White people will only believe that India is slums and cows on the street...had to show a White American photos of New Delhi Metro before she believed me about it.
@Time Machine Not every part of India is like that so its quite wrong. And not all metros have Japanese help!! Same way like not all developed nations are the same as they portray themselves on media & elsewhere.
Well i found two mistakes: 1. Delhi metro's fastest metro runs at 135 km/h which is hit by orange line (airport line). 2. India has had a metro system since 1984, Kolkata metro was inaugurated in 1984.
That is Kolkata subway which had managed to build just one line in 30 years which breaks down frequently and is fully owned by the Indian Railways. While kolkata metro, which has overhead tracks, opened it's first line in 2019 which is just as high tech and clean as Delhi Metro and is already profitable. It is only 51 percentage owned by the government (partly by central government and partly by state government) and the rest is privately owned by one corporation.
@@bloodaxe5028 Firstly Kolkata metro does not break down frequently it runs smooth n true..the trains are all indian designed nd built and from the first iteration built in1980's the trainsets are all modern n AC these days. Secondly the ground under kolkata is all muddy n aluvial soil with bedrock quite deep down nd filled with aquifers it's not dry like delhi hence construction is slow n tough n technically complex nd costly , but most of it is underground which was build in 1980's so show some respect. Lastly Kolkata metro isnt perfect neither the best we know that political tug of war has slowed it's developmental speed neither kolkata is over indulged with money to built stuff as rapidly as Delhi but since it's the first atleast give it the respect it deserves, it moved kolkatans in ways in the 80's the other cities got a taste only in 2000's. And frankly speaking and you can google this to confirm Kolkata's public mode of transport systems comes in the top 10 in the world in its diversity, it was not underdeveloped like delhi so there is not really a huge hurry to build a metro system coz the existing systems are quiet efficient nd cheap nd works from suburban trains to ferry we have it all and it works pretty darn well
Good for Indian people. As an inhabitant of a developing country I always think that building transit in our less developed nations is like the "hard difficulty" in the transit game. Of course, Asians are famed for their great public transport and that is remarkable because everything in Asia is in a whole another scale
A video about the Delhi Metroi is incomplete without the mention of the genius engineer E. Shreedharan who pioneered many of the methods and new standards that you seem to be quite fond of.
These sorts of things make it pretty clear that India won't be developing for much longer. Seeing yet another billion people getting all the nice things that westerners take for granted is awesome.
Part of the reason why Delhi has such a large metro system is because the city is just massive. It has half the population of Canada! I went there before Covid and got stuck in traffic for almost 8 hours during just one day. The metro is by far the quickest option to get around.
The fact that Delhi's metro has been off my radar up until this point makes me sad, since clearly no one does Metro systems ike India!! Here's hoping other emergent megacities on the subcontinent will be discussed and that they're all approaching public transit with the same vigour as Delhi!
@@gmbrusselsprout I think Chennai metro is also looking at crossing 100km in length by 2023-24 judging by the speed at which they are releasing tenders.
im from hyderabad and we have the second largest metro in india which is 74km there's no competition between the 1 and 2 positions delhi is such a good city
I love hyderabad but it is going to loose it's 2nd position bcz mumbai bengaluru and chennai are rapidly expanding their network were as Telangana government is prolonging hyderabad metro phase 2..
@@sijiroy5535 India has a better metro than west does. Our railways are inferior to those of west, but are still well connected, public transportation in India like City busses and Metro are way better than in U.S or Canada, as the people in these countries have adopted a car culture and govt doesn't cares much about public transportation
Thanks to delhi metro i used mass transit to travel to my college everyday when my home is 30 km away from college. Also it makes it quite good to reach places on time as now you don't have to worry about traffic jams.
This is wonderful! Coverage of metro systems outside the Anglosphere is sometimes difficult, with western European nations and maybe Australia rounding it out. The experiences of metros in non-western Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia are sorely lacking, and some of the most impressive networks and projects are to be found in those places. Mexico City has the busiest system in the Americas apart from maybe New York. Santiago has an impressive and still expanding metro system. São Paulo has a large and growing system, too. Rio's is relatively small given the city's size but is intensely utilized. Riyadh built six lines from scratch all at once to open this year. Doha did the same, only opening last year with three lines. China obviously is in a league all her own. Seoul has been on steroids for years and is still adding kilometers of track like it's going out of fashion. Bangkok, Manila, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur are all undergoing multiple line expansions. Pakistan opened her first line in Lahore. New systems in Dhaka, Hanoi, and Saigon are under constructions, bringing two new countries into the metro club. I think for the Anglosphere, these perspectives are sorely needed. Thanks so much for covering this corner.
I was in high school when the delhi metro started up (I mean a lot stations were completed by then, esp most of the delhi ones) I can't explain the freedom I felt. I was able to discover different parts of delhi all by myself and be back on time. The journey that would take hours by road, esp due to traffic was done within 1 or less. In the coming years delhi would be a really livable place even for foreigners and I am sure we'll see even more expats living there
I would like to correct one thing. India's first Metro system was actually constructed in Kolkata/ Calcutta in the late 1980s. It was almost completely underground and was 17 km in length. Recently it has started expanding, and is undergoing the construction of quite a lot of new tracks.
Maybe add something like "While Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro started operations in 1984, Delhi Metro... ". To put this in perspective, Kolkata Metro started its first extension in 1999, and the 2nd line started operations in February 2020.
