Mumbai Railway Discussions: Projects and Updates

[KuwarOnline]

removing seats isnt a rocket science.....why dont they understand that??? removing seat will increase the capacity of the local....only long route local should have seat....as they travel 2-3 hr...till khopoli/kasara

[IchimaruGin1]

Originally Posted by KuwarOnline

removing seats isnt a rocket science.....why dont they understand that??? removing seat will increase the capacity of the local....only long route local should have seat....as they travel 2-3 hr...till khopoli/kasara

dude you sit on those seats your ass will end up really numb.

better to have weary legs than numb ass. I can tell you that first hand.

[Abhishek901]

Originally Posted by IchimaruGin1

dude you sit on those seats your ass will end up really numb

Why ?

[KuwarOnline]

Originally Posted by IchimaruGin1

dude you sit on those seats your ass will end up really numb.

better to have weary legs than numb ass. I can tell you that first hand.

wht u expect in locals...even metro has same seats...means no cushion.....

even u think a** get numb while seating...then u have option to stand......

[Abhishek901]

Originally Posted by KuwarOnline

wht u expect in locals...even metro has same seats...means no cushion.....

I always felt that metro's metal seats are more comfortable than cushioned seats of public buses, maybe because of the metal used or because of the design of the seats. I never felt numb even after sitting for more than an hour in metro but sometimes I have felt numbness while sitting on cushioned seats of DTC/bluelines.

[KuwarOnline]

Originally Posted by Abhishek901

I always felt that metro's metal seats are more comfortable than cushioned seats of public buses, maybe because of the metal used or because of the design of the seats. I never felt numb even after sitting for more than an hour in metro but sometimes I have felt numbness while sitting on cushioned seats of DTC/bluelines.

mostly because u dont get much vibrations in metro....as compare to buses/mumbai locals...

[Abhishek901]

Originally Posted by KuwarOnline

mostly because u dont get much vibrations in metro....as compare to buses/mumbai locals...

one more reason can be temperature. Because of a/c, metro's seats being metallic become cooler, while bus seats become hotter because of cushion.

[KuwarOnline]

true...but u dont think that metro seats ...are more slippery than others...i felt that whenever i travel in DM...

[Abhishek901]

Originally Posted by KuwarOnline

true...but u dont think that metro seats ...are more slippery than others...i felt that whenever i travel in DM...

Yes, they are quite smooth and slippery. Sometimes you feel that you have slowly slipped few inches ahead while sitting and then you have to push back your butt.

[KuwarOnline]

Originally Posted by Abhishek901

Yes, they are quite smooth and slippery. Sometimes you feel that you have slowly slipped few inches ahead while sitting and then you have to push back your butt.

heheh ...

really then we want?? metro seats are slippery.....smooth....we complain.....mumbai local seats are makes our a** numb......same with DTC/buses,,,,,cushion seats etc....then what we want...?????

[Abhishek901]

That question has already been answered. We do not want seats , at least in suburban.

[IchimaruGin1]

well see Delhi metro seats have like this bump in them which makes sitting easier.

Mumbai seats are flat like sitting on a wall. You sit on that for 30min and even if somebody puts a fire cracker in your ass you are not going to feel the pain.

They should really replace those slabs with bucket seats.

[KuwarOnline]

first thing ,,,,i will love if there are very few seats like delhi metro....n more space.....instead of flat seat....but in mumbai....people 4 people seat instead of three in single seat.....which will not possible with metro seats....they are like separate seat divided by thik line...which is really nice.....but mumbai people still use them as they used before(seating 4 instead of 3)....n finally..... will get more pain in ass than wht they are getting......

[Zohan94]

Originally Posted by IchimaruGin1

They should really replace those slabs with bucket seats.

Or, they can remove the slabs and use them as benches on station platforms. hopefully they are weatherproof.

[Abhishek901]

Yes. It is even more painful if more people sit on metro seats than its capacity. It has bumps and if you are sitting on the crest, then . Though it is not usual in DM but sometimes people try to adjust 8 in a seat of 7. If somebody tries to adjust near my seat, I rather give up my seat instead of sitting on the crest. A safer option for suburban will be to have seats without these bumps but with smooth metal.

[khargharboi]

Apparantly the motormen had given a 30days notice before going on strike yesterday..What the fcuk was IR doing all these 30 days? I really cant belive that they have held the whole city to a ransom and the IR/GOVT has let this to happen

[khargharboi]

IR really SUCKS BIGTIME!!!!they have proved it again that it is being run with a bunch of WIMPS and MORONS, why dont they make the Mumbai suburban railways a different entity altogther so the the decision makers are not some dumb a$$ ch00tfcukers like the Laloos and Mamtas of India...bunch of a$$holes seriously. The railway minister is not even present in the Lok Sabha today..WTF. Mumbai certainly deserves better!!

[KuwarOnline]

ya Mumbai Local should be different entity

[Bombay2Calcutta]

Source
A memorandum of understanding was signed for the second phase of Mumbai Urban Transport project between the Research, Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO), Indian Railways, with Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation (MRVC).
Under the project, the MRVC is revamping the 85-year-old system of Mumbai suburban train network. The RDSO will provide technical expertise and frame specification for the procurement of an energy efficient propulsion system.
Under the project — funded by the World Bank — the Corporation has introduced new trains with upgraded coaches and a new technology which saves energy through a better brake system. Both were developed by the RDSO.
“The RDSO will be the technical partners in the project, for which MRVC will pay Rs 9 crore,” said KBL Mittal, Director General, RDSO.
In the first phase, the MRVC has introduced 1,000 new coaches in 84 new trains. Altogether, 250 trains are to be introduced by the end of second phase in 2015.
The Mumbai locals were running on the 1,500 volt direct current lines. The rest of the railways has a 25,000-volts alternative current line.
“With the new technology, each train will save at least 40 per cent of energy,” said PC Sehgal, Managing Director, MRVC. “If all 225 trains are replaced, at least Rs 114 crore per annum will be saved and it will earn carbon credits for railways in the long run.”
Explaining the technique of 3-phase energy efficient propulsion system, Executive Director, Power Supply and Electrical Multiple Units, AK Gupta said: “When brakes are applied, a lot of the energy produced due to friction is wasted. We place a motor near the wheels which converts the thermal energy into electrical energy when brakes are applied. The electricity is then transferred through the overhead equipment on the train to the main line that feeds electricity to the train.”
The new coaches designed by RDSO has an air ventilation system that keeps in check the carbon dioxide level inside coaches even in rush hours. Plus, there is a GPS-based passenger information system and improved lighting. The seating capacity of the coaches has also been increased by 33 per cent.

[khargharboi]

Are they talking about the siemens EMUs which they are going to introduce by 2015? Or these are compeletely new coaches?