Exactly five years ago Delhities were introduced to an all new travel experience as the first stretch of Delhi Metro between Shahdara and Tis Hazari was thrown open to the public on December 25, 2002. Since then, Delhi Metro trains have run 2.25 crore kms and the number of stations have increased from 6 to 59
The highest number of passengers that Delhi metro carried in a day is a staggering 27.1 Lakh on August 4, 2014.
As construction is on to add 79 stations and 500 trains to the Delhi Metro network, Times City traces the major achievements and grey areas in the journey so far.
The DMRC stations and platforms look spick and span despite the fact that there are no dustbins anywhere (apart from the restaurants). This is something Modi Ji would be very proud of!
It has an account of the first day of Metro's operation, December 25, 2002, when about 12 lakh people queued up for a ride at six stations, forcing DMRC to issue a public appeal asking commuters to defer joyrides.
Most of the metro station in the blue line of Delhi metro conduct rain water harvesting as an environment measure taken up by DMRC
Delhi Metro is the world's 12th longest metro system in length and 16th largest in ridership
Daily ridership average 2.76 million and Annual ridership 1001 million !!
Delhi metro is a life saver would be summing it up all wrong. Saying it’s a transformation device of Delhi would be reducing the impact it has had in Delhi. It is something that every college kid makes memories in, it is something that every father travels in to get the rations for the house, it is something that actually shows Delhi’s equality; Delhi metro is something that Delhi lives in. It’s Delhi’s very own life pulse.
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