DELHI METRO
Delhi metro was a dream of layman In Delhi .When they saw a subway train in london and in japan.The journey of metro started actually in may 1995 when Delhi Metro Rail corporation was registered. The steady increase in the Delhi metro is due to the able leadership of Managing director Dr E Shreedharan .He played a significant role in Delhi metro construction.E Shreedharan's professional work culture'high values's ,social responsibilities ,Safety policies and honest dedication towards work make it possible and laid an example for whole country as it looked impossible due to congestion on roads and political interference in india.Delhi metro has evolved as a world class organisation under the honest and dedicated leadership of Shri EShreedharan .For building Delhi metro he is also popular by the name Metro Man.Delhi metro now has a vast network in Delhi and national capital region The total length of its network is 348kms with 10 lines and 284 operational stations as on june 2020.The construction work for fourth phase is currently is on
The pink line is second new line to be opened in phase 3 of Delhi Metro. It was partially opened on 14 March 2018 with a further extension on 6 August 2018.Currently the line is opened between Majlis park to Mayur vihar pocket 1 and Trilokpuri sanjay lake to shiv vihar. On 31 October 2018 lajpat Nagar to Mayur Vihar pocket 1 section opened .only 1.5 km section between Mayur vihar pocket 1 to tirlok puri sanjay lake is left due to land acquisition.
GENESIS OF DELHI METRO
The central road institute Carries out a bulk study on traffic and travel characteristics of Delhi,based on transport demand projection for 1981 and submits its report. In 1975 the metropolitan transport project Delhi conducts surveys and recommends a mass rapid transit system (MTRS) network comprising of 36 km of underground corridors and 97km of surface/elevated corridors. In the year 1984 Delhi development authority presented a plan for the city traffic in projection of 2001 and recommended multi model transport system comprising 200km light rail transit system 10km of tramway and extension of surface rail system and an extensive road network. The urban arts commission suggested modification and development of the existing ring railway with three radial under ground mass transit corridors.
1n the year 1987 the ministry of railways appointed task force to assess the choice of technology and recommended a pilot project based on magnetic levitation system and light rail transit system. In the year 1990 The Rites Limited submitted a feasibility report on integrated multi model mass rapid transport system .Rites recommended a dedicated bus and metro corridors of total length of 199 km approximately. But finally in the year 1995 The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited was registered on may 3 1995 under the companies act 1956. It has equal equity of state and central government. DMRC is a special purpose organisation vested with great autonomy and power to execute this gigantic project involving many technical complexities under difficult and congested urban conditions and with in a very limited period of time. In the September 1996 the government of india approved the first phase of Delhi Metro .The construction work on Delhi Metro Project started on October 1,1998.Metro first runs on 25 December 2002 between shahdara to Tis Hazari on red line.
BENEFITS OF DMRC
Delhi became capital in the year 1912 under the British RULE. Then it was clean and beautiful city. Everyone wanted to live here .Made initially to cater the population of 70000 the total population of delhi when Metro started was 18 million. As city grows in size the number of vehicles on the road increases. Leading to severe traffic jams chaos on the roads pollution etc. This necessitated once the level of traffic along any travel corridor in one direction exceeds 20000 persons per hour.
The studies were conducted by Government to implement of mass transit system. The study resulted in need of rail based transit system which is not only capital intensive but also has long gestation periods.
Delhi metro is a social sector project whose benefits will pervade over all sections of economy and society. A rail based transport system like Metro has a high carrying capacity and non polluting It uses one fifth of energy per passenger km compared to road based system.Moreover it is fast reliable comfortable safe pollution less for passengers.
It also benefits those who are not using it
By reducing congestion on road thus makes road travel in the city faster.
By reducing pollution level
By saving energy benefits economy
By saving man hours
The metro has became the backbone of city transport and today people recognize it as fast reliable and comfortable means of travel.