Hey do you maybe wanna do Austria with its capitol Vienna? The Austrian capital has been named numerous times one of the best performing public transport systems in the world. Also Vienna has one the the lowest car usage for inner city transport! Especially since its the most liveable city in multiple surveys this might be an interesting topic ;)
Hello from Bangkok,Thailand. I really love your video because it's hard to find a channel who cover about transit system in this style on youtube. And thank for covering more of new cities and country lately, hope someday you will cover about Bangkok transit system as there are new metro line that are now being build and propose by the goverment (both local and central) as an effort to help fix Bangkok's nightmare traffic jam which create a boom in people interested in metro system. I am a member of Thailand's Metro Train fan Club which there is a lot of fan who started to doing a hobby like that in many other country with discussion and sharing of news and inside of each projects and lines. But there still many problem with the system because of Thailand's convoluted Bureaucracy such as the lack and delay of all in one card (there are two organization that run it's own lines with it's owns fare and no reducition when crossing the system) that result in expensive fare when compare to Bangkok's minimum wage and false information/believe as it is a new technology and distrust with political bias of the people to the goverment. This is why I wanted to study more about the metro system to share the correct information and help educate/inform the people in video form. Your video help me understand more easily about each metro system from around the world. So, thank you for doing video in this of topic and please keep up the good work ;) สวัสดีครับ
Great video as always! As a challenge, I would like to see a video in this series talking about a small bus-based system with little or no rapid transit (say, Winnipeg or smaller) and see who does things right in that context!
Thanks for doing a video on Delhi metro. Consider doing a video on Kochi metro from Kerala, south India. It has smart card system linked to public buses, the first water metro in India, to cabs and even more. Kudos to your videos 🤗
Calcutta's metro ( 1984 ) along side its extensive ancient suburban railway and tramlines that can be considered a relic froma bygone era , would make a splendid topic. Its quite an anomaly by even indian standards- and oozes a charm and personality that is not often seen in sparkly newer metro projects. It's adorably oddball ! ( and quite efficient surprisingly) Naturally it can't be compared to the sleek, extensive metro system in Delhi, bombay( in the near future ) etc . But it does stick out in the sheer depth of history to it - truly unique is a fair description.
Calcutta's metro is not 'ancient' and not an 'anomaly'. It was just built with Soviet technology, more comparable to New York Metro of the 80's. Delhi Metro was built post liberalisation with superior European technology. Kolkata Metro has been upgraded a lot and except the platform screen doors, it has all the features of the Delhi Metro.
@@arkajitmaity5277 clearly stated in the original statement that a) the Metro was opened in 1984, b) the suburban railway is " ancient " being an offshoot of the second passenger line to be opened in India , 1854 I believe, c) the ambiguity of the anomalous moniker for the calcuttan metro system lies in three odd points , namely that it was suggested thrice, in 1919 , the 1920s and the 1930s off and on again before independence, before being revised amd revisited in the early 1950s , and finally cleared in the 1970s , secondly, the time line for the metro system is given the nature of the initial length of the first phase, quite " different " or anomalous compared to similar lines executed by countries in of equal economic strengths ....23 years for 17 kilometres regardless of the inclusion of economic hardships through war , turmoil and policy . Thirdly the measure of cleanliness, safety and all around pride of the Calcuttan Matro is starling to say the least, especially in the India of the 1980s , pre liberalisation of the early 90s and , vastly informed and improved resources of the decades that follow . In that respect the Calcuttan metro is an oddity , through both its delayed birth , anomalous quarter of a century planning and execution, and that it predates most metro based transport systems in India by 25 odd years or so The other points are super fluous to touch on as they have very little bearing in the original post .
@@arkajitmaity5277 it would also be a great disservice to compare the subway system of New York in the 80s to the Calcuttan metro of the similar era . Principally that they are vastly different systems , from vastly different engineering perspectives and most importantly have a rather noticeable hundred year difference between them ( if we were to ignore the sheer scale and complexity of the system in NYC ) You will , though , find similar metro systems in many cities of the Eastern bloc , namely cut and cover systems such as in Taskent and Almaty ....there is also a wide range of similar systems from a purely " developing nation perspective " that were executed through certain, let's say , consultation via the soviet Union .. Cairo and Mexico City come to mind in that respect. Though the Czechs did considerably sway certain parts of technical enterprise too
Many of Indas cities are building their metro systems now at the begining of their ascent because they are cheaper now than what they would be in the future when India is wealtheir and more expensive to build.
@@RMTransit In reality, ONMY readers are already installed and in operation at all 471 subway stations citywide. In addition, local buses in Manhattan and the Bronx, as well as express buses in Staten Island have ONMY readers. ONMY Readers are also in stalled and operation at: St, George Ferry Terminal (Staten Island Rapid Transit) Tompkinsville Station (Staten Island Rapid Transit) Roosevelt Island Arial Tram Buses in the other three boroughs (Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island (local only)) are currently being fitted with ONMY readers and they will soon be in due course. I should also add that Commuter rail and commuter buses that runs to and from Greater New York will be fitted with OMNY readers at a later date. For the time being, ONMY readers are only accepting bank cards and credit cards, both physical and mobile versions. The actual ONMY card will be available to the general public starting in 2022. At which time, the MetroCard will be extinct. Good luck and keep up the good work.
