DELHI METRO (DMRC): LENGTH, ROUTE & FARE, LINES, RANK, MAP, SPEED, FUTURE EXPANSION & FULL DETAILS.

Delhi Metro 

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INTRODUCTION :

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC) was registered on 3^rd May 1995 under the Companies Act, 1956 with equal equity participation of the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) and the Central Government to implement the dream of construction and operation of a world- class Mass Rapid Transport System (MRTS).

The Delhi Metro has been instrumental in ushering in a new era in the sphere of mass urban transportation in India. The swanky and modern Metro system introduced comfortable, air conditioned and eco-friendly services for the first time in India and completely revolutionized the mass transportation scenario not only in the National Capital Region but the entire country

The DMRC opened its first corridor between Shahdara and Tis Hazari on 25^th December, 2002.

 Presently, the Delhi Metro network consists of about 389 Km with 285 stations. The network has now crossed the boundaries of Delhi to reach NOIDA and Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Bahadurgarh and Ballabhgarh in Haryana. 

A company under the name DELHI METRO RAIL CORPORATION was registered on 03-05-95 under the Companies Act, 1956. DMRC has equal equity participation from GOI and GNCTD.

Delhi Metro Map:

To view DMRC metro map:  click here

DMRC Fares:

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LINES:

·  Line 1 (Dilshad Garden - Shaheed Sthal (New Bus Adda)) - Red Line

Line - 1 (Dilshad Garden - Rithala) was made operational for commercial services in five stages:

(1) Shahdara - Tis Hazari : with effect from 25^th December, 2002 (Phase - I).

(2) Tis Hazari - Inderlok : with effect from 4^th October, 2003 (Phase - I).

(3) Inderlok - Rithala : with effect from 1^st April, 2004 (Phase - I).

(4) Dilshad Garden - Shahdara : with effect from 3^rd June 2008 (Phase - II).

(5) Dilshad Garden - Shaheed Sthal (New Bus Adda) : with effect from 9^th March 2019 (Phase - III).

·  Line 2 ( HUDA City Centre - Samaypur Badli ) - Yellow Line

Line - 2 (HUDA City Centre - Jahangirpuri) was made operational for commercial services in six stages:

(1) Vishwavidyalaya - Kashmere Gate : with effect from 20^th December, 2004 (Phase - I).

(2) Kashmere Gate - Central Secretariat : with effect from 3^rd July, 2005 (Phase - I).

(3) Vishwavidyalaya - Jahangirpuri : with effect from 3^rd February 2009 (Phase - II).

(4) HUDA City Centre - Qutab Minar : with effect from 21^st June 2010 (Phase - II).

(5) Central Secretariat - Qutab Minar : with effect from 3^rd September 2010 (Phase - II).

 (6) Jahangirpuri - Samaypur Badli ( extension of Line-2 ) with effect from 10th November, 2015 Phase III

·  Line 3 (Dwarka Sector 21 - Noida Electronic City) - Blue Line

Line - 3 (Dwarka Sector 21 - Noida City Centre) was made operational for commercial services in seven stages:

(1) Barakhamba - Dwarka : with effect from 31^st December 2005 (Phase - I)

(2) Dwarka - Dwarka Sector 9 : with effect from 1^st April 2006 (Phase - I).

(3) Barakhamba - Indraprastha : with effect from 11^th November 2006 (Phase - I).

(4) Indraprastha - Yamuna Bank : with effect from 10^th May 2009 (Phase - II).

(5) Yamuna Bank - Noida City Centre : with effect from 13^th November 2009 (Phase - II).

(6) Dwarka sector 9 - Dwarka Sector 21 : with effect from 30^th October 2010 (Phase - II).

(7) Noida City Centre - Noida Electronic City : with effect from 9^th March 2019 (Phase - III). 

·  Line 4 (Yamuna Bank - Vaishali) - Blue Line

Anand Vihar ISBT - Vaishali : with effect from 27^th January 2010 (Phase - II).

·  Line 5 (Inderlok - Mundka) - Green Line

Kirti Nagar- Ashok Park main : with effect from 27^th August 2011.