METRO STATIONS
Metro stations are designed such that maximum number of commuters can enter and exit in shortest possible time.Every station has a concourse where token counters and automatic fare collection gates are located and platforms level from where trains can be boarded .Movements in the different level of the station can be done by stairs escalators and elevators. Most of the stations are provided with the parking facility. A customer care centre is located near automatic fare collection gates at all stations.
Delhi metro has revolutionised the way the people of the city commutes.Delhi metro is not just a transport system but a social platform. The people of Delhi loves to travel by it.There is a slogan also "Delhi metro mera metro " . I love to travel by metro as it is safe and comfortable and pollution free . I am passionate about it. I also met the girl in metro but cant Express my feelings because at that time I got married. My first experience of Delhi metro is in the year 2003 when on Monday I boarded it from inderlok to partap hagar by reaching inderlok station by bus.Metro has started its first commercial track on 24 December 2002 from shadara to Tis hazari.The then prime minister inaugurated it and took a joy ride with his team of officers and ministers.
METRO MAN E SHREEDHARAN JI
SHREE ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE JI ALONG WITH SHREE LAL KRISHAN ADVANI JI ENJOYING A RIDE IN METRO ON DECEMBER 24 2002
MR NARINDER MODI
The credit of this dream come true should be given to the Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji .Indian government has plans to run metro rail in Delhi from 1970 but could not execute, but Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee did it.The japanese government helped in execution of this project not only financially but also technical help was provided by japan . Japan international corperation agency had financed Delhi metro . Japan is still helping India to lay tracks for Delhi Metro in phase 4 construction work. Japan is major partner in this project .Japanese helped DNRC in all phases of construction of Delhi Metro. It might not be possible without them .Some part of its revenue is also given to japan (JICA). In case of loan provided by them.Mr E Shreedharan also known as Metro Man was the first Managing director of Delhi Metro. Due to his leadership and honest efforts Making of Delhi Metro has possible. It looks impossible to lay tracks in Delhi for metro ,as it is very congested city densely populated and the influence of politicians in india is a culture.DMRC build under ground stations in congested areas like chandni chowk and the deepest station at chawri bazar ,which was looking impassable as For Indian context. Mr E Shreedharan had also the credit of constructing konkan railways.He has made some wonders for India.He is very honest and humble man.He used to say that the reward and credit for constructing Delhi metro is not of his alone but of the whole DMRC team as he alone has not done all the work but he also says he is lucky enough to have a good team. Currently Delhi Metro 's phase 4 construction work is underway. Delhi Metro has a network of 389 kms with 284 stations and 10 lines in operation as on
July 2020.Now a days Delhi Metro is closed for commercial passenger service as for the pandemic covid 19,it is closed for first time in its 18 years of passengers service .Delhi Metro has not been closed for a single day before 22 march in its 18 years of public commute. The hard work of Mr E Shreedharan and his team paid as Delhi metro has become back bone and most popular public transport in Delhi. Mr Mangu Singh is Managing director of DMRC as Mr E Shreedharan had retired in the year 2011. Delhi Metro taught Indians that if a team take true and honest path with principles than nothing is impossible. Delhi Metro team has been given free hand it has no influence of politicians otherwise in india a bridge of 1 km took 15 years to build before the commencement of Delhi Metro. The trains and stations are clean.There are food kiosks and shops of chemist and food joints food courts etc at concourse level of stations.Eating ,drinking and smoking are prohibited in Delhi Metro.I used to travel by metro mostly from pitampura to pulbangsh and chandni chowk. Sometimes I have travelled by metro pink line to visit nizzamuddin dargah. I love to travel by metro. I have travelled thousands of times by Delhi metro and have a different stories to tell each time.The commuters in Delhi metro are from all class of the society..Mostly middle class people travel by Delhi metro. The people travel by it are mostly office staff working in government and private institutions or shop owners in old Delhi like chandni chowk and sadar bazar etc and students also used to travel by it. Sometimes it is very ranting and enjoyable ride in Delhi metro. Many of celebrities like prime minister shri Narinder modi ,shri Rahul Gandhi kapil sharma ,Tapsee pannu (actreas)Manishanker Ayer and many more have enjoyed travelling by Delhi Metro. Delhi metro is also appreciated by film and TV serial makers from Bollywood. Some movies shooting is done in Delhi metro trains and stations like Delhi 6 ,paa a film of kareena kapoor also have shooted in metro and many more. Delhi metro is the first transit system to be certified by United nations for reducing green house gas emission as it helps in reducing the pollution level by 6.3 lakes ton every year thus reducing . The US Green building council awarded green build leadership award to DMRC for the year 2017 and 2020 and many more uncountable awards were given to DMRC . If you travel by metro you are free from traffic jams ,road chaos and road rage pollution etc .Delhi metro also made travel easy in remote areas of Delhi and NCR like faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater noida ,Bahadurgarh , Gurugram and Dwarka etc where people without their own conveyance used to struggle .Trams used to run in old Delhi from 1908 upto the year 1963 from chandni chowk ,sadar bazar , Subzi Mandi Ghanta Ghar and terminated at partap bagh Tripolia gate . Pillars of electric over head electrical wire are still can be seen today in some areas like indira market.,these pillars are now used for hanging street lights.
