Friday, 29 July 2011

PROJECT UPDATE: PRESENT SCENARIO


DELHI

Line 1 (Dilshad Garden- rithala)

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

(1) Shahdara - Tis Hazari : with effect from 25th December, 2002 (Phase - I).
(2) Tis Hazari - Inderlok : with effect from 4th October, 2003 (Phase - I).
(3) Inderlok - Rithala : with effect from 1st April, 2004 (Phase - I).
(4) Dilshad Garden - Shahdara : with effect from 3rd June 2008 (Phase - II).

Line 2 ( HUDA City Centre - Jahangirpuri) - Yellow Line

Line - 2 (HUDA City Centre - Jahangirpuri) was made operational for commercial services in five stages:
(1) Vishwavidyalaya - Kashmere Gate : with effect from 20th December, 2004 (Phase - I).
(2) Kashmere Gate - Central Secretariat : with effect from 3rd July, 2005 (Phase - I).
(3) Vishwavidyalaya - Jahangirpuri : with effect from 3rd February 2009 (Phase - II).
(4) HUDA City Centre - Qutab Minar : with effect from 21st June 2010 (Phase - II).
(5) Central Secretariat - Qutab Minar : with effect from 3rd September 2010 (Phase - II).

Line 3 (Dwarka Sector 21 - Noida City Centre) - Blue Line

Line - 3 (Dwarka Sector 21 - Noida City Centre) was made operational for commercial services in six stages:
(1) Barakhamba - Dwarka : with effect from 31st December 2005 (Phase - I)
(2) Dwarka - Dwarka Sector 9 : with effect from 1st April 2006 (Phase - I).
(3) Barakhamba - Indraprastha : with effect from 11th November 2006 (Phase - I).
(4) Indraprastha - Yamuna Bank : with effect from 10th June 2009 (Phase - II).
(5) Yamuna Bank - Noida City Centre : with effect from 13th November 2009 (Phase - II).
(6) Dwarka sector 9 - Dwarka Sector 21 : with effect from 30th October 2010 (Phase - II).

Line 4 (Yamuna Bank - Anand Vihar ISBT) - Blue Line

Yamuna Bank - Anand Vihar ISBT : with effect from 6th January 2010 (Phase - II).

Line 5 (Inderlok - Mundka) - Green Line

Inderlok - Mundka : with effect from 2nd April 2010 (Phase - II).

Line 6 (Central Secretariat - Badarpur) - Violet Line

Central Secretariat - Sarita Vihar : with effect from 3rd October 2010 (Phase - II).
Sarita Vihar to Badarpur : With effect from 14th January 2011 (phase-II).

Airport Metro Express Line

New Delhi - IGI Airport(T-3)- Dwarka Sector-21 With Effect from 23rd February (Phase - II).
SITE MAP OF DELHI METRO, SOURCE:GOOGLE




Thursday, 28 July 2011

DELHI METRO SYMBOL OF INDIA'S PROGRESS

Elattuvalapil Sreedharan who has given the nation the hugely impressive Delhi Metro project, has been rated one of India's 50 most powerful  people by India Today magazine.The 74-year railway engineer from Kerala, now the managing director, Delhi Metro, insists he is just doing a job entrusted to him by the government.Other members involved in DMRC are as follows-
1.Chairman-Shri Navin Kumar
2.Total no of directors-16
3.Nominee of govt. of India-5
4.Nominee of govt. of NCTD-5(including MD)
5.No of full-time functional directors at present including MD-7.
The Delhi Metro, a mass rapid transit system built and operated by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), serves many parts of Delhi as well as the satellite city of Gurgaon and Noida
Delhi Metro is a world-class metro. To ensure reliability and safety in train operations, it is equipped with the most modern communication and train control system. It has state-of-art air-conditioned coaches. Ticketing and passenger control are through Automatic Fare Collection System, which is introduced in the country for the first time. Travelling in Delhi Metro is a pleasure with trains ultimately available at three minutes frequency. Entries and exits to metro stations are controlled by flap-doors operated by 'smart-cards' and contact less tokens. For convenience of commuters, adequate number of escalators are installed at metro stations.feature of Delhi Metro is its integration with other modes of public transport, enabling the commuters to conveniently interchange from one mode to another. To increase ridership of Delhi Metro, feeder buses for metro stations are Operating. In short, Delhi Metro is a trendsetter for such systems in other cities of the country and in the South Asian region.


 

DELHI METRO PLATFORM, SOURCE: GOOGLE
 


INSIDE VIEW OF DELHI METRO,SOURCE:GOOGLE