The Delhi Metro and the flexibility it offers to travel around as large a city as Delhi is definitely the thing I am going to miss the most now that I am shifting out. Am somewhat shocked to hear New York had not started a contactless payment system till now, despite being a more integrated public transit system compared to Delhi. As an aside, India is trying something even more ambitious with its transit payment system by trying to create a National Common Mobility Card system which will allow its user to use it for transit payment across many systems and cities, and will be a card which will also function as a regular credit/debit card. Its slowly getting rolled out across a few cities, including the Delhi Metro some parts of which already accept such a card. Another interesting thing about the Delhi Metro, or specifically its Airport Express line, is that apart from being fast some of its station also have facilities for passengers to check in and drop baggage right at the metro station for a few airlines!!! Makes for a far simpler process to catch a flight from the city center!!
Delhi metro follows the Hong Kong model where stations have commercial spaces and massive parking spaces The station near my house has burger king, bank and a banquet for weddings and business events. Ironically there are stations that have even car dealerships
Many Indians are interested in transit because we have the opportunity to see what country will be like as well as vote/support projects that will benefit us in daily life. I wish we could see how japan went from fishing villages to a developed country, fortunately we get to see that happen right before our eyes in India : ) We are also very curious and non-insular about other countries! Also India/Bharat (hopefully) learns from mistakes of, usa, china and Europe, so channels like yours is very enlightening!
India should use this expertise in its other cities too- Mumbai, Bangalore, and Pune - some of the other cities I visited in India badly need metro lines, they are pretty crowded.
as delhi is the capital of the country, and new delhi is a union territory directly under the control of the central government, it gets exponentially higher infrastructure budgets compared to bombay, bangalore and pune. these cities have their metros but none as good as delhi, and that is down to how much tax and budget is allocated to the capital.
Love the Toronto Raptors sweatshirt!! I'm from Wisconsin and 2 years ago the Raptors sorta broke my heart when they beat the Bucks 😅. Anyway, another great video! Not sure if you already covered it, but it would awesome if you did some videos on transit systems for cities in the Upper Midwestern cities of the US.
Could you do a video on Latin American rail systems? There are plenty of interesting systems in the South of the continent that might surprise more than one viewer.
Does NYC still not have a smart-card system? I think OMNY is fully rolled out, all that's left is actually issuing the cards. (but phone and credit card tapping is currently functional at every subway station and bus)
Well India is getting the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC), is an inter-operable transport card you can pay for Metro, RRTS, Buses, Taxis etc... The transport card enables the user to pay for travel, toll duties (toll tax), retail shopping and withdraw money. It's a comprehensive solution & beig rolled out in a phased manner!!
When i was there 5 yrs ago, there was massive construction everywhere. The rail cars are big full sized cars and can be packed with people already. About 40 million people in the capital region. I believe the 4 big Indian cities are all getting metro lines, not just Delhi. Rides are cheap that any cast can ride. They have ladies only cars too.
In 5 years more than 25 Indian cities will have a functioning Metro systems. 15-20 more cities are planning to build Metro-Lite or Neo-Metro systems as full scale metro system does not make sense in these cities.
You said India did not have a metro system 20 years ago. However, the Kolkata Metro had actually opened in the 80s. Just one line, but it spans well over 20 kms. Kolkata was India's largest city at the time.
India is a bit unpredictable is a lot a way. Whatever it does it will do it in massive scale maybe the economics of sale suits the India conditions. Something which had no traces anywhere will be world class everywhere in just a few year. Be it the metro of the economy or the vaccines now.
Delhi metro is ~100kms of underground and ~300kms of above ground. Old medival city and premium real estate areas are underground.. rest is above ground. Air conditioning is pretty cheap and default for all metros in India
Air conditioning is present in all metro trains. Only Kolkata Metro 1980 rakes (made by Soviets) didn't have air conditioning, but they were replaced with modern coaches last year
I don't think Delhi Metro uses CRRC rolling stock on any of its lines- it's Hyundai-Rotém and Bombardier for broad; Hyundai-Rotém, Hyundai, and CAF Beasain (Orange line) for standard gauge.
A correction please. At 2.34 you stated that India did not have a single metro system. This is not correct. The metro in Kolkata (earlier known as Calcutta) is operational since 1984. So there was one city. Thereafter the Red Line of the Delhi metro became operational in December 2002. Thus Delhi became the second city in India to have a metro system. At present in December 2021, metro system is in regular operation in 11 cities in India. In 15 other cities It is under different stages of construction, making the total at 26. There is an approved plan to have metro systems in 50 cities in India. Though no deadline is fixed as yet, it is to be completed as early as possible. All the rolling stock, coaches, signal and other safety equipments are to be manufactured in India itself.
Pakistan has a small Chinese built line. That's not really a success story. It costed a ton, took forever o build and already damaged by islamist mobs. Dhaka is going on a similar trajectory but the city is so crowded that metro just can't fail.
Reason DMRC is actually able to made quick progress is because much of Delhi metro is based on standard guage track size Which makes it easier to buy and install already trials and tested and proven technology Also much of the Delhi metro run on that middle of roads on elevated tracks on viaducts This decision was took to save money and land acquisition issue It would have cost billions to remove already existing local houses and buliding that's why they just build it on viaducts in the middle of roads in delhi Also I'd like to point out that you are less like to see such morden technology wider guage tracks of india I don't know why wider guage was selected back in 1992 despite knowing that much of the world uses standard 1435mm track guage I am told that indian railways choice wider guage because indian trains are designed to carry laod and they are not build for high-speed But future high-speed railway projects are going to run on standard guage used by 70% of the world And we may just use our old tracks for just freight transportation purpose 🤷 Mostly indian engineers build things in phases To avoid local political issues And keep on going projects running For example Bullet train project has seen a delay Because of Maharashtra government So they'll only build phase 1 right now In phase 2 they'll connect it to Maharashtra ones they get approval
Small correction - India has had metros for 40 years (with the Kolkata Metro being the first), but this system really was one line for the longest time.
