Metro

Rajeev Singh — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:38:39 GMT

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