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Driver less delhi metro

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On May 17, 2016, Minister of Urban Development of the Union, M. Venkaiah Naidu, and Delhi Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal stopped the test run of the first driverless Delhi metro train of the first hour. The test started with the Delhi Mukundpur depot and ended with the Majalis Park metro station in the Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar phase III corridor. The train would initially run for about a year by the railway operators and then completely converted to the unmanned train operation. The introduction of Metro Rail Service in Delhi has changed the face of transportation in the National Capital Territory of India. The metro was specially designed taking into account the comfort of passengers and traffic on the road. The Delhi Metro Rail Service has been valued around the world. The metro network has covered almost the entire city, and with continued expansion efforts, most neighborhoods and suburbs will be covered by the subway by the end of 2021. The Metro Rail Service has prove...

Various line in Delhi Metro started In

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Starting in July 2011, with the Airport Express Line in operation, the Delhi Metro system comprises six lines with a total length of ~ 190 km and 142 stations: The Red Line in Delhi Metro (initially Line 1) extended its total length to 24.4 km (21 stations) with the eastern extension to Dilshad Garden on June 4, 2008. The new section runs on a viaduct, parallel to the main lines. The previous expansion brought the track length to 21.3 km (18 stations) on 31 March 2004 with the opening of the section Inder Lok - Rithala. The entire section is elevated and runs on a viaduct, which was built mainly on roads midway. The first two sections of the Red Line were opened on 25 December 2002 (Shahdara to Tis Hazari - 8.3 km, 6 stations) and on 3 October 2003 (Tis Hazari to Inder Lok - 4.1 km, 4 stations) , After two extensions, the line is now 25 km long. The Yellow Line (Line 2), which was opened in two stages between Vishwa Vidyalaya (University of Delhi, Campus North) and the ...

Ministers tweets about Delhi Metro

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A tweet from  chief minister    Arvind Kejriwal, however, indicated that the political slam over the fare increase is not yet over. "Of 16, the Delhi government has five directors who oppose it, but the center is adamant." Walk too steep, the center should be more considerate to the common man, "tweeted Kejriwal. One official, meanwhile, quoted the meetings of the  DMRC  Board on Monday as saying, "The Board noted that it has no authority to delay the implementation of the FFC's recommendations." Government of Delhi Nominations to the Board , including chief secretary MM Kutty, told the board that the chief minister wanted the postponement of the postponement and set up a new FFC to examine various aspects of price fixing. " The official added that the board meeting, convened at the behest of Minister of Housing and Urban Development Hardeep Singh Puri, had discussed all the issues and informed them of the FCC's recommendations under Sectio...

Fare hike in metro affecting poor pupil

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28-year-old Abdul Wajid — a labourer working at a cardboard boxes factory in Naraina — did not take the ( http://www.delhimetrofare.in ) Delhi Metro to work. Nor did 35-year-old Brijmohan Tiwari, a security guard who lives in Janakpuri. It was the first day of the second phase of the Delhi Metro fare hike, in which the ticket prices went up by a maximum of Rs 10. So, the two took buses instead. “I leave home at 9.30 am and take a Metro from Chawri Bazar to Shadipur, and then a bus from there to the factory. It takes me 50 minutes. Now, I have to take a bus and it will take me 90 minutes or more. But I can’t afford Metro anymore,” said Wajid, who earns Rs 10,000 a month. “Before May, when the first hike took place, a ticket cost Rs 15; after May it cost Rs 20, and now it is Rs 30.” For Vicky, a 22-year-old resident of Khajuri, who polishes furniture, work takes him across the city, and the Metro is the obvious choice. “But now I hope I don’t have to travel far from home… Earli...

Delhi metro is best compares to dtc buses

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(http://www.delhimetrofare.in) Delhi Metro is the 12th longest subway system in the world in length and 16th largest in passenger shipping. The Delhi Metro is a subway system serving Delhi and its satellite cities of Faridabad, Guerugam, Noida and Ghaziabad in the capital region of India. The network consists of five color-coded lines and the faster 218-kilometer Airport Express line serving 164 stations (including 6 on the Airport Express line). Traveling in Delhi Metro (http://www.delhimetrofare.in) is faster, more comfortable and more luxurious than DTC buses. Many think that Metro can forego fare increases. Are the revised tariffs too high for Metro's service? The metro is the best public transport we have. A similar private service could be more than 10 times more expensive. Metro not only offers us the comfort of luxury travel, but also drastically shortens short travel times. If prices are not raised, the Metro may become another Indian railway or DTC - the public...

Revised fares in Delhi Metro

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If you are travelling beyond 5 km on the ( http://www.delhimetrofare.in ) Delhi Metro from today, be prepared to shell out Rs 10 extra with yet another fare hike coming into effect. The hike, which comes five months within the last one, will affect every commuter of the mass rapid transit who travels beyond 5 km, while journeys falling in the 2-5 km distance slab will cost Rs 5 more. The revised fare structure will be: up to 2 km -- Rs 10, 2 to 5 km -- Rs 20, 5 to 12 km -- Rs 30, 12 to 21 km -- Rs 40, 21 to 32 km -- Rs 50 and for journeys beyond 32 km -- Rs 60. Smart card users, who, according to DMRC's estimates, happen to be 70 per cent of the metro's total ridership, will continue to get 10 per cent discount on each ride. They will get an additional discount of 10 per cent while travelling during off-peak hours, that is from beginning of services till 8 am, between 12 pm and 5 pm and from 9 pm to end of the services. The new fares would be applicable ...