India did have only 1 metro system 20 years ago in Kolkata which was built in 1984, but it is the only metro in india which is operated by the state owned Indian Railways, instead of public private partnerships which own new metro systems all over India, and is very different from alll other metros in india and is not that modern, although they are changing their rolling stock.......
For a country where most infra projects get shrouded by corruption, mismanagement and poor maintainence, it is so refreshing to see Delhi Metro being the exception. Being cheap enough to be accessible to people from all walks of the society and still maintaining top class services is commendable. The Metro system is literally saving Delhi and its suburbs whose roads would have been choked beyond imagination without a metroline.
@@AASSXIIi-ys2ev not in Maharashtra. The state government of Maharashtra is trying its best to stall the project for its clash with the central government
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I live in Toronto. Moved from Delhi. When I tell people Delhi has superior Metro system compared to Toronto, they don't believe me 😭🤣
White people will only believe that India is slums and cows on the street...had to show a White American photos of New Delhi Metro before she believed me about it.
@Time Machine Not every part of India is like that so its quite wrong. And not all metros have Japanese help!! Same way like not all developed nations are the same as they portray themselves on media & elsewhere.
@Time Machine Japan didnt help build DELHI metro
@Time Machine typical brain washed westerner
@@rajnadar6555 not eveb westerners, a lot of Indians will not believe it. Slaves of colonialism
Well i found two mistakes:
1. Delhi metro's fastest metro runs at 135 km/h which is hit by orange line (airport line).
2. India has had a metro system since 1984, Kolkata metro was inaugurated in 1984.
Yeah I noted in pinned comment
That is Kolkata subway which had managed to build just one line in 30 years which breaks down frequently and is fully owned by the Indian Railways. While kolkata metro, which has overhead tracks, opened it's first line in 2019 which is just as high tech and clean as Delhi Metro and is already profitable. It is only 51 percentage owned by the government (partly by central government and partly by state government) and the rest is privately owned by one corporation.
I measured delhi airport metro speed few years back. It was running at around 80km/hr.
@@bloodaxe5028 Firstly Kolkata metro does not break down frequently it runs smooth n true..the trains are all indian designed nd built and from the first iteration built in1980's the trainsets are all modern n AC these days.
Secondly the ground under kolkata is all muddy n aluvial soil with bedrock quite deep down nd filled with aquifers it's not dry like delhi hence construction is slow n tough n technically complex nd costly , but most of it is underground which was build in 1980's so show some respect.
Lastly Kolkata metro isnt perfect neither the best we know that political tug of war has slowed it's developmental speed neither kolkata is over indulged with money to built stuff as rapidly as Delhi but since it's the first atleast give it the respect it deserves, it moved kolkatans in ways in the 80's the other cities got a taste only in 2000's.
And frankly speaking and you can google this to confirm Kolkata's public mode of transport systems comes in the top 10 in the world in its diversity, it was not underdeveloped like delhi so there is not really a huge hurry to build a metro system coz the existing systems are quiet efficient nd cheap nd works from suburban trains to ferry we have it all and it works pretty darn well
@@lifeisbeautiful104 That is the average.
Good for Indian people. As an inhabitant of a developing country I always think that building transit in our less developed nations is like the "hard difficulty" in the transit game. Of course, Asians are famed for their great public transport and that is remarkable because everything in Asia is in a whole another scale
A video about the Delhi Metroi is incomplete without the mention of the genius engineer E. Shreedharan who pioneered many of the methods and new standards that you seem to be quite fond of.
I see
Do you have a video or some other resource that will shed some light on this brilliant person?
Yeah he is from my state but jo bhi ho, he's our metro man of india
These sorts of things make it pretty clear that India won't be developing for much longer. Seeing yet another billion people getting all the nice things that westerners take for granted is awesome.
It will take a long time to develop. But we will get there.
Thanks for the good faith. Hope we make it 👍🙏
Don't get overwhelmed by the TH-camr's comment, it's his views only.
@@ayushgaurincredible wdym
You never know, all economists and experts thought the same for Korea and china and Japan or Germany buy rest is history.
Totally was not aware of all those facts about Delhi Metro. What an impressive system. Thanks Reece.
Thanks for watching!
Stop watching BBC and you'll be rewarded
3:55 that station design looks absolutely incredible! Does Delhi possibly have the most underrated metro system in the world?
Likely!
it's the HUDA city centre station
India got pretty good public transportation
Part of the reason why Delhi has such a large metro system is because the city is just massive. It has half the population of Canada! I went there before Covid and got stuck in traffic for almost 8 hours during just one day. The metro is by far the quickest option to get around.
As Delhits, 8 hours long jam, I had never seen in my city 🙄🙄
Yes if it was Raining.
8 hours really ???
Not that much traffic, I'm from Delhi but I never face any 8 hours of traffic, just about 20-25 mins of traffic.