City Park (Bahadurgarh) to Mundka: with effect from 24^th June 2018.

Line 6 (Kashmere Gate- Raja Nahar Singh ) - VioletLine

Central Secretariat - Sarita Vihar : with effect from 3^rd October 2010 (Phase - II).

Central Secretariat - Sarita Vihar : with effect from 3^rd October 2010 (Phase - II).

Central Secretariat - Kashmere Gate (Line-6 Extension)

Central Secretariat - Janpath- Mandi House : with effect from 28^th June 2014 (Phase - III).

Sarita Vihar to Badarpur : With effect from 14^th January 2011 (phase-II).

 ITO station : With effect from 8^th June 2015 (phase-III).

 Sarai-Escorts Mujesar(Faridabad section : with effect from 6th september 2015) Phase III

 Delhi Gate –Kashmere Gate with effect from 28th May 2017 Phase III

·  Line 6 (Escorts Mujesar to Raja Nahar Singh (Ballabhgarh) Section) - Violet Line 

With Effect from 19^th November 2018 (Phase - III) .

·  Line 7 (Majlis Park to Durgabhai Deshmukh South Campus Section) - Pink Line

With Effect from 14^th March 2018 (Phase - III) .

·  Line 7 (Durgabhai Deshmukh South Campus to Lajpat Nagar Section) - Pink Line

With Effect from 06^th August 2018 (Phase - III) 
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·  Line 7 (Trilokpuri-Sanjay Lake to Shiv Vihar Section) - Pink Line

With Effect from 31^th October 2018 (Phase - III) .

·  Line 7 (Lajpat Nagar to Mayur Vihar Pocket-1) - Pink Line

With Effect from 31^th December 2018 (Phase - III) .

·  Line 8 (Botanical Garden- Kalkaji Mandir Section) - Magenta Line

With Effect from 25^th December 2017 (Phase - III) .

·  Line 8 (Kalkaji Mandir - Janakpuri West Section) - Magenta Line

With Effect from 28^th May 2018 (Phase - III)

·  Line 9(Dwarka - Najafgarh) - Grey Line

With Effect from 04^th October 2019 (Phase - III) .

·  AirportMetro Express Line or Orange line

New Delhi - IGI Airport(T-3)- Dwarka Sector-21 With Effect from 23^rd February 2011 (Phase - II)

PHASES:

Phase 1 & 2:

Screen shot from official website of DMRC

PHASE 3:

The 162.495 km of Phase 3 of the Delhi Metro system began in 2011. As of October 2019 – barring 3 x 1.5 km sections, this phase’s lines are commercially operational. The first section (Violet Line) opened in 2014 while the last (Grey Line) opened in October 2019. for more details click links given below.

§  Majlis Park - Shiv Vihar

§  JanakpuriWest - Kalindi Kunj

§  Centralsecretariat - Kashmere Gate

§  Jahangirpuri- Samaypur Badli

§  Badarpur- Escorts Mujesar

§  Dwarka- Najafgarh

§  Mundka- Bahadurgarh

§  DilshadGarden - Shaheed Sthal (New Bus Adda)

§  Extensionof Metro to Ballabhgarh

§  Kalindikunjto Botanical Garden

§  Najafgarhto Dhansa Bus Stand

§  Extensionof Metro from Noida 32-Noida 62  

PHASE 4:

Phase 4 approved corridors:

Screen shot from official website of DMRC

FUNDING:

The Funding of Phase 1 is:

Screenshot of Official website data

The Funding of Phase 2 is:

Screenshot of Official website data

The Funding of Phase 3 is:

Screenshot of Official website data

DMRC RANK:

Delhi metro ranks 2nd best in the world according to customer satisfaction.
Reference: 

https://trak.in/tags/business/2014/09/29/delhi-metro-ranks-2nd-best-world-customer-satisfaction/

Delhi Metro ranks 7th busiest Metro Rail Network in the World.
Reference:

 https://www.metrorailnews.in/delhi-metro-rank-seventh-busiest-metro-rail-network-world/

