दिल्ली की आखिरी लोकल (The Last Local of Delhi)

[@SumitKumar-yj7ek]

My Childhood house was right behind Lodhi Colony Railway Station basically Prem Nagar and that platform holds a great nostalgia for me as I used to spend hours sitting on the bench watching train coming and going. I used to put coins on the track just to have a flat deshaped coin to play. Those blocks have been demolished and replaced by Multiplexes. I miss those days like anything. The Lodhi Colony Railway Station platform, a nostalgic haven of my childhood, has been erased. Hours spent watching trains, flattening coins, and dreaming have been replaced by the sterile reality of multiplexes. A piece of my heart remains on that forgotten platform.

[@jaskaranbains5221]

Really nostalgic I was also a student, residing at Lodhi colony. Now it is deserted

[@ranjittyagi9354]

​@@jaskaranbains5221where do u live now? I didn't ask the OP after I noticed he didn't reply to you, Jaskaran. Thank you.

[@sarahzia1412]

good to know that the film brought back some memories :) please do share with those who you think may enjoy the film :)

[@sarahzia1412]

@@jaskaranbains5221 indeed the station is terribly deserted but good to know that the film triggered some nostalgia :) please do share with those who you think may enjoy the film :)

[@rohit1kumar]

@@SumitKumar-yj7ek I grew up in the Railway colony adjacent to Lodi colony station 😄 Prem nagar is now fully changed.

[@rohit1kumar]

Its nostalgic to watch this documentary, I grew up in Railway Quater watching these trains going every hour and I have traveled too especially when we used to visit village we used to go to Purani Delhi Station to take main train, its was quite affordable, tickets were for 5 Rs only,

[@sarahzia1412]

compared to every other public transport available (barring free bus service for women), this was a greatly affordable service. good to know that the film brought back some memories :) please do share with those who you think may enjoy the film :)

[@VivekBabbar]

Rarely do I see some good level of Indian journalism on my feed. Amazing reporting, you guys have the skills to become bigger and competitive. This country needs such journalism.

[@naveenone]

This short film must win great awards. Thanks to the creators. The govt should have maintained this classic rail system that could have run alongside EV buses and driverless modern AC metro trains in Delhi.

[@sarahzia1412]

thank you for your kind words, please do share with those who you think may enjoy the film :)

[@naveenone]

@@sarahzia1412 sure.🙂

[@KamaldeepChopra]

Delhi Ring Railway is slated to be merged into DMRC. While people may see silence at railway stations now, soon all these are bound to be removed and replaced with infra like other Metro stations. Currently the ridership, connectivity to RRTS and Metro network is being evaluated.

[@TheGrimStoic]

not in the alternative universe jholawalas reside in - in their timeline, everything in india just goes down...and down...and down......

[@sanjubanerjee]

Kudos to the makers of the film. What would have been a boon & pride for the city, an efficient & convenient mode of public transport, help in traffic decongestion & reduce pollution was driven to its slow death because of lack of interest & planning by the authorities and apathy of dilliwalas with their misplaced notion of upward mobility and weird sense of vanity. Nobody wanted to be associated with a public transport which appeared to be catering for the supposedly lowest common denominator of the population. If revived with due planning & execution, it can wonderfully augment the Delhi metro and, over the years, become a system & institution that the city will be proud of.

[@sarahzia1412]

we are glad that you feel the way we do about this service and its potential :) please do share with those who you think may enjoy the film :)

[@saigalster]

brilliant research and a deeply underrepresented subject. Kudos, Sarah and Arundhati.

[@sarahzia1412]

thank you ma'am for your kind words.

[@rajibbanerjee3262]

Last 10 years I am staying at Faridabad but never travelled in a Local Train ...even I never heard any of my friends in NCR have travelled by it. Very nice video brings memories of my early Kolkata Days 👌👋

[@deepkirangupta6714]

I had travelled 7 years back

[@sarahzia1412]

good to know that the film brought back some memories :) please do share with those who you think may enjoy the film :)

[@sarahzia1412]

@@deepkirangupta6714 good to know, which route did you travel on?