8 hours in traffic....? 25 or 30 minutes not more than that.... I didn't experience that long in delhi
@@smartbaba1321 live In reality where you see 7-8hour traffic.
the Delhi ncr region actually has a larger population than Canada. 40 million
The fact that Delhi's metro has been off my radar up until this point makes me sad, since clearly no one does Metro systems ike India!! Here's hoping other emergent megacities on the subcontinent will be discussed and that they're all approaching public transit with the same vigour as Delhi!
Mumbai has geared up, aims to have a 350 km network by 2025. Three lines to open this year too
@@sarthsingh3271 now that's an impressive achievement! Lots of reading to do on my end clearly :)
@@gmbrusselsprout Both Bengaluru and Kolkata are also expected to add more than 100 km of metro lines each by 2022.
Metro currently is operational in 30 cities in India and 40 other cities are building LRTs
@@gmbrusselsprout I think Chennai metro is also looking at crossing 100km in length by 2023-24 judging by the speed at which they are releasing tenders.
Mumbai local is busier than New York City and London combined.
Yep!
You have to cover that as well.
im from hyderabad and we have the second largest metro in india which is 74km there's no competition between the 1 and 2 positions delhi is such a good city
I love hyderabad but it is going to loose it's 2nd position bcz mumbai bengaluru and chennai are rapidly expanding their network were as Telangana government is prolonging hyderabad metro phase 2..
Mumbai metro be like- let me introduce myself
Success of public transport should be measured by the number of passengers it move and not by length of the network.
@@MayankKumar-ge7tb In Mumbai, NGOs are trying to stall the metro projects to save environment. 😂
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Correction: India had a metro system before Delhi. It was in Kolkata built in 1980s.
Ok bro me from Kolkata
Welcome to my city
Proud to be a calcuttan 🇮🇳
Oh wow! Finally India. Loved the video
We'd love to have you in India ❤️
And fix the transit here because its very bad
@@sijiroy5535 India has a better metro than west does. Our railways are inferior to those of west, but are still well connected, public transportation in India like City busses and Metro are way better than in U.S or Canada, as the people in these countries have adopted a car culture and govt doesn't cares much about public transportation
Thanks to delhi metro i used mass transit to travel to my college everyday when my home is 30 km away from college. Also it makes it quite good to reach places on time as now you don't have to worry about traffic jams.
This is wonderful! Coverage of metro systems outside the Anglosphere is sometimes difficult, with western European nations and maybe Australia rounding it out. The experiences of metros in non-western Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Asia are sorely lacking, and some of the most impressive networks and projects are to be found in those places. Mexico City has the busiest system in the Americas apart from maybe New York. Santiago has an impressive and still expanding metro system. São Paulo has a large and growing system, too. Rio's is relatively small given the city's size but is intensely utilized. Riyadh built six lines from scratch all at once to open this year. Doha did the same, only opening last year with three lines. China obviously is in a league all her own. Seoul has been on steroids for years and is still adding kilometers of track like it's going out of fashion. Bangkok, Manila, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur are all undergoing multiple line expansions. Pakistan opened her first line in Lahore. New systems in Dhaka, Hanoi, and Saigon are under constructions, bringing two new countries into the metro club. I think for the Anglosphere, these perspectives are sorely needed. Thanks so much for covering this corner.
Of course, as you mentioned it can just be difficult sometimes, especially when I’m not able to visit.
I was in high school when the delhi metro started up (I mean a lot stations were completed by then, esp most of the delhi ones)
I can't explain the freedom I felt. I was able to discover different parts of delhi all by myself and be back on time. The journey that would take hours by road, esp due to traffic was done within 1 or less.
In the coming years delhi would be a really livable place even for foreigners and I am sure we'll see even more expats living there
Being a resident of delhi i took it for granted but now i realized the importance and true value of it...
Thanks for this great video ❤
I would like to correct one thing. India's first Metro system was actually constructed in Kolkata/ Calcutta in the late 1980s. It was almost completely underground and was 17 km in length. Recently it has started expanding, and is undergoing the construction of quite a lot of new tracks.
Yes! See the pinned comment! Kolkata was first!
Maybe add something like "While Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro started operations in 1984, Delhi Metro... ". To put this in perspective, Kolkata Metro started its first extension in 1999, and the 2nd line started operations in February 2020.
Hey do you maybe wanna do Austria with its capitol Vienna? The Austrian capital has been named numerous times one of the best performing public transport systems in the world. Also Vienna has one the the lowest car usage for inner city transport! Especially since its the most liveable city in multiple surveys this might be an interesting topic ;)
The Vienna U-Bahn is amazing, especially the U4 and U6 lines in my opinion :)
Hello from Bangkok,Thailand. I really love your video because it's hard to find a channel who cover about transit system in this style on youtube. And thank for covering more of new cities and country lately, hope someday you will cover about Bangkok transit system as there are new metro line that are now being build and propose by the goverment (both local and central) as an effort to help fix Bangkok's nightmare traffic jam which create a boom in people interested in metro system. I am a member of Thailand's Metro Train fan Club which there is a lot of fan who started to doing a hobby like that in many other country with discussion and sharing of news and inside of each projects and lines. But there still many problem with the system because of Thailand's convoluted
Bureaucracy such as the lack and delay of all in one card (there are two organization that run it's own lines with it's owns fare and no reducition when crossing the system) that result in expensive fare when compare to Bangkok's minimum wage and false information/believe as it is a new technology and distrust with political bias of the people to the goverment. This is why I wanted to study more about the metro system to share the correct information and help educate/inform the people in video form. Your video help me understand more easily about each metro system from around the world. So, thank you for doing video in this of topic and please keep up the good work ;) สวัสดีครับ
nice to see another Public Transit nerd going Gaga over Delhi Metro, I have been crazy about the Delhi metro since my college days
Great video as always! As a challenge, I would like to see a video in this series talking about a small bus-based system with little or no rapid transit (say, Winnipeg or smaller) and see who does things right in that context!
