Delhi Metro | |||
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A Yellow Line train at Patel Chowk metro station | |||
Overview | |||
Owner | Delhi Metro Rail Corporation | ||
Locale | National Capital Region (NCR) | ||
Transit type | Rapid transit | ||
Number of lines | 12[1] | ||
Line number | |||
Number of stations | 288[a] | ||
Daily ridership | 46.26 lakh (4.62 million, 2022–23)[2] | ||
Annual ridership | 203 crore (2.03 billion, 2023)[b][3] | ||
Key people | Manoj Joshi (Chairman) Vikas Kumar (Managing Director)[4] | ||
Headquarters | Metro Bhawan, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi - 110001 | ||
Website | delhimetrorail.com | ||
Operation | |||
Began operation | 24 December 2002 | ||
Operator(s) | Delhi Metro Rail Corporation | ||
Number of vehicles | 336 trains[5] | ||
Train length | 4/6/8 coaches[6] | ||
Headway | 3 minutes | ||
Technical | |||
System length | 350.42 km (217.74 mi)[c] | ||
Track gauge |
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Electrification | 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead catenary | ||
Average speed | 45 km/h[7][8] | ||
Top speed | 120 km/h[9][8] | ||
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The Delhi Metro is a rapid transit system which serves Delhi and its adjoining satellite cities of Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurugram, Noida and Bahadurgarh in the National Capital Region of India.[10] The system consists of 12 colour-coded lines[1] serving 288 stations,[a] with a total length of 350.42 kilometres (217.74 mi).[c] It is India's largest and busiest metro rail system and the second-oldest, after the Kolkata Metro. The metro has a mix of underground, at-grade, and elevated stations using broad-gauge and standard-gauge tracks. The metro makes over 4,300 trips daily.[12]
Construction began in 1998, and the first elevated section (Shahdara to Tis Hazari) on the Red Line opened on 25 December 2002. The first underground section (Vishwa Vidyalaya – Kashmere Gate) on the Yellow Line opened on 20 December 2004.[13] The network was developed in phases. Phase I was completed by 2006, followed by Phase II in 2011. Phase III was mostly complete in 2021, except for a small extension of the Airport Line which opened in 2023.[14] Construction of Phase IV began on 30 December 2019.[15]
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), a Joint venture between the Government of India and Delhi, built and operates the Delhi Metro.[16][17] The DMRC was certified by the United Nations in 2011 as the first metro rail and rail-based system in the world to receive carbon credits for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, reducing annual carbon emission levels in the city by 630,000 tonnes.[6]
The Delhi Metro has interchanges with the Rapid Metro Gurgaon (with a shared ticketing system) and Noida Metro. On 22 October 2019, DMRC took over operations of the financially-troubled Rapid Metro Gurgaon.[18] The Delhi Metro's annual ridership was 203.23 crore (2.03 billion) in 2023.[b][19][20] The system will have interchanges with the Delhi-Meerut RRTS, India's fastest urban regional transit system.[21][22]
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