By 2025, metro train services will be expanded to over 25 cities across the country, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while adding that "Make In India" is essential for the expansion.
First metro in the country was started with the efforts of Atal Ji. When our govt was formed in 2014, only 5 cities had metro services & today 18 cities have metro rail service. By 2025, we will take this service to more than 25 cities: PM Modi
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) marked a milestone on Monday, December 28 as Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first-ever driverless train operations on its 38-kilometer long Magenta Line, which connects Janakpuri West and Botanical Garden.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday will inaugurate India's first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro's Magenta Line, along with the fully operational National Common Mobility Card service on the Airport Express Line. The inauguration will be held via video conferencing. The commercial operation of these new-generation trains, set to be a major technological feat, will begin after the event, a senior Delhi Metro official said.
Passengers travelling on the Airport Line need not to buy a separate token or card to board a train. Passengers carrying a RuPay-Debit card can now gain entry into the station premises and board a train.
The driverless trains will be fully automated, which will eliminate the possibility of human error, it said, adding that after the start of driverless services on the Magenta Line (Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden), the Pink Line (Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar) of Delhi Metro is expected to have driverless operations by mid-2021.
Delhi Metro had begun its commercial operation on December 25, 2002, a day after the then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had inaugurated DMRC's first stretch, spanning 8.2 km from Shahdara to Tis Hazari with just six stations.
A gang of cheats is active in the Delhi Metro which identifies travellers from Bihar and other remote areas by their dialect. They use various techniques to dupe innocent passengers on the pretext that "Jija ji TTE hain" (Brother-in-law is TTE) and would help in getting confirmed reservation for train journeys.
In view of “Delhi chalo”, a massive protest march by farmers from Punjab, Haryana and other parts of India, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Friday announced the closure of entry & exit gates at six metro stations on the Green Line. The Delhi Metro authorities had earlier announced that services from neighbouring cities will remain suspended on Friday
Delhi Metro services will be suspended between Sultanpur and Guru Dronacharya metro stations.
Delhi Metro services will be suspended between Sultanpur and Guru Dronacharya metro stations.
The drive was initiated by the district administration and Health Department to prevent the spread of corona infections, following instructions by District Collector Suhas LY.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has changed the timings of train services on the occasion of Diwali.
The credit card facility will automatically recharge a top-up value of Rs 200 to the card from the user's linked card/bank account. In addition, this combo card can also be used for all regular credit card transactions.
The lowering work of the first-ever Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) of Delhi Metro's Phase IV has been started at Vikaspuri on the Janakpuri West-RK Ashram Marg corridor, a Metro official said.
The Delhi Police has issued 98 challans to metro passengers for violating guidelines pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said on Sunday.
A small unfinished stretch on the Delhi Metro's Pink Line was expected to be completed by September end this year but it got delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Delhi Metro will begin its services on all lines from 6 am tomorrow (Sunday), in order to facilitate the students set to appear for UPSC examinations. The DMRC in a statement on Sunday, September 20, had said that the regular timings as per earlier time table with services starting at 8:00 AM on Phase 3 sections (on Sundays) will continue.
In the view of public outrage and massive protests, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Friday announced that the entry and exit gates for Janpath metro station are closed.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Wednesday announced that the Aerocity-Tughlakabad corridor is being built as part of the Phase-4 project that has been christened as 'Silver Line'.
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