Ah, that would make a nice video.
Nice video, lots of interesting points.
Maybe you could consider using a clip mic to reduce the echo?
Subbed before this channel blows up :D
Thanks for doing a video on Delhi metro.
Consider doing a video on Kochi metro from Kerala, south India.
It has smart card system linked to public buses, the first water metro in India, to cabs and even more.
Kudos to your videos 🤗
Calcutta's metro ( 1984 ) along side its extensive ancient suburban railway and tramlines that can be considered a relic froma bygone era , would make a splendid topic. Its quite an anomaly by even indian standards- and oozes a charm and personality that is not often seen in sparkly newer metro projects. It's adorably oddball ! ( and quite efficient surprisingly)
Naturally it can't be compared to the sleek, extensive metro system in Delhi, bombay( in the near future ) etc . But it does stick out in the sheer depth of history to it - truly unique is a fair description.
Calcutta's metro is not 'ancient' and not an 'anomaly'. It was just built with Soviet technology, more comparable to New York Metro of the 80's. Delhi Metro was built post liberalisation with superior European technology. Kolkata Metro has been upgraded a lot and except the platform screen doors, it has all the features of the Delhi Metro.
@@arkajitmaity5277 clearly stated in the original statement that a) the Metro was opened in 1984, b) the suburban railway is " ancient " being an offshoot of the second passenger line to be opened in India , 1854 I believe, c) the ambiguity of the anomalous moniker for the calcuttan metro system lies in three odd points , namely that it was suggested thrice, in 1919 , the 1920s and the 1930s off and on again before independence, before being revised amd revisited in the early 1950s , and finally cleared in the 1970s , secondly, the time line for the metro system is given the nature of the initial length of the first phase, quite " different " or anomalous compared to similar lines executed by countries in of equal economic strengths ....23 years for 17 kilometres regardless of the inclusion of economic hardships through war , turmoil and policy . Thirdly the measure of cleanliness, safety and all around pride of the Calcuttan Matro is starling to say the least, especially in the India of the 1980s , pre liberalisation of the early 90s and , vastly informed and improved resources of the decades that follow .
In that respect the Calcuttan metro is an oddity , through both its delayed birth , anomalous quarter of a century planning and execution, and that it predates most metro based transport systems in India by 25 odd years or so
The other points are super fluous to touch on as they have very little bearing in the original post .
@@arkajitmaity5277 it would also be a great disservice to compare the subway system of New York in the 80s to the Calcuttan metro of the similar era . Principally that they are vastly different systems , from vastly different engineering perspectives and most importantly have a rather noticeable hundred year difference between them ( if we were to ignore the sheer scale and complexity of the system in NYC )
You will , though , find similar metro systems in many cities of the Eastern bloc , namely cut and cover systems such as in Taskent and Almaty ....there is also a wide range of similar systems from a purely " developing nation perspective " that were executed through certain, let's say , consultation via the soviet Union ..
Cairo and Mexico City come to mind in that respect. Though the Czechs did considerably sway certain parts of technical enterprise too
Blue line bridge over the Yamuna is lovely and offers a stunning view
Oh and Delhi's metros are colour-coded by line.
It's very easy to identify
Hey , now we also have the first driverless trains in India , on magenta line
Many of Indas cities are building their metro systems now at the begining of their ascent because they are cheaper now than what they would be in the future when India is wealtheir and more expensive to build.
My small village also connect from Delhi metro, Station is under construction.🤗🤗
And our small village will come on map "Najafgarh'.🤗
Love ur videos! So interesting. Good job
wow we londoners are proud of our 36 trains per hour on certain lines, but dehli is taking away our fame lol
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2:20 - NYC is installing OMNY machines starting in a few months!
Exciting to hear! When does the car get released?
@@RMTransit In reality, ONMY readers are already installed and in operation at all 471 subway stations citywide. In addition, local buses in Manhattan and the Bronx, as well as express buses in Staten Island have ONMY readers.
ONMY Readers are also in stalled and operation at:
St, George Ferry Terminal (Staten Island Rapid Transit)
Tompkinsville Station (Staten Island Rapid Transit)
Roosevelt Island Arial Tram
Buses in the other three boroughs (Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island (local only)) are currently being fitted with ONMY readers and they will soon be in due course. I should also add that Commuter rail and commuter buses that runs to and from Greater New York will be fitted with OMNY readers at a later date.
For the time being, ONMY readers are only accepting bank cards and credit cards, both physical and mobile versions. The actual ONMY card will be available to the general public starting in 2022. At which time, the MetroCard will be extinct.
Good luck and keep up the good work.
Yes, and those are not the actual smart card!
@@RMTransit later this year i am pretty sure
One more point I would like to add is you can use the smart card both on metro and buses
You should make more videos of Delhi Metro, the system is so huge, it should not receive only one video.
I want to but this one didn’t do as well as I hoped :(
@@RMTransit try to add more videos and photos, just an advice, that might help.
The Delhi Metro and the flexibility it offers to travel around as large a city as Delhi is definitely the thing I am going to miss the most now that I am shifting out.