LINES OF DELHI METRO
LINE1 THE RED LINE
Red line runs between rituals in north Delhi to Shaheed Sthal station in Ghaziabad. The total length of this line is 35 km approximately
The first section on this line and also of Delhi Metro was between shahdara to Tis Hazari which was inaugurated on December 24 2002
Subsequently opened
TisHazari to inderlok on 4 October 2003
Inderlok to Rithala on 31st March 2004
Shahdara to Dilshad garden on 4 june 2008
Dilshad Garden to shahid sthal(new bus adda) in Ghaziabad on 8 march 2019 .
Red line interchangeable with
Yellow and violet line at kashmere gate
Green line at inderlok
Pink line at Neta ji Subhash palace and welcome
In near future with blue line at mohan nagar
Line 2 The Yellow Line
Connects north Delhi to south Delhi and Gurgaon
Runs on 49 kms of track connects samaypur badli in northern outer delhi to Huda city centre in gurgaon .The northern and southern track is above ground Ie elevated and central part of the track is underground which runs through most congested areas and federal parks of Delhi.
The first underground section between kashmere gate and vishwavidyalya was opened on 20 th December 2004
Subsequently
Section between kashmere gate to central secretariat on 3 July 2005
Vishwavidyalya to jahangir puri on 4 February 2009
Qutub minar to Huda city centre on 21st june 2010 . Initially this section of the line operates separately. The chatarpur station on this line was opened on 26 August 2010 due to delay in land acquisition.
It was build in record time of nine months by prefabricated steel structure. It is the first station to be completely made of steel.
The connecting link of central secretariat to Qutub Minar was opened on 3 September 2010.
Between jahangir puri to Samay our Badli on 10 November 2015.
Yellow line interchangeable with
Red line at kashmere gate
Blue line at Rajiv chowk
Violet line at kashmere gate and central secretariat
Airport Express line at New Delhi railway station
Pink line at azadpur and INA
Magenta line at hauz khas
Rapid metro at sikanderpur gurgaon
And indian railways at chandni chowk and New Delhi .
The Blue Line (line 3 and 4 )
The blue line runs between Dwarka suburbs in west to satellite city noida in south east .The total LENGTH of this line is 57km approx.
The first section between Dwarka to Barakambha road was inaugurated on 31st December 2005.
Subsequently operational
Between Dwarka to Dwarka sec 9 on 1st April 2006
Between Barakambha road to indraprastha on 11 Nov 2006
Indraprastha to yamuna bank on 10 may 2009
Yamuna bank to Noida city centre on 12 November 2009
Dwarka sec 9 to Dwarka sec21 on 30 October 2010
It crosses yamuna river between yamuna bank and indraprastha stations A branch of Blue line was inaugurated from yamuna bank to Anand vihar railway station on 8 January 2010 (6.25km ).This branch line was further extended to vaishali on 14 th july 2
Noida city centra to noida electronic city on 9 March 2019
Interchangeable at
Noida sector 52 station to aqua line (Runs in greater noida) sector 51 station of aqua line
With yellow line at Rajiv chowk
With Green line at kiri Nagar
With violet line at Mandi house
With airport express line at Dwarka sec 21
With pink line at Rajouri garden ,Mayur cigar phase ,,karkardooma and Anand Vihar
With Magenta line at janak puri west and Botanical garden.
