Sketches

A Porter working hard to earn livelihood




Area for drinking water at platform



People waiting for their train

                                                                                   
Battery cars running for the convenience of senior citizens              






The front view of NIZAMUDDIN railway station



(DIPESH KUNDNANI urf COOLIE)

SWOT Analysis

STRENGTH                                                                           WEAKNESS

- Center of north and South delhi.                                            - No benches on platforms except

- Battery cars moving around for                                               platform no.1

  senior citizens.                                                                     - Overcrowded local trains.

- Systematic parking area.                                                       - Escalator only on platform no. 1

- CCTV cameras around.                                                        - No fir precautions.

                                                                                            - No cleanliness.

                                                                                            - Amenities like washrooms and 

                                                                                              water coolers not available on every                                                                                               platform. 

OPPORTUNITY                                                                    THREAT

-Can bring some fire systems on the                                       - Houseflies can lead to diseases

 platform.                                                                             - Can lead to accident in absence of 

- Can introduce some more sitting                                             fire exit.

 facility for the passengers.

- Washrooms can be built. 

(DIPESH KUNDNANI urf COOLIE)

Critical Parameters

There are various things that i observed during my research, they are as follows-

• The back entrance of the railway station is overcrowded as there is no systematic entry for the crowd.
• No facility of washrooms on the platforms except for platform no.1.
• No ramp built so as to carry the heavy luggage easily.
• There is a continuous flow of water from the tap which leads to great wastage of water.
• No maintenance of the tracks, garbage lying every corner.
• No precautions taken in case of emergency such as fire .
• Proper seating is not available on any platforms as a result of which people are lying on the floor which makes the platform congested.
• Local trains are overcrowded in such a way that there is no place to step inside.
• Cleanliness of the trains are not appropriate.

 
     (Continuous running water)                    


                  (Overcrowded trains)

                     

  
 (Improper maintenance of platform)

                                             (Overcrowding at the ticket counter and platform)                                                

                                               
BY Dipesh Kundnani urf COOLIE
see u soon..:)

Product culture

The products found at a railway station hold a great significance in completing that area as a whole. Without these, the railway station won’t function the same and also, every traveler can make use of them efficiently.

DUSTBINS

Dustbins are containers used for holding waste till they are disposed off. An effective way to keep the tracks and platforms clean, because railway stations welcome thousands of people everyday. Their cleanliness and hygiene is of utmost importance.

LCD SCREENS/MONITORS

The LCD screens on the platforms are connected to the main monitors. They help the passengers keep a track of their train’s timings. Also, announcements are made whenever a train is about to arrive at the platform.

TICKETS

A train ticket is a travel document valid for a single trip/journey between any 2 cities/states. Thousands of people travel by trains everyday and these tickets help the railways to keep a record of their daily transactions.

Also, those coming to see off their loved ones, need to purchase a platform ticket which adds up to the railway’s treasury.

BENCHES

Every railway platform’s basic necessity is to have benches and seats, so as to provide comfort to the passengers while they wait for their trains to arrive. The number of people waiting at the platform at any given point of time is much more than the seating capacity provided by the benches, and as a result many people resort to sitting on the floor to take rest.

LUGGAGE CARRIER

Wipe out the image of those fancy metal trolleys you see at the airports because the ones you will find at the railway stations are made up of wooden planks with wheels. And these trolleys carry parcels which are to be shipped from one city to another. 

       
        (Information regarding train schedule)

                                               

    (Benches: benches for passengers)


          (Trolly: ease of luggage carrying)

( Platform Ticket)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             



(NIKITA AHUJA urf STALL OWNER)

(UDIT JAIN urf TICKET SELLER)

Visual Culture

Hazrat nizamuddin  railway station (NZM), a railway station which very well connects to almost every part of the country as it is considered among the big stations in India. It is located approximately 7 km to the north f.t. is managed by Northern railway zone of Indian railways.
      To explore such a big place was a huge task and I have tried to sum up thing as better as I could.
        The main motive behind making this station was to degrade the crowd at one single track i.e. New Delhi railway station.
         To reduce the panic of carrying luggage it also has escalator but only at platform no.1. The waiting rooms are unhygienic that the crowd prefers to roam around instead of sitting over there, which do not even have washrooms. This causes the crowd all over the station, platform near ticket counter etc.
         Lack of Hygiene is the biggest issue which I found over,  to control it,  they must at least have washrooms on every platform.
         It is impossible to find a place which has only negative points. The best service I found over there was the travelling service provided to senior citizens and differently disabled people. Wheel chairs and battery vehicles run all around to serve them.
        A lot more is needed to be taken care of by not constructing many new things but just by making the things better which are already present there.  Thus,  the strength and weakness I observed there was this. As architecturally its okay but functioning and servicing we need to work upon.