[@funtooshfun01]

वीडियो अगर हिंदी में होता तो चार चांद लग जाते लेकिन इंग्लिश ने ऐसी तैसी कर दी 🗿🗿🗿

[@PramodYadav-il2gk]

School time me me school bunk kar ke local train me sukurvasti se palval tak sara din gumta rahta tha 2012 ke time me baut maza ata tha 😂

[@sarahzia1412]

good to know that the film brought back some memories :) please do share with those who you think may enjoy the film :)

[@AliPDIL]

superb video.. bring nostalgic moments back for people living in central delhi.. 😍😍😍

[@sarahzia1412]

thank you :)

[@mathur1309]

congratulations to the makers ... You have effectively captured a pertinent issue. I had used this service for almost a decade during my college days. It was a very cost-effective, fast, and nearly punctual network. A monthly pass of around 100 Rs . would allow you to travel among a given set of stations ( Ghaziabad - New Delhi ) in any of the EMUs and Passenger trains. I believe it is still working intercity but has almost died down within NCR . Very nice

[@zainykhan6643]

Superb work

[@sarahzia1412]

thank you :)

[@spikes1210]

Some 15 years ago I discovered one of the ring railway’s station - SP Marg accidentally and travelled on a local train. It was pathetic to say the least. Drug addicts were ruling the roost in all coaches. There was zero upkeep. For many years I kept telling people about it. Not one person was aware of its existence. Sad.

[@abhimanyusharma2489]

What an epic railway documentry . Much appreciated 😌

[@arundhutimajumdar7175]

Brilliant ❤

[@DebiSenGupta]

What a waste of resources. A well researched piece. 😊

[@rohitdrinda4508]

I live near Brar Square railway station. To be honest, I never went there to catch a train; I would simply pass through it on my way to the cricket ground during my school days. I love those days 😍

[@akmukherjee1971]

As a regular Suburban rail and Metro commuter from Kolkata, i feel its demise very sad… feels like it was slowly poisoned to death.

[@shashankranjan1954]

Very thoughtful theme. Anyone who's connected to Dilli, will correlate, especially if one is in his/her 30s n beyond. Kudos

[@debosmitanandy4465]

This was very interesting to know. Loved it.

[@tupasnyder8828]

A lovely short video with not only crucial information but lovely videography. Train stations and train carriages make for lyrical photographs and speak of hope, don't they? This video captures that.

[@abhisheksaxena500]

As a kid i used to go on the sarai Rohilla to palval or ballabgarh train to faridabad. That's the only time i used it...this was much before Delhi metro

[@railfannoob]

Marvellous Documentary !!! Hope SomeDay , The Ring Railway would come back to life.

[@praveshkumarjha7733]

Superb

[@rf_himsmalhotra]

I had such beautiful childhood memories ❤❤

[@shuvom2002]

A beautifully made documentary- an eye opener tinged with nostalgia.

[@gauravgupta5586]

Thankyou for this.

[@giam02]

What an exquisite piece of filmmaking!

[@sandeeproychoudhury7670]

Interesting! Didn't know about this! Well presented❤

[@rk1399]

I have travel aprox 10 year in this ring railways but after covid pandemic when this train discontinues i was force to travel in metro. I request govt to start again this train.

[@sarmitadey3167]

A meaningful and well-made documentary

[@reetaroy8008]

New interesting knowledge for me.thanks

[@bikaskusumBasu]

Well done documentary. Wish you make more such on Urban issues

[@neepaghosh156]

Comprehensive documentary. Well done 👍

[@subhramajumder9323]

Very informative

[@kumarisehgal6012]

Very good 👍

[@malobicabasu8791]

Well done documentry

[@swagatakanungo8954]

Well done Documentary..👌❤

[@mohuajoneja1759]

Lovely and meaningful short video.Congratulations to the video makers.

[@bikaskusumBasu]

Well done documentary👌

[@bikaskusumBasu]

Well done documentary

[@syamadebnath4849]

Very nice video. ❤️❤️

[@sarahaque3684]

I liked the well presented documentary.Very informative.

