First Pics: India's First Monorail in Mumbai

[djsjs]

A stupid design. You cant have a seating block in the middle dividing the lanes for evacuation during emergency

also:

There will be a separate carriage for female commuters and the pink coating of the seats will be worn off fairly soon, it is better to have it changed to stainless steel !

Where is it made?

somebody said it is made in singapore,it looks strange and a waste of space

The turning radius of the tracks is very small so they have to make the carriages short.

 

[shuttler]

It's feasible in India because of the scale of operation and lower operation cost, and more over in India the main motive of the public transport system is not to make money - but service to the commoners...

So it is govenment who takes up the bulk

Very true it's indeed a stupid seating design....I am not sure about the country of origin of this coach, but who ever conceived this design are armatures...

somebody said it is made in singapore,it looks strange and a waste of space

In addition, the passengers will tend to be standing on the lanes crowding towards the windows and thus blocking the natural lights and views. That is why most interior designs for seatings will be installed along the 2 walls of the carriages!

The turning radius of the tracks is very small so they have to make the carriages short.

the only way to solve the problem is to make the tracks less curvy. That asks for more material and fuel costs but it is compensated by having a longer carriage and more passengers per run.

 

[Roybot]

somebody said it is made in singapore,it looks strange and a waste of space

The turning radius of the tracks is very small so they have to make the carriages short.

Made in Malaysia actually, by Scomi.

The seating arrangement might have something to do with spreading the load evenly.

KL Monorail has similar seating,

 

[shuttler]

Made in Malaysia actually, by Scomi.

The seating arrangement might have something to do with spreading the load evenly.

nonsense. we have seatings all installed along the 2 walls of the carriage.

a seating block in front of an entrance! genius!


@djsjs:

蛇年行大运！身体健康！

 

[djsjs]

Chongqing monorail

Line 3,seems better than line 1 & 2

such a suitcase would block the way in mumbai monorail coaches @shuttler
新年好

 

[Roybot]

nonsense. we have seatings all installed along the 2 walls of the carriage.

a seating block in front of an entrance! genius!


@djsjs:

蛇年行大运！身体健康！

Its not infront of the door, you need to look properly. And am sure they must have had a good reason. Its just a monorail, its not meant to get very busy.

The metro trains for example have seating on the side.


Delhi Metro

Mumabi Metro ( Made by Chinese company, CSR I think)

 

[Echo_419]

Chongqing monorail

Line 3

The man is upside down

 

[Roybot]

The man is upside down

Just a kid , goofing around I think.

 

[shuttler]

@Roybot:

The malaysian carriage is smaller than the bombay's.

The seating block in front of the entrance (between carriages) is clearly shown

Our monorail carriage seatings are installed on both sides. The balancing depends much on the grip of the cars on the tracks

 

[IND151]

WTH who chose the pink color theme..some gay fellow?

may this color was chosen as it favourite color of ladies

 

[Roybot]

@Roybot:

The malaysian carriage is smaller than the bombay's.

The seating block in front of the entrance (between carriages) is clearly shown

Our monorail carriage seatings are installed on both sides. The balancing depends much on the grip of the cars on the tracks

Fair enough. But as I said they must have a reason.

And here's the reason.

The ALWEG Seattle train architecture features a body that is low to the guideway with the bearing wheel bogies recessed in wheel wells that form the bases of banks of seats that are on the centerline. This configuration is shared with the Hitachi trains on the Tokyo Haneda Airport line and the Monorail Malaysia trains in Kuala Lumpur.

So basically the center line seats are sitting on the top of the recessed wheel wells. Having recessed wheels must have its own benefit, which is why Scomi engineers might have decided to sacrifice on some ergonomics.

 

[shuttler]

The turning radius of the tracks is very small so they have to make the carriages short.

the only way to solve the problem is to make the tracks less curvy. That asks for more material and fuel costs but it is compensated by having a longer carriage and more passengers per run.

the bombay track has some of these wavy curves

By comparison, the Shanghai Meglev where the track curves in a wide arc making it possible for longer trains to run on it.

 

[Echo_419]

the bombay track has some of this wavy curve

By comparison, the Shanghai Meglev where the track curves in a wide arc making it possible for longer trains to run on it.

Ok Magalev is way better fine

 

[IND151]

What is the difference between mono rail and metro rail??

Is there a difference in capacity or any other specification rather than mono rail is using single rail?

please see post number 124

Basically The capacity of a Metro system, which can accommodate up to nine cars, is about three to four times more. Thus, the capacity-to-cost ratio is better for a Metro system, even though the per kilometre construction cost is more.

Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/member...as-first-monorail-mumbai-9.html#ixzz2LEsj0Ark

 

[shuttler]

Ok Magalev is way better fine

No, I am not actually saying maglev vs mechanical mono-rail. I am pointing to the design of the tracks; the less curvy and sharp turning of the tracks will go easy on longer carriages and trains