Delhi Metro with Total Length of 389 km ranks 7th in the World by Total length  because top 6's  are:

             1. Beijing Metro: 699.3 km
               2. Shanghai Metro: 676
               3. Guangzhou Metro: 514.8 km
              4. Moscow Metro: 408.1 km 
              5. London Metro: 402 km 
              6. Newyork Subway : 394 km






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USEFUL INFORMATION FOR PASSENGERS:

1. Cycle sharing facility: See Pdf

2. Parking facility:

• The revised commuters parking charges are given below:

• The parking charges of New delhi Airport line are given below:

• The parking charges at basements are given below:

Check the list of station with parking facility 

3. Facilities for differently abled-persons.

• Extra wide flap-gates for wheelchaires.
• Tactile path for the visually empaired.
• Provision of wheel chairs at station and reserved spaces for wheelchairs in metro train.
• Toilets for persons with disabilities.
• Ramps are provided where there is change in the level.
• Provision of hand-rails alongside stairs.
• Lifts have been provided with wide access doors, hand-rails, call-buttons in braille & at low height, audio & video indications & telephone buttons to comunicate  with CCC in emergency.
• Signage at prominant locations are provided for disabled and mobility restricted persons.
• Seats in trains have been reserved for diifferently abled / senior citizens.

List of hassle free access at metro station for differently abled persons


Note: DMRC received national award for outstanding work in creation of barrier free environment for disabled persons in year 2008.



4.Feeder buses:

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For full information regarding the feeder buses click here

5. Facility for women passengers:

Delhi Metro is fully committed towards safety and security of Women Passengers. Delhi Metro understands the needs of women passengers and In pursuit to provide safe and convenient travelling experience to Women Passengers, Delhi Metro has made following provisions;

·         Women only coach in every train.

·         Reserved seats for women in every coach.

·         Fine of Rs. 250/- on male passengers for travelling in women coach

·         Zero tolerance for drunkards and trouble makers.

·         CCTV surveliance at stations, platforms and  in train coaches.

·         Patrolling of the platform after sunset hours have been intensified by security forces(CISF).

·         Quick reaction teams has been deployed to nab the offenders.

·         Ladies CISF staff has been deployed at stations for frisking of lady passengers.

·         Teams are deployed for checking male commuters travelling in Ladies Coach.

·         Special drive in first week of every month has been launched.

6. DMRC Mobile Application: DMRC releases mobile application to users for easy & convenient access & to avoid hassle during journey, It has all information regarding the customers choices and needs. It's easy to use & u can download it from below:
 To download application For android users Click here

    
 To download application For iOS / Apple users Click here


 The interface of mobile look like this

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TOP SPEED OF DELHI METRO:

DMRC Metro top feasible speed is 80 Km/h and average speed is between 32 km/h-35 km/h and highest acheived speed is 100 km/h..

New Delhi Airport Express Line top speed is 120 km/h and average speed is about 55km/h. It is the fastest metro train in India and highest acheived speed is 132 km/h.

Sources: 

1. https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-speed-of-metro-trains-in-India

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi_Metro

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi_Airport_Metro_Express 

FUTURE EXPANSION:

DELHI METRO PHASE IV:

Delhi government had approved all 6 proposed corridors which are of the 103.95 km length in december 2018.

But the Union Cabinet's on March 7 ,2019 had approved only 3 out of 6 proposed routes which are Majlis Park-Maujpur,  RK Ashram- Janakpuri West and Aerocity-Tuglakabad corridor with expected completion date of 2026.

Now the phase IV will only be 61.679 km with 46 metro stations of which 17 will be elevated.

The total cost is pegged around 25,000 crore, which will be partially shared by the Delhi Government.

After completion of Phase IV total length of Delhi Metro would be exceed 450 km and this may make Delhi Metro the 4th longest metro system by route after Beijing subway, Shanghai metro, Guangzhou metro in the world.

Proposed Phase V:

Former Managing Director of DMRC Shreedharan stated that by the time Phase IV is completed, the city will need Phase V to cope with rising population and transport needs. 