Am somewhat shocked to hear New York had not started a contactless payment system till now, despite being a more integrated public transit system compared to Delhi.
As an aside, India is trying something even more ambitious with its transit payment system by trying to create a National Common Mobility Card system which will allow its user to use it for transit payment across many systems and cities, and will be a card which will also function as a regular credit/debit card. Its slowly getting rolled out across a few cities, including the Delhi Metro some parts of which already accept such a card.
Another interesting thing about the Delhi Metro, or specifically its Airport Express line, is that apart from being fast some of its station also have facilities for passengers to check in and drop baggage right at the metro station for a few airlines!!! Makes for a far simpler process to catch a flight from the city center!!
india is so cool I wanna go
No need to come loser
@@Wanboy "atithi deva bhava" >:(
Mammi pappa ne sanskar nahi sikhaye?
Sure you can go . It is a cool place to visit.
@@Wanboy you 🤬🤬
@@Wanboy are you fake Indian???
wohoo, loved so much appreciation about my city
You are quite impressive bro 😎 because you tell about India 🇮🇳 very well and detailed
Delhi metro granted me immense freedome as a young adult, and made so many memories possible due to its reliability and safety :)
Delhi metro follows the Hong Kong model where stations have commercial spaces and massive parking spaces
The station near my house has burger king, bank and a banquet for weddings and business events.
Ironically there are stations that have even car dealerships
You're from vaishali?🤔
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No personal questions please
@@KanishQQuotes lmao
2:38 india has their first metro system in the form of kolkata metro. it was built in 1984.
It was project by indian railways
Many Indians are interested in transit because we have the opportunity to see what country will be like as well as vote/support projects that will benefit us in daily life.
I wish we could see how japan went from fishing villages to a developed country, fortunately we get to see that happen right before our eyes in India : )
We are also very curious and non-insular about other countries!
Also India/Bharat (hopefully) learns from mistakes of, usa, china and Europe, so channels like yours is very enlightening!
Actually Kolkata Metro is India's oldest operational metro system that started operation in 1984 ...
India should use this expertise in its other cities too- Mumbai, Bangalore, and Pune - some of the other cities I visited in India badly need metro lines, they are pretty crowded.
as delhi is the capital of the country, and new delhi is a union territory directly under the control of the central government, it gets exponentially higher infrastructure budgets compared to bombay, bangalore and pune. these cities have their metros but none as good as delhi, and that is down to how much tax and budget is allocated to the capital.
i think they all either have metros or have them under construction
Love the Toronto Raptors sweatshirt!! I'm from Wisconsin and 2 years ago the Raptors sorta broke my heart when they beat the Bucks 😅. Anyway, another great video! Not sure if you already covered it, but it would awesome if you did some videos on transit systems for cities in the Upper Midwestern cities of the US.
Would love to see a things about eurostar at some point as it's a service I use several times a year and always fascinated by it
Could you do a video on Latin American rail systems? There are plenty of interesting systems in the South of the continent that might surprise more than one viewer.
Does NYC still not have a smart-card system? I think OMNY is fully rolled out, all that's left is actually issuing the cards. (but phone and credit card tapping is currently functional at every subway station and bus)
OMNY is full rolled out yes, but without the smart card element you lose the cost savings and some of the other benefits of a dedicated card!
Well India is getting the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC), is an inter-operable transport card you can pay for Metro, RRTS, Buses, Taxis etc... The transport card enables the user to pay for travel, toll duties (toll tax), retail shopping and withdraw money. It's a comprehensive solution & beig rolled out in a phased manner!!
2:42 Kolkata metro was the first in India which opened in 1984
I like the background wall. - from India 🇮🇳
When i was there 5 yrs ago, there was massive construction everywhere. The rail cars are big full sized cars and can be packed with people already. About 40 million people in the capital region. I believe the 4 big Indian cities are all getting metro lines, not just Delhi. Rides are cheap that any cast can ride. They have ladies only cars too.
Not 4 but 15 cities have metro in india, with a lot of other cities having under construction metros
In 5 years more than 25 Indian cities will have a functioning Metro systems.
15-20 more cities are planning to build Metro-Lite or Neo-Metro systems as full scale metro system does not make sense in these cities.
actually metro is already operational in 11 Indian cities
You said India did not have a metro system 20 years ago. However, the Kolkata Metro had actually opened in the 80s. Just one line, but it spans well over 20 kms. Kolkata was India's largest city at the time.
Yea I know! See the pinned comment :)
India is a bit unpredictable is a lot a way. Whatever it does it will do it in massive scale maybe the economics of sale suits the India conditions. Something which had no traces anywhere will be world class everywhere in just a few year. Be it the metro of the economy or the vaccines now.
2:34 India did have metro system even 30 years ago.
Do we know enough yet about Ireland's first metro line? Maybe the second one too? Maybe a third light rail line?
I wonder if they built a lot of it above ground because underground would either need to have air conditioning or else be sweltering hot.
Delhi metro is ~100kms of underground and ~300kms of above ground.
Old medival city and premium real estate areas are underground.. rest is above ground.
Air conditioning is pretty cheap and default for all metros in India
Air conditioning is present in all metro trains. Only Kolkata Metro 1980 rakes (made by Soviets) didn't have air conditioning, but they were replaced with modern coaches last year
Delhi Metro should dream very big must build 550- 600 kms of metro network to be ranked 3rd largest network on planet
Please do a video about Moscow transit!
I should yeah...
Please do Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, or a city in China.
