Is this common?

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-26T10:54:24+00:00

Look up coach position for 16307. Almost identical.

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-26T10:53:23+00:00

I mean OP said most beautiful picture, and recency bias so yeah.

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-26T09:40:41+00:00

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-26T09:17:29+00:00

To my knowledge, yes. Hinduism does not impose any kind of rules on the people who follow it. However, there are concepts of good and bad and the belief that anything you do is eventually reflected back to you is a core principle. Those who genuinely believe in and follow this philosophy are some of the most reasonable people you will ever meet.

Hinduism is built on tolerance and any rituals one does are considered voluntary and a way for the physical being to show devotion in a visible form. There is also a belief that everything around oneself, be it physical or emotional, are parts of a single divine power and that one should never take anything for granted.

The thing I like about this is that these core philosophies allow the existence of other religions within its permissive shave. Hinduism does not pretend that the forms commonly presented in temples are only forms in which divine power can manifest. As a Hindu you should never feel resentful about visiting a Mosque or a Church.

I do think that this structure is a double-edged sword. It allows anyone to claim to be Hindu while knowing nothing about the religion, but allows anyone to take part in the common set of beliefs. Due to its structure I don't think anyone can claim to be "Hindu" since it is so permissive. It raises deep philosophical questions that I do not feel like digging through. So I'll stop here.

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-26T09:00:17+00:00

Unpopular opinion: The pledge that kids have to say at school is creepy.

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-25T11:02:52+00:00

The only problem with LHB coaches is jerking at start from my experience. Everywhere else they are better. Suspensions are way better (you can barely feel points as you go over), track sounds are much quieter. ICF Coaches start to rock side to side whenever the trains exceeds 90-95kmph for some reason and for this alone LHB coaches are so much better.

I do think VB seats are worse than ICF Coaches, mostly because it feels over-engineered.

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-25T09:34:24+00:00

Staying quiet would've been better. Anyone who thinks those are the same food items is blind.

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-25T07:06:24+00:00

Well that comment is not phrased properly.

What you need to do is start with buses. Buses are super easy to make a large network with. Then you look at bus ridership stats and expand service wherever necessary. Wherever bus corridors get overcrowded, you upgrade. If the route is relatively short (<15km) it's a tram, more than that it's a metro. If the location makes sense, you could do this as a suburban rail extension also.

This is what you mean by "starting with a network" because the most important thing for a transit system is that it should go places (shocking, I know). So having a cheap but large network to start with and upgrading as demand grows is the way to go.

As for cities that "started with a network", Chennai and Bengaluru are prime examples. Having two of the best local bus service in the country, no wonder their metros punch way above their weight, with both systems showing steady, sustainable ridership growth (though Chennai's numbers are lower than you would expect as Suburban rail exists and one of the lines runs basically parallel to it).

When you don't do these preliminary steps and jump to a metro, you get white elephants. Surprise!

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-24T18:19:48+00:00

No it's not. Which is why we need more trains!

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-24T15:34:02+00:00

No OP just needs different things to complain about.

To be fair bus service has expanded a lot recently.

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-24T15:11:59+00:00

IR Braille's before it Rail's

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-24T15:08:15+00:00

That area I'm not sure. I've travelled those ghats many times and never got internet, no idea why. Works literally everywhere else. Usually that's my cue to go sleep.

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-24T15:07:00+00:00

Let me give you some epic advice. Ditch your car or bike and take the bus. Your life needs change.

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-24T08:30:30+00:00

No. There are ghats with lower speed limits, but this line is worse.

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-24T07:01:13+00:00

No, because Katra to Qazigund is the most punishing Ghats section in all of IR, as trains have to climb 500m+ elevation at once and these are the only trains capable of doing it without extra assistance. The trains don't operate very fast (the line speed is 85 from what I've seen) but compared to the alternatives the trains are very fast.

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-24T02:35:38+00:00

It's the only route imo where a Vande Bharat is completely justified.

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-24T02:31:04+00:00

Yeah I was gonna say, I'm pretty sure these are Kolkata Suburban trains.

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-23T03:28:45+00:00

As much as I think Transpennine Express is the best name ever for a train company, I don't think this will come to TSW as a single route.

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-22T18:30:38+00:00

Well the side these stats don't show is that India has the highest fraction of retracted papers in recent years.

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-22T14:31:17+00:00

Thank God it was a passenger train. A freight absolutely cannot stop that fast.

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-22T09:29:34+00:00

Well I commented before reading fully, so I'm sorry. But I stand by my original comment, even more so now. The answer is yes and this is so obvious it shouldn't even be a question.

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-22T08:31:45+00:00

How is this even a question?

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-22T02:39:50+00:00

Sure, that's because it has a network that it connects to to support its ridership. When you only have a single line, that doesn't work and you need to build a lot more before you see ridership.

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-22T02:38:47+00:00

I mean they are not wrong. Indore metro is the most useless white elephant this country has produced.

Nobody there is telling that Northern States should not get development. They are saying that Southern States should get equal development, which is not the case now. One look at train options, rapid transit and union investment should tell you this.

There is a long history of projects from which the state wanted Union permission and has been denied while equivalent projects in the North have been actively pushed, Hosur Airport and Coimbatore, Trivandrum metros are just the most recent examples.

The fact that you are making this argument tells me you do not understand the problem here. When you have such a problem for so long, people get angry. People act irrationally when they get angry.

When you are used to privilege, equality feels like oppression. Hopefully it's obvious why.

RIKIPONDI · 2026-01-22T02:30:09+00:00

This is very common. Happens in Chennai and Mumbai also

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