Emptiness.... An empty MRTS train to Chennai Beach waits at Platform No.3 of the Velachery MRTS Station in Chennai. The MRTS has been a disappointing project. Conceived in the 1980s, and yet to be fully complete, the coaches are obsolete. The Stations are half-built and lack modern amenities. Thousands of commuters use these services and even more so in Mumbai, where the situation is... more...
similar, and the coaches are older. Is this what we deserve ? If this is the plight of rail services in two of India's largest metros, then what is the fate of smaller cities? Thankfully, even as I write this, Metro Rail Construction has commenced in Chennai and is underway or proposed in many other cities, with Delhi Metro being operational. By Prashanth Kannan click here
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