Metro/Tram-Trains are Multi-Talents or Chameleons, that operate locally on the City Rail Networks and as well inter-regional or between cities on Main-Line Railway networks, bringing commuters from one City Center to the next City Center without changing the transport mode. Metro/Tram-Trains operate seamless with one-and-the-same Rail Vehicle on Lines of Metros, Subways, Street Cars, Street […]
Author: Chaminda Weerawarna
MATHERAN DREAMS OF A FUNICULAR RAILWAY FROM DHODANI TO MALET SPRING; Matheran Transport Scheme Part VI
Matheran, a Hill-Station in India, Maharashtra, is the only location in India, where no tar roads and no motorized vehicles are allowed. The only road access from NERAL at a height of 39.3 m above sea level on the East-Side ends at a height of 758 m and 2 km outside the town of Matheran […]
METRO RAIL IN INDIA – A SUCCESS STORY IN PICTURES; by F.A. Wingler, Germany, July 2020
This elaboration has been composed for a book project of Indian Railway Authors on METRO RAIL IN INDIA as Part I of a Picture Gallery with images of the operational colour coded Lines of Indian Metro Rail. Worldwide India is raking second behind China in regard of the pace in installing and expanding in its […]
WORLD OF METRO RAIL IN PICTURES 21st Century Global Metro Rail and World’s oldest Metros By F.A. Wingler, Germany, July 2020
The first Gallery shows Pictures of 21st Century Global Metro Rail, with exception of Indian Metro Rail, elaborated for a book project of the eminent Indian authors of Railway Books: M.M. Agarwal, S. Chandra and K.K. Miglani, on METRO RAIL IN INDIA. The separate gallery with pictures of Metro Rail in India will come later. […]
IMPROVING PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN INDIA; PART II By Dr. F.A. Wingler, April 2020
An Overview in Pictures on advisable Rolling Stocks for Light Rail and Regional Rapid Transit – the Future of Mobility in India with Urban Rail By Dr. F.A. Wingler, April 2020 “Urban Rail” is a technical collective term encompassing Metro Rail, Commuter Rail, Light Metro and Light Rail Transit (“Metro-Lite”). The paper gives an overview […]
Urban, suburban, interurban and regional public TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES improving the Economy and the Living Standards of the Population in India – Improving Public Transport in India; by Dr. F.A. Wingler, January 2020
Dr. E. Sreedharan: “It is a social Need to improve Urban Mobility”. Traffic congestion has increased dramatically in India. Congestion and the associated slow Urban Mobility can have a huge adverse impact on both the quality of life and the economy. It is indisputable that cities are the engines of economic growth. To realise the […]
MATHERAN TRANSPORT, PART V; Challenge to make Matheran Transport Monsoon proof; preventive Measurements to secure Road and Railtrack from Destructions caused by heavy Monsoon Rainfall
On August 19th 2019 heavy Monsoon Rainfall with over 400 mm has severely damaged the 2 feet Narrow Gauge Railtrack at 21 spots. The patch repair works since 2005/06 proved again to be not stable against the impact of heavy monsoon. Now again about 20 Crore INR are asked to bring the vulnerable track into […]
MATHERAN – AN ECOLOGICAL SENSITIVE HILLSTATION IN INDIA WITH POOR ROAD-INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORT-SCHEMES, Part IV By Dr. F. A. Wingler, August 2019
Matheran, a hillstation in India, Maharashtra, is the only location in India, where no tar roads and no motorized vehicles are allowed. The only road access from Neral with a height of 39.31 m above sea level ends at a height of 758 m 2 km outside the town Matheran at DASTURI. All goods and […]
From the 1832 Horse pulled Tramway to 21th Century Light Rail Transit/Light Metro Rail – a short History of the Evolution in Pictures
Light Rail Transit (LRT) or Light Metro Rail (LMR) Systems operates with Light Rail Vehicles (LRV). Those Light Rail Vehicles run in urban region on Streets on reserved or unreserved rail tracks as City Trams, elevated as Right-of-Way Trams or Underground as Metros, and they can run also suburban and interurban on dedicated or reserved […]
MONO-RAIL GUIDED TRANSPORT
The transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century marked the birth of mono-rail guided transport technology in India and Germany. The Kundala Valley Railway in India, a road borne railway system, was built in 1902 and operated between Munnar and Top Station in the Kannan Devan Hills of Kerala. It operated with mono-rail guided […]