I went to take the Metro ride on the 3rd day after the inauguration. The crowd was unbelievable. I had to stand in the queue for 30-40 minutes to get into the station. More than that, parking was a real pain in MG road metro station area.
Queue in front of the ticket counter
But once I enter the station - wow, station and the facilities definitely met my expectations. It was an eye candy and super clean. The staffs are smart and work pretty well. Not as great as an airport but definitely comparable and far better than our railway or bus station. Ticket counters are very efficient and got the ticket (tokens) in few minutes. One token will be valid only for the next 30 minutes in the entry gates.
Entry gates
Place your token or smart card on top of the sensor to open the gate. At exit you need to drop your token in the slot and the exit gate opens. My token was not working in the exit gate. They had to manually open it. Still in test phase :-)
Inside the MG Road station
Inside the Byappanahalli station
One among the 100s of photographers in the station
Waiting for the train
Finally the train arrives
Hooo huge crowd, had to fight to get in
Well packed crowd inside the metro
The train was too crowded. They should restrict the number of people boarding into the train at a time. It was almost impossible to stand inside the train.
The door open and close automatically for 30 seconds in every station
Display showing next station
Station name and the side where the door is going to open is announced in every station. Time of next train (hopefully with in 10 minutes) is displayed in the platform as soon as a train leaves the station.
To our surprise, the train was stuck in the track in between Indiranagar and Halasuru for 10-15 minutes. The display shown this message during that time.
Bad luck, it was night, missed all the great scenes I could have in the train. I will take another ride in day time soon.