With Indian railways network at Anand Vihar
In future at mohan nagar with Red line.
The green line (line 5)
Opened in the year 2010 ,Green line is fifth line of Delhi metro network and first line on standard gauge as opposed to previous broad gauge lines. It runs between inderlok and Brigadier Hoashiyar singh station in bahadurgarh In Haryana with a branch line from Ashok park station to kiri nagar station on blue line
This completely elevated line built as a part of phase 2 .Trains runs mostly along the busy NH 10 road in west Delhi. The line consists of 23 stations covering a length of 30 km approximately . This line also has country's first standard gauge maintenance depot at Mundka.The line was opened in two stages with 15.1 km Inderlok Mundka section opening on 3 April 2010 and 3.5 km section between kiri nagar and Ashoka park Main branch line on 27 August 2011. And in phase 3 between mundka and bahadurgarh on 24 june 2018.Interchanges are available at
Inderlok with red line
Kiri Nagar with Blue line.
The Voilet line (line 6)
The boiler line is the sixth line of Delhi Metro to be opened and the second standard gauge line after Green line.The 47km long line connects Raja nagar singh station in ballabhgarh via Faridabad to Kashmere gate in Delhi.The line runs 26kms on elevated tracks and rest is underground.
The first section between central secretariat and sarita vihar was inaugurated on 3rd October 2010.,just hours before the inaugural ceremony of 2010 commonwealth games and connects jawaharlal nehru stadium which was the venue for the opening and closing ceremony of the event .This section was completed in a record time of just 41 months.
On 14 January 2011 the section between sarita vihar and badarpur was opened for common public adding three stations and completion of the line for phase 2.
The section between Mandi House and Central secretariat has opened on 26 june 2014.
After this the 971 metres long section between ITO andMandi House was opened on 8 june 2015.
It commences it operations in Faridabad on 6 September 2015 by adding line from Badarpur station in Delhi to Escort majesar in faridabad .All the 9 stations on this section were awarded the platinum rating for adherence to green building norms,by Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) which has designed a rating mechanism for buildings on a scale of platinum, Gold,silver etc for following the green building specifications
The ITO to kashmere gate corridors was thrown open for public on 28 May 2017 .The ITO kashmere gate corridor is also called as Heritage line as this line runs near Red fort ,jama masjid
Ferozshah kotla fort historical buildings.
Interchangeable at
With Red line at kashmere gate
With yellow line at kashmere gate and central secretariat
With blue line at Mandi House
With pink line at lajpat Nagar
With Magenta line at kalka hi mandir.
AIRPORT EXPRESS LINE (ORANGE LINE)
The Airport Express line is 23 km long joins New Delhi station to Dwarka sec 21 via Indra Gandhi international airport .
The line was initially operated by reliance infrastructure but had failed to run it profitably and left the contract on June 30th 2013. The line was opened on 24 February 2011 as it was scheduled to be opened before the 2010 commonwealth games but had failed to obtain the mandatory safety clearance thus a delay in target date by 5 months.
After 16 months of operations the line was shut down for the repairs of viaduct on 8 July 2012.The line was reopened on 22 January 2013.
Interchanges are available
With Yellow line at New Delhi.
With blue line at Dwarka sec 21
With pink line at Dhaula Kuan station at Durga bai Deshmukh south campus station on pink line.
With Indian railways at New Delhi.
The construction work on its expansion upto ECC centre in Dwarka sec25 is currently on and will be opened by the year 2021.
THE PINK LINE (LINE 7)
This line has 38 stations from majlis park to shiv vihar both are in North Delhi. Upon completion the pink line with the length of 59 kms will be the longest line on Delhi metro network breaking the record of blue line .it is runs on U shaped track on the map as it runs along with ring road.
