Although there is a lot that is similar between the two, there is one key difference between the Delhi Metro and the Bangalore Metro. It is not something that is immediately visible in this bird’s eye-view of the line. Let’s just say that the clue lies in the colour yellow.
So, the answer is…?
Photograph: Santosh R.G./ Karnataka Photo News
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The Namma Metro photo portfolio:
In the darkness of night, a ray of light at 19:12:30 hours
The biggest day in the history of Bangalore?
Do not try this at home (if you have a few bogies)
From the BEML end, right arm over the wicket
The giant violin-box hanging above ‘Parades’
It’s still not here, but it’s already kind of here
Yes, it’s for real, and it’s purple and off-white
4 cars, 3 SUVs, 8 bikes, and 16 autorickshaws
Oh God, what have they done to my M.G. Road
Saturdays, girlfriends, popcorn and other memories
Every picture tells a tale. Babu‘s can fill a tome.
Not a picture that will make it to Lonely Planet
Amar, Akbar, Antony. Or Ram, Robert, Rahim
Only a low-angle shot can convey its great girth
It’s just that it is the III rail which enables current to flow through it to run the train in the tracks.
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No overhead lines. The yellow tubes on the track are carrying the electricity.
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Autorickshaws ?
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If one looks at this picture carefully, the metro line looks like the divider between the natural and the concrete jungle :)
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can we sit on those tracks when we do ‘metro bandh’?
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electricity lines.
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hehehehe…pathway for 2 wheelers?
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That’s for Darshan to stand in between when trains are moving posing for camera at a low angle.
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…the reason for the delay?
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Let them clean up below train tracks first before it becomes a public urinal
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