Followings are some points, which I collected for a convenient travel during my numerous journeys in Delhi metro.
1) If you are a male, don’t’ travel in the second coach. That is always the most crowded coach in any metro at any route. You will see instances when 3rd and 4th coach have plenty of empty seats and people still hang around the ladies car (first car).
2) If you have to change the metro at the same line (like you have to go to Huda City Centre but your train will terminate at Qutub Minar), step down at least 2 stations earlier to get a non-crowded metro destined to your destination.
3) Always carry a good cell phone (and ear phones) with FM and music player. Music player is important else you will die of boredom traveling underground tunnel.
4) If you are stuck in a crowded train, think numbers and count second it takes between different satiations. Don’t check your watch just count numbers in your mind. It’s really amazing; time flies.
5) If you travel the same route daily, know pattern of your route. The station at which most people step down, come near to seating area at those stations. Your chances of getting a seat increase manifolds.
6) Carry a metro card; you will really save a lot of time and money using that. It just need a security deposit of Rs 50/-
7) Last but not the least, always offer the seat to an elderly/woman if you feel they need it more than you. I bet that you will have a convenient journey till your destination. It really feels good; try it.
one more suggestion to pass time:
1. Observe the people face and then see which person come to your mind. This sometimes help you remember your friends whom you didn't contact for a long time.
I appreciate Delhi metro for making our life easy... but I would like to add one WARNING here:
"Never use metro if you are going for an important exam, where a delay of one hour can change your life.
You can always avoid 1 km long traffic jam by walking on foot for 15 minutes. But you have no option but to kick your head if your metro is stuck up in an underground tunnel or hanging between two stations for an hour!"
@Saurabh: Nice Point :)
@all: FYI, I travelled in a 6 coach metro today, DMRC rocks...
Wow. looks like the metro has changed a lot in the last two years
@Bhavya: It did. And now it just reached IGI last tuesday.
You won't have to do 3, if you do what 1 tells you not to :-)
I didn't know the metro didn't have 6 coach trains. Kudos to them for the achievement..!
And you still travel by metro? Not to work I am sure..
And yes, the last point is extremely important. Especially when so few people actually do it. But from what I have observed, if you follow it, then it feels really nice when you see someone else in your coach do it too.. Automatically, a sense of camaraderie builds up.. :-)
And Akash, you seriously spend a lot of time in the metro, if you observe so many things..!
@NeatRat: Yeah, and now they have plans to come up with 9 coach metro. In phase-3 they are designing stations to accomodate 9 coach trains (250 meters long platform).
At times, I take metro for work. :)
Thanks for the tips. They really seem to be helpful.I recently (the Friday which just went)started frequenting the metro. I travel to my internship job in the morning and return late evening. My journey is damn tiring as i change metro twice (as in three diff routes)......So a heartfelt thank you.