           

      

(GARGI GUPTA urf FEMALE SECURITY)

(KRITIKA SAIGAL urf PASSENGER)

Socio culture

The Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station is the origin point for many trains having destinations to Indian cities like Mumbai, Kolkata, Kochuveli, Bangalore, Nagpur, Pune, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Thrissur, Coimbatore, Jaipur, Pune, Jabalpur, Kollam, Indore, Gwalior, Bhopal,Jhansi, Lucknow, Kanyakumari, Madurai,Chennai, Madgaon, Mysore, Chandigarh, etc.

VARIOUS TYPES OF TRAINS: There are 7 platforms in the station and a number of halting, originating and terminating trains.

Rajdhani
Shatabdi
Jan shatabdi
Sampark kranti
Garib rath
Duronto
Ac express
Ac superfast
Suvidha

Superfast
Mail express
Special
Passenger
Hill train
MEMU
DEMU
Double decker

EMU-DELHI
EMU-CHENNAI
EMU-KOLKATA
EMU-MUMBAI
Hyderabad suburban

The Socio culture includes - STAKEHOLDERS (PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS)

-PASSENGERS                  

-PORTERS

-SWEEPERS

-CANTEEN                         

-RAILWAY STAFF

-TICKET COUNTER

-SECURITY

PRIMARY- They are the main reason for the existence of the railway station.They are the ones who are directly affected through the railway station, they are the ones whose source of income depends on the railway station.

                                                         (THE PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS ON THE PLATFORM)

(THE STALL SELLING THE EATABLES)

                                                                                     
















(A BUNCH OF PORTERS)                                                                                                            (SECURITY CHECK)

(THE SLEEPER CLASS TRAIN )

SECONDARY- Are the people or groups that are indirectly affected, either positively or negatively by an effort or the actions of an organisation. They are the ones who are associated with the RAILWAY STATION. Their source of income can or cannot depends on the existence of the place. They are not only dependent on the railway station.

                                 

                                             (SECONDARY STAKEHOLDERS)

(The taxi and auto rickshaw parking area)

                (Not dependent completely on the railway station)                  

(The advertisement of UCO bank on the rly. station which makes a indirect connection)

(The street stalls,the beggars are indirectly associated with the place)

(SAKSHI BAGHEL urf CANTEEN MANAGER)

(DIPESH KUNDNANI urf COOLIE)

see u soon with the next blog.. STAY TUNED :)

History

Rail transport in India is one of the most common modes of long-distance transport. Rail operations are largely run by a state-owned company, Indian Railways. The rail network traverses the length and width of the country, covering a total length of 63,140 km. it is said to be the 4^th largest railways network in the world, transporting over 7 billion passengers and over 350 million tonnes of freight annually. Its operations cover twenty-five states and three union territories and also link the neighboring countries of Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Railways were introduced to India in 1853, and by the time of India’s independence in 1947 they had grown to forty-two rail systems. In 1951 the systems were nationalized as one unit - Indian Railways – to form one of the largest networks in the world.

Hazrat nizamuddin station is located near the nazrat nizamuddin dargha, were the shrine of Hazrat Shaik Khwaja Syed Muhammad Nizameddin Auliya is located and therefore is also named after him. Hazrat Nizamuddin was a famous sufi saint of Chisthi order and believed in drawing close to god through renunciation of the world and service to humanity. Hazrat Nizamuddin was built to ease the congestion on New Delhi railway station and since then have been a key interchange station for trains headed to west and central India nearly 200 trains operate from the station, 44 of which originates or terminate there. The passenger’s footfall is more than two lakhs per day, many of them foreigners.

                                                      (Pic credit: GOOGLE IMAGES)


(KRITIKA SAIGAL urf PASSENGER)