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Posted: Jan 14 2017 (13:28)
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New Facilities/Technology
ML/Mumbai Local
aavinseth~ 27 news posts
The railways will procure air-conditioned (AC) rakes for the suburban system under the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP-III). The quest for AC locals has remained elusive...
read more... Mumbai’s new rakes likely to be AC under MUTP-III
This says all about our 'population' : '.....Train passenger capacity | 5,964, including 1,028 seated and 4,936 standees...'
Our planners consider 'standees' before sitters....
With this numbers sitters get their value for money paid for travel
Our planners consider 'standees' before sitters....
With this numbers sitters get their value for money paid for travel
Initially the supply of the first ac suburban rake was inordinately delayed. After the first AC suburban rake was supplied, it was gathering dust for several months and its trial was getting delayed for unknown reasons. Still there is no regular commercial operation of ac suburban rakes on the route, so nothing could be said about the patronage of these costly trains Rs 7-10 crore per coach instead to Rs 4.5 crore per coach for non ac emu.
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Many grey areas are there like practical feasibility of train operation of...
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Many grey areas are there like practical feasibility of train operation of...
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It is a sub-urban transit system. For such systems, design is done considering a large number of standees also. It's the same anywhere across the world.