Kool_SRG, ee amazing youtube channel choosava?

[Raven_Rayes]

The guy's based in Markham, Toronto and does a great job explaining problems and awesomeness of rail systems in Canada. The biggest problem being freight carriers owning 90%+ the rail lines, and passenger trains being slowed down to accommodate freight.

 

[Raven_Rayes]

@Kool_SRG

ilantidhi Indian rail systems ki undha?

[Ryzen_renoir]

2 minutes ago, Raven_Rayes said:

The guy's based in Markham, Toronto and does a great job explaining problems and awesomeness of rail systems in Canada. The biggest problem being freight carriers owning 90%+ the rail lines, and passenger trains being slowed down to accommodate freight.

 

Passengers don't bring enough money in a sparsely populated area . 

America has  an amazing freight corridor too

[Raven_Rayes]

1 minute ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

Passengers don't bring enough money in a sparsely populated area . 

America has  an amazing freight corridor too

No. the problem is political. Its possible to build train networks that are faster than air travel, atleast between Toronto and Montreal and Ottawa and Quebec city.

Toronto does have a great suburban heavy rail system with more than 500kms of tracks. but its not electrified. I think things are moving in the right direction in Canada.

I wish Indians also have such channels. Chennai itself has 500km of rail lines, apart from emu services to farther towns in AP and TN. Kolkata has more than double that. And apart from Mumbai, no other city has any such systems with considerable capacity.

[Raven_Rayes]

15 minutes ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

Passengers don't bring enough money in a sparsely populated area . 

America has  an amazing freight corridor too

Amtrak is almost breaking even, atleast on the northeast corridor. ViaRail doesnt have a single profitable route.

[Ryzen_renoir]

14 minutes ago, Raven_Rayes said:

No. the problem is political. Its possible to build train networks that are faster than air travel, atleast between Toronto and Montreal and Ottawa and Quebec city.

Toronto does have a great suburban heavy rail system with more than 500kms of tracks. but its not electrified. I think things are moving in the right direction in Canada.

I wish Indians also have such channels. Chennai itself has 500km of rail lines, apart from emu services to farther towns in AP and TN. Kolkata has more than double that. And apart from Mumbai, no other city has any such systems with considerable capacity.

Most of indian suburban rails were grandfathered in from British system

 

 

[Raven_Rayes]

Just now, Ryzen_renoir said:

Most of indian suburban rails were grandfathered in from British system

 

 

doesn't mean they are not interesting.

[Ryzen_renoir]

Just now, Raven_Rayes said:

doesn't mean they are not interesting.

Ofcourse they are ..for Chennai, mumbai it is almost a lifeline 

[Raven_Rayes]

15 minutes ago, Ryzen_renoir said:

Ofcourse they are ..for Chennai, mumbai it is almost a lifeline 

things move at a snail's pace. For example, when I was trainhopping for 6 months straight (literally living on Indian trains btwen mar '19 and sep '19), Arakkonam's passengers actually celebrated (with cake cutting) of a line to chengalpet, that was in the works for more than 25yrs.

I don't know if privatization will move things faster.

[ring_master]

1 hour ago, Raven_Rayes said:

Amtrak is almost breaking even, atleast on the northeast corridor. ViaRail doesnt have a single profitable route.

Amtrak ni aapestaru freight train potunute .. anni train lu o 2-3 hrs delay tho reach avtuaayi 

[Kool_SRG]

3 hours ago, Raven_Rayes said:

@Kool_SRG

ilantidhi Indian rail systems ki undha?

India doesn't have so much dense freight system in all zones like foreign countries.

Ours is scheduled like 2 Mail/Express trains to 1 Freight trains slotted to run, SCR is one zone which does give good priority to freight trains some times does tend troll  Mail/Express trains.

 

[Raven_Rayes]

4 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

India doesn't have so much dense freight system in all zones like foreign countries.

Ours is scheduled like 2 Mail/Express trains to 1 Freight trains slotted to run, SCR is one zone which does give good priority to freight trains some times does tend troll  Mail/Express trains.

 

ok

[Raven_Rayes]

7 minutes ago, Kool_SRG said:

India doesn't have so much dense freight system in all zones like foreign countries.

Ours is scheduled like 2 Mail/Express trains to 1 Freight trains slotted to run, SCR is one zone which does give good priority to freight trains some times does tend troll  Mail/Express trains.

 

I'm saying channels that cover stuff like this.

there's one 'Make The Changes' that talks about infrastructure projects in TamilNadu, and mostly in an around Chennai comprehensively.

[Kool_SRG]

3 minutes ago, Raven_Rayes said:

I'm saying channels that cover stuff like this.

there's one 'Make The Changes' that talks about infrastructure projects in TamilNadu, and mostly in an around Chennai comprehensively.

Don't know haven't come across such..