India has over cities with metro lines.. a lot more are under construction. Would love to see a video on that
Make a video on Mumbai local trains too
I don't think Delhi Metro uses CRRC rolling stock on any of its lines- it's Hyundai-Rotém and Bombardier for broad; Hyundai-Rotém, Hyundai, and CAF Beasain (Orange line) for standard gauge.
In addition, BEML is another company that provides rolling stock I think.
only delhi?. India has metro in 14 cities and 20 under construction. And first metro was in kolkata in 1984. Two points were wrong.
Fact check in 2:34 India’s first metro was Kolkata metro made in 1980s ,but Delhi metro completely changed the way we look at metro in India.
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Want a video on mumbai
One correction. First metro in India was built in kolkata and started in the year 1984.
A correction please. At 2.34 you stated that India did not have a single metro system. This is not correct.
The metro in Kolkata (earlier known as Calcutta) is operational since 1984. So there was one city.
Thereafter the Red Line of the Delhi metro became operational in December 2002. Thus Delhi became the second city in India to have a metro system.
At present in December 2021, metro system is in regular operation in 11 cities in India. In 15 other cities It is under different stages of construction, making the total at 26. There is an approved plan to have metro systems in 50 cities in India. Though no deadline is fixed as yet, it is to be completed as early as possible. All the rolling stock, coaches, signal and other safety equipments are to be manufactured in India itself.
Kolkata metro existed way before Delhi metro !
How many cars has it taken off the road, and how many people use it daily. Was trying to find articles but i striggled.
Nearly 5 million daily
Please bring new video on Mumbai metro system, it going to India's second largest after Delhi in 2025, so its very interesting
2:35 India actually had one metro that started in 1984 and that is Kolkata metro
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You should really invite the Metro Man of India to your show.
There's also a metro being built in next door Bangladesh in Dhaka the capital.I don't think that Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal have any metros .
Pakistan has a small Chinese built line.
That's not really a success story.
It costed a ton, took forever o build and already damaged by islamist mobs.
Dhaka is going on a similar trajectory but the city is so crowded that metro just can't fail.
Pakistan has one that too not electric as it is diesel
Kathmandu Metro line is stuck in paper work (money is a problem to). Colombo is trying to make one, modelled on Delhi metro
Kolkata Metro is operating since 1984 which means India has a metro system more than 20 years old.
Now do Transit in Kolkata.
The video will end as soon as it begins
Reason DMRC is actually able to made quick progress is because much of Delhi metro is based on standard guage track size
Which makes it easier to buy and install already trials and tested and proven technology
Also much of the Delhi metro run on that middle of roads on elevated tracks on viaducts
This decision was took to save money and land acquisition issue
It would have cost billions to remove already existing local houses and buliding that's why they just build it on viaducts in the middle of roads in delhi
Also I'd like to point out that you are less like to see such morden technology wider guage tracks of india
I don't know why wider guage was selected back in 1992 despite knowing that much of the world uses standard 1435mm track guage
I am told that indian railways choice wider guage because indian trains are designed to carry laod and they are not build for high-speed
But future high-speed railway projects are going to run on standard guage used by 70% of the world
And we may just use our old tracks for just freight transportation purpose 🤷
Mostly indian engineers build things in phases
To avoid local political issues
And keep on going projects running
For example
Bullet train project has seen a delay
Because of Maharashtra government
So they'll only build phase 1 right now
In phase 2 they'll connect it to Maharashtra ones they get approval
110 Km of delhi metro is underground out of 450+ km.
Small correction - India has had metros for 40 years (with the Kolkata Metro being the first), but this system really was one line for the longest time.
I would like to add a correction here,
India’s first metro is Kolkata metro and it began it’s first operation in October 1984, which is 36 years old
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Do Delhi RRTS next !!!!!
Abey banne toh de pura🤦
@@SafedKhargosh pillar already खड़े हो गए हैं !
D FOR DELHI
D FOR DEVLOPMENT
India did have only 1 metro system 20 years ago in Kolkata which was built in 1984, but it is the only metro in india which is operated by the state owned Indian Railways, instead of public private partnerships which own new metro systems all over India, and is very different from alll other metros in india and is not that modern, although they are changing their rolling stock.......
For a country where most infra projects get shrouded by corruption, mismanagement and poor maintainence, it is so refreshing to see Delhi Metro being the exception. Being cheap enough to be accessible to people from all walks of the society and still maintaining top class services is commendable. The Metro system is literally saving Delhi and its suburbs whose roads would have been choked beyond imagination without a metroline.
Even nhai and now railways are an exception
Eyes opening 😅
After 2025 india home to world third largest metro network in the world
India under construction metro length 800km +
Kolkata metro is functioning since 1984.
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India did not have a single metro system 20 years ago???
Calcutta has metro since 1984 mate.
1 correction : Kolkata Metro opened in 1984.
I think Kolkata metro has been around more than 35 years
pretty sure japan backed out with India's rail.
Well no!
Well no
Nope land acquisition is done and so was tendering only ground work remains to be started
@@AASSXIIi-ys2ev not in Maharashtra. The state government of Maharashtra is trying its best to stall the project for its clash with the central government
@@sarthsingh3271 then in gujrat , no worry it will be implemented soon
India has Metro system since 1984 in Kolkata..and you are telling we don't have a metro system 20 years ago!! Lol
Delhi Metro is now operate driverless and the map use in video is too old
Kolkata metro - 1984
India has metro since 1984 just not in delhi which started in 2002