Planning work for Phase V has not started. However the following corridors, while not specifically tied or approved to any expansion phase have been suggested to be constructed in the near future:

• Western Peripheral Expressway metro in Haryana along the existing road expressway.
• Yamuna Bank – Loni Border: 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) long, dropped from Phase IV expansion.
• Najafgarh – Narela : proposed for inclusion during the planning of Phase III to be constructed in either Phase III or Phase IV but subsequently dropped for both. A similar line was proposed again during the later stages of planning for Phase IV, this time it was proposed to run between Dwarka – Prem Piao with the rest of the corridor to Narela transferred over to an extension of the Red Line.
• The Red Line extension to Narela was approved for Phase IV but the remaining section between Dwarka – Prem Piao was subsequently dropped from Phase IV. Rithala to Narela portion has been approved and included in the phase-IV.
• Raja Nahar Singh – Rundh: Southern extension the Violet Line.
• Kashmere Gate – Wazirabad Surghat: Northern extension the Violet Line.

Metrolite:

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Delhi government started the first metrolite concept in india.

The maximum speed Operational speed of metrolite is 60 km/h but it's speed is  restricted to 25 km/h. The train capacity is to carry around 300 passengers according to sources.

Two light rail lines have been approved: between Kirti Nagar – Dwarka ECC (Sector 25) (19 km) and between Narela and Rithala (21.7 km).

According to the sources, The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs is planning to starts metrolite system for the remainning 3 corridors which are Inderlok-Indraprastha, Lajpat Nagar-Saket G-Block and Rithala-Bawana-Narela corridors covering of 42.28 km.

For full details about Metrolite in Delhi  Click here

Haryana & UP Conectivity:

Haryana projects

• Narela to Sonipat – approved:
  An extension of Red Line. In June 2017, the Government of Haryana's cabinet approved the investment of INR 968.20 crore (US$150 million), as its share on the 80:20 equity ratio with the union Government, for the 4.86 kilometres (3.02 mi) extension of Delhi Metro from the existing Rithala metro station to Sonipat via Bawana with three elevated stations at Sector 5 of Narela in Delhi, on Delhi border at Kundli Industrial Area and Nathupur Industrial Area in Sonipat, which are planned to be built as part of Phase IV.
• HUDA City Centre to Gurgaon railway station – approved 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) long line that is envisioned to be a metro ring around Gurugram. The proposal was prepared in November 2017 for the two routes: one is Yellow Line extension from HUDA City Centre to Gurgaon railway station and another from IFFCO Chowk – Dwarka Sector 21.
• HUDA City Centre to Manesar City – approved: An extension of Yellow Line, included in the Gurugram Masterplan 2031, approved by the Haryana govt will go up to Panchgaon Chowk in Manesar,
• City Park – Rohtak City: A Green Line extension. As of July 2017, proposed only and not yet approved.
• Ballabhgarh – Palwal City – Jewar International Airport: An extension of Violet Line. As of July 2017, proposed only and not yet approved.
• Dhansa Bus Stand – Jhajjar City: A Grey Line extension, proposed only and not yet approved.
• Old Gurgaon – Old Faridabad via HUDA City Centre – Greater Noida Not yet approved.

Uttar Pradesh (UP) projects

• Shiv Vihar – Baghpat: Pink Line extension. Proposed only, not approved.
• Noida – Noida International Airport: a 35 kilometres (22 mi) long surface running line along the Yamuna Expressway serving the proposed new Noida International Airport. The line is envisioned to be completed by 2025 and will connect with the Noida Metro.

Note: Delhi government also planning to built RRTS (rapid rail transit system) to connect Neighbour cities which are Delhi-Meerut , Delhi-Alwar, Delhi-Panipat corridor.
& the construction work of Delhi-Meerut corridor is already started with expected completion date december 2025.


Conclusion: I hope  all the mentioned details would be helpful to you and Delhi metro running from last 18 years and best performing metro in india. It is pride of india and I hope you gotta chance to ride & experienced it