The pink line interchanges with most of the operational lines on Delhi Metro network.
Red line at NSP and Welcome
Yellow line at Azad put and INA.
Blue line at Rajouri Garden,Mayur vihar phae 1,Anand vihar and karkardooma.
Airport Express line at Durgabai Deshmukh south campus station Dhaula kuan station on airport Express line
Voilet line at Lajpat Nagar
Indian railways at Hazari nizzamuddin and Anand vihar.
The pink has the highest overhead track of Delhi metro network at Dhaula Kuan with height of 23.6 metres passing over Dhaula Kuan grade seprators flyover and Airport Express line
Magenta line (Line8)
The Magenta line is the first new line in 3rd phase . It was partially opened on 25 December 2017 between botanical gardens and kalka ji mandir.. The entire length of the line was opened on 28 May 2018 .Currently it runs between janak puri west station in west Delhi to Botanical gardens stations in noida covering a distance of 38 kms approximately. Total of 25 stations are operational on this line. Magenta line provides direct connectivity to terminal 1D of IGI Airport.The hauz khas station on the line is deepest station of Delhi metro network With 29 metres surpassing the depth of chari bazar station which is 22 metres.
The Magenta line interchanges with
Yellow line at Hauz khas
Blue line at Janakpuri west and Botanical gardens
Voilet line at kalka ji mandir
After completion of phase 4 of Delhi metro in 2024 Magenta line will be extended to Rk ashram marg station on Blue line from janakpuri west station joining north Delhi and will reach a total length of 48 kms
Grey Line (LINE 9)
The Grey line is shortest of all lines.The line was opened on 4 October 2019 between Dwarka and Najafgarh. It will connect Dwarka to Dhansa bus stand .It will cover around 4.3 kms and have only four stations Dhansa bus stand ,Najafgarh,Nangli and Dwarka, the last three are operational .Dwarka bus stand station is scheduled to be opened by Dec 2020.
The line has a interchange at Dwarka station with blue line.
Rapid Metro (Gurgaon)
The operation of Rapid Metro was taken over by Delhi Metro on 22 October 2019 as it was in loss due to low ridership .The network of rapid metro is 12 kms from sec 55 and 56 in Gurgaon to Dlf phase 2.It has a interchange at sikanderpur with yellow line.
Metrolite
The two metrolie lines have been approved .These are between Rithala to Narela 22km length and from kirti nagar to Dwarka sec 25 ECC Which will be 19 kms .These two corridors of Metrolite are expected to be completed by the end of 2023 or in the beginning of 2024.
Phase 4 (under construction)
Delhi metro was planned to be build in 4 phases spread over the period of 20 years. Each phase to be completed in the time span of 5 years and completion of one phase Mark's the beginning of next phase. Phase 1 (65km) , phase 2 (125km) were completed by the years 2006 and 2011 respectively. The phase 3 lines construction was completed by the end of the year 2019 ,a delay of 3 years from originally planned completion time of 2016 .Currently phase 4 construction work is going on as its construction work began on 30 December 2019 . It is expected to add 103kms track in Delhi metro's network by the completion time of 2026.The of 103 kms in phase 4 will make network of Delhi metro 450 km long.This does not include rapid metro(12km) and aqua line (29km) the later runs in noida greater Noida in NCR. This may make our Delhi Metro 4 th largest metro system by route length after Beijing subway ,Shanghai Metro and Goungchou metro.
MR E SHREEDHARAN THE METRO MAN
E Shreedharan served Delhi metro rail corporation from 1995 to 2012 as managing director. He was awarded padma Shree in 2001 and Padma Vibhushan in 2008 by the Government. The chevalier de la edition d'hameur' in 2005 by the French Government and was named one of Asia's hero by time magazine in 2003.He was also appointed by the former UN secretary general Ban-kl-Moon to serve on the UN'S high level advisory group on sustainable transport for a period of three years in 2015.He is also a member of Mata vaishno Devi Shrine Trust.