[@vinodgupta69]

This film is a realistic reflection.. Another villain is the least bothered insensitive indifferent citizenry of north India. The local trains never took off like Mumbai, Chennai(remember our outpasses) or Kolkata. Least systematic, least contributive lot and always looking over their shoulders for someone to do their thing.Thankfully Pakistan was not blamed for this failure. To top it the govt representative since past 40 years are as good as it's citizenry. Nothing succeeds🤷

[@MrSamitabh]

An interesting piece on intra Delhi Railway system. 👍🏼

[@ShivamKumar-ww6vh]

the part of ring railway atleast from shakur basti to old delhi still works you can get many local trains there

[@furiousgaming5464]

Even Rohtak to Delhi still daily local

[@animarsangeet]

Wow... nice information.❤

[@madhusarkar8806]

Excellent

[@Bs-gg1qp]

An archival stuff...a robust and eco friendly options are being abandoned forcibly in the name of flashy and more resource sucking transit projects. All this public resources are spent in the name of development.

[@BizVerseTv]

Sitting on broken run down benches and taking in English 😅😂

[@devvart]

Sir, how could you even miss the classic DAYA BASTI 4 platform setup and It's ultra luxurious trackside residential property and similar developments.

[@railvan.falcon12703]

Similar apathy is there in Hyderabad suburban system by the railways as SCR is not able to operate its EMU - Local trains properly. Regular delays and cancellations have lead to loss of ridership post COVID era and this is very sad. The Govt tries to promote Metro over Local trains as they are more fancy and built through Pvt partnerships.

[@siddhartharoy640]

@Siddhartharoy. A very well made documentary.

[@nishn111]

after delhi metro no one use EMUs. because these stations are far away from offices. and no commute is available. Some busy emu stations are sardar patel marg, sadar bazar, Tilak Bridge. etc. This station is round residential area and there is no commute available from this station so it is abandoned.

[@satabhishasinharoy8578]

Informative piece of work , the Government must have some other plans, but a polling from local citizens should be taken before any major switch over, it's my opinion.

[@saklite]

In my opinion! Ring rail shall be converted in metro line as board guage !

[@swatibiswas4092]

👍👌

[@SanjeevKumarArora-r9t]

Aap govt should not oppose railway while removing atikarman

[@swastikturan257]

6:20 that's cap, Delhi metro and Kolkata metro's completed line have all achieved their projected ridership, infact completion of certain interchange station in Kolkata metro will make Kolkata have ridership way beyond railway projected ridership

[@furiousgaming5464]

Exactly 😂I mean Delhi metro. Has daily ridership of 7 million (70 lakh) I don’t know what he is yapping about 🤡

[@meenakshi_pathak20]

Very informative and an eye opener. We are not making the best use of available infrastructure or in this case, any use inspite of all the traffic issues.

[@otakuslive9996]

I used to live in sewa nagar , delhi

[@sudarshanbbx]

HELL YEAH KASHYAP!!

[@sabeelaahs4411]

Metro was told to use this network.metronman refused to give world class rail.this should be remodelled

[@BatttttMan]

04:09 wtf, it's because development rate in delhi is much higher than other cities, Metro is literally the cleanest & safest way, Mumbai is still using that metal local shit, even in 2024 with 0 safety, filthy AF....such a shame for our country

[@furiousgaming5464]

😂exactly bro these nostalgia merchants, 😂I mean Delhi metro. Has daily ridership of 7 million (70 lakh) I don’t know what he is yapping about 🤡 one of the best metro connectivity in the world

[@suryanshramantripathi8584]

Only safety in Delhi is Delhi metro.. And Mumbai local is faster than Delhi metro.. Not like stoppage on every 3 to 4 mins😅

[@devilox9401]

Good job delhi walo we need 1000 km delhi metro network in delhi ncr every part and beyond we need multiple rrts corridor and bullet train corridors Say no to delhi suburban railway sucks and brt system we need metro , rrts , bullet train 🗿

[@hooman3576]

6:18 source?

[@furiousgaming5464]

😂I mean Delhi metro. Has daily ridership of 7 million (70 lakh) I don’t know what he is yapping about 🤡

[@BizVerseTv]

Proudly talking about piss poor failed conditions 😂

[@furiousgaming5464]

6:19 😂I mean Delhi metro. Has daily ridership of 7 million (70 lakh) I don’t know what he is yapping about 🤡

[@devilox9401]

Delhi metro is best this nedd to be converted into metro rail

[@devilox9401]

Delhi metro far far far superior i never will ride suburban rail i am happy its failed

[@atashichatterjee9685]

Well done documentary👌