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Jul03
Security on subway systems
The point has sometimes been made that security on systems like the London Underground cannot be too intensive or London would stop. People say you cannot screen or search the bags of passengers going into the underground.
Yet it is done on the New Delhi metro.
When you go into the paid area of the station, you have to pass through a detector arch. If you are carrying a bag, you are usually directed to a side table for it to be searched. And because of the large Muslim population, there are separate searchers for male and female passengers.
It works, although it can cause horrendous queues at times. But people know it's going to happen and allow for it.
OK, London Underground carries nearly 3 million passengers a day, compared with 800,000 on the Delhi metro - but that has a smaller network and fewer stations.
You can have security checks at major stations!
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