Delhi Metro:No Bumps, No Jolts, Ride with a Pride

By Pranati Saikia, NEW DELHI,INDIA


Indian Railway is the life line of India and so is the Delhi Metro Rail in
the capital city.

I was high spirited with a pleasant mood all the way to my destination. No bumps, no jolts, ride with a pride. Just be relax with a with a smile on your face. It was wonderful feeling I went through. My first ride in high speed Delhi Metro Train made me feel hi-fi.



Delhi Metro Train has made travelling in itself a beautiful journey, easy and comfortable. Entering into the clean and cosy metro station with tight security make you feel safe and secure. In the entrance hall of the station , security personnel check every passengers and carried luggage, thoroughly to avert any kind of terrorist attack.


AFC gates are also being located in the hall. They are designed to detect passengers while walking through. They have to show their token or smart cards at the gate by standing on yellow line marked near the gate. These token are easily available in the ticket counters and cards could be obtained at customer care centre. Fares are affordable for every common man.

The most striking feature that makes the internal ambience of delhi metro more impressive and distinguished is the presence of escalators to facilitate passengers by saving their time and to avoid probable accidents due to hurried movements in the staircases. Nevertheless broad staircases are also there beside the escalators to further support heavy rushes of people especially at office hours. Riding on escalators is also advantageous for elderly people and physically challenged people.


The platforms which are situated underground are equally comfy without any filth around. As soon as you stepped inside the platform, you will forget your tireness and scorching heat of outside station. AC equipped platforms will sooth every stress of yours and tranquilize your mood. No sooner you reach the platform, the beautiful and magnificently built metro train is ready at your service to make you more pleasant with its high-speed and by providing comfortable ride.


Wide doors of the coaches allow easy movements of the passengers while getting inside and outside the train. The spacious and wide coaches well furnished with large benches like seats give you comfortable travelling. Availble space makes you easy while standing also. There is a small screan at the top of steel wall inside every coach where important safety guidelines scrolls one by one besides their announcements.


These include name of the station and other related information as well. With a view to keep the internal environment safe and clean, drinking, eating and smoking are prohibited inside the train and in the metro area. At every station, trains stops for 20 seconds. And it comes after every 4 minutes.


Delhi metro station has different routes to various destinations . Some of these routes are underground and few are above the land. The journey in metro station becomes more alluring when the train runs above the land as you could view the entire city of monuments beautifully. The whole landscape make you enchanted. If you think it touches the entire delhi, it is not so. It is in records that the metro network will be touching each and every part of delhi before 2010. Any new visitor would find necessary information about the network like delhi metro network map in the station itself.


The whole management of delhi metro rail corporation makes you alert as a passenger and responsible as a citizen who ought to abide by certain rules to enjoy a safe ride. The people behind this project has done incredible job in providing accessible and smooth journey to common man.

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1 comments:

  1. Unknown Says:

    i live in australia. and i have not takaen the ride in delhi metro rail but the way u have described it seems would be fantastic. next time when i visit india i will definitely take the ride. thanks alot for ur excellent write up.