Factsheet on Delhi Metro
September 4th, 2010 - 12:13 am ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Factfile on Delhi Metro:
* Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) was set up in 1995, construction started in 1998 and the first section opened in 2002.
* The total length of the Metro is 138 km, there are 16 sections and 117 stations.
* The longest lines are Dwarka Sector 9-Noida city centre and Jahangirpuri-Qutub Minar, both 45-km long.
* At 6.25 km, Yamuna Bank-Anand Vihar is the shortest line.
* The daily ridership is over a million.
* The strength of the Delhi Metro is about 6,000.
- Delhi Metro records highest ridership Monday - Jul 27, 2010
- Delhi Metro's Central Secretariat-Qutub Minar line to open Friday - Aug 31, 2010
- Delhi Metro's Central Secretariat-Qutub Minar line opens Friday - Sep 02, 2010
- Metro ridership touches 18 lakh, sets new record - Aug 02, 2011
- 12 more trains for Delhi Metro before Games - Jul 27, 2010
- Delhi-Noida metro will be operational by December (Lead) - Sep 25, 2009
- Metro's Central Secretariat-Qutub Minar line opened - Sep 03, 2010
- Nearly 30,000 use Delhi Metro in Ghaziabad on first day - Jul 14, 2011
- Delhi Metro to add 800 lifts and escalators - Jan 06, 2012
- Delhi Metro services to Ghaziabad begin - Jul 14, 2011
- Delhi-Noida metro trains to start running by end of 2009 - Sep 25, 2009
- Metro service to end at 8 p.m. Diwali (Lead) - Nov 03, 2010
- Delhi Metro gains from traffic jams, fewer buses - Sep 28, 2010
- Catch the last Metro ride at 8 p.m. on Diwali - Nov 03, 2010
- Metro, airport line to open at 2 p.m. on Holi - Mar 06, 2012
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