Shri E Shreedharan was born on 12th of June 1932 in karukaputhru,Madras Presidery under British rule in Thrithala constituency kerala now .He has many achievements for many railways projects like konkan railways, Delhi metro ,Kochi metro and many more rail developments. He completed his civil engineering from Government Engineering College Kakinada (A.P). today known as JNTUK.TN Sheshan was his classmate at BEM high school and Victoria college in Palakad. For a short period of time Mr E Shreedharan worked as a lecturer in civil engineering at government polytechnic kozhikocle and a year in Bombay port trust as an apprentice. He subsequently joins Indian railways service as Engineer in 1953.
Pamban bridge
In December 1963 a cyclone washed away parts of pamban bridge that connects Rameshwaram to main land Tamilnadu. The railways set a target of six months for the bridge to be repaired. Mr Shreedharan took the charge of its construction and restored it in just 46 days.The railways minister's award was given to him for this achievement
DELHI METRO
He is appointed as managing director of Delhi metro in 1995 by then chief minister sahib Singh Verma.For his dedicated work he was recognised as Metro Man. He was retiring in 2005 but his tenure was extended as for the completion of the Delhi metro second phase in time .Under his
Guidance DMRC not only completed its construction on time but in the scheduled budget. He has the quality to isolate the work from the influence of politicians.. He retires on 31 December 2011 from Delhi metro.
DELHI METRO HELPLINE
Delhi metro has issued a helpline no which is 155370
For calling CISF helpline number is 155655
Also you can write on helpline@dmrc.org
Ridership of Delhi metro in the year 2018 19 is approximately 45 lakes per day .now a days its services are closed due to covid 19 as on 15 july 2020 from 22 march 2020.
Metro is fast and safe means of transport.CISF personnel are very honest and cooperative with commuters.CISF staff has returned many valuables and heavy cash of commuters which they have forgotten at stations or at x ray machines. The CISF staff unlike police staff have never bothered commuters for any reasons. Initially the security and frisking was done by Delhi police they used to bother and harass passengers for small things ,as they asked a commuter a young boy to show bill for the goods he was carrying which can hamper the ridership. On the other hand CISF staff is maintaining a good safe and cushioned environment for commuters so that they can enjoy the journey. The environment created by CISF personnel is also responsible for the success of Delhi Metro
Delhi metro is faster and more comfortable than your own car. Also you can't be bored while travelling in it ,as you interact with people from all the communities of society .your physical activity gets done while travelling in the metro when you walk on stairs and on station unlike your own car or a cab where you have to ride on a small seat whicb is not good for your liver health shown by medical studies. Delhi metro has also its first coach reserved for ladies thus make travel for them safe and secure .Metro was started with four coach train sets,but now with increased ridership 6 and 8 coaches trains are also running on its tracks.Delhi metro has 310 train sets in its fleet as on 15 july 2020.The waiting time for train is about 3 minutes. Trains run ar a speed of 60km maximum on elevated tracks and 80kms on at grade and underground. The Airport Express line is faster as it runs on 100 to 120km/hour speed.
Metro Museum
Delhi metro museum is south Asia 'a first modern metro museum at Patel chowk metro station
.It showcases the genesis,history and journey of Delhi metro. Ia the first of it's kind in the world as it is at operational station .Metro museums are in many European countries and in Japan also. The Delhi metro museum displays the proud photographs and exhibits awards from International community..There are many technological marvels like TBM(Tunnel boring machine) model and a tooth of TBM ,soil collection from different parts of city, helmets of different colours used by engineers and construction workers all are on display. You can watch movies and animations describes creation functioning and signaling of Delhi metro. Souvenirs such as Metro tiles, pens ,key chains and books on Delhi metro are available at museum. You can also buy a madel Metro train.Museum opens on 10 AM to 4 PM on all days except Monday.
Delhi metro first train is available at 5 am at all stations and last train at about 23.30 .Delhi metro operates over 2700 trips daily.
Delhi metro is a boon for Delhi people enjoy travelling by it.
