Delhi metro presentation(SCHOOL/COLLEGE)

DELHI METRO

DELHI METRO

INTRODUCTION  A rapid transit system serving Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida in the National Capital Region of India.

Network consists of six lines.

140 stations of which 35 are underground.

The power output is supplied by 25 kv,50 Hertz alternating current through overhead catenary.

The trains have six coaches after CWG.

Has a carrying capacity as high as 60,000 – 80,000 phpdt (peak hour peak direction traffic).

The metro has an average daily ridership of millions of commuters .

ADVANTAGES

• Requires 1/5th energy per passenger km. compared to road – based system.

• Causes no air pollution in the city and lesser noise levels.

• Occupies no road space if underground and only about 2 metre width of the road, along central median, if elevated.

• Is more reliable, comfortable and safer than road based system.

• Reduces journey time by anything between 50% and 75% depending on road conditions

Line Stations Length

(km)Terminals

Red Line 21 25.15 Dilshad Garden - Rithala

Yellow Line 34 44.65 Jahangir Puri - Huda city centre

Blue Line 44

6

50

6.25

Noida city centre/Vaishali - Dwarka Sec21

Green Line 5 18.46 Inderlok / Kirti Nagar - Mundka

Violet Line 15 20.04 Central Secretariat - Badarpur

Airport Express 6 22.70 New Delhi - Dwarka

Current routes..

CURRENT ROUTES

The network comprising six lines with 140 metro stations.

CURRENT ROUTES

RED LINE

The Red Line was the first line of the Metro to be opened and connects Rithala in the west to Dilshad Garden in the east, covering a distance of 25 kilometres .

Is partly elevated and partly at grade, and crosses the Yamuna River between Kashmere Gate and Shastri Park stations.

Interchanges are available with yellow line at Kashmiri gate with green line at Inderlok and with the Indian Railways network at Shahdara.

YELLOW LINE The Yellow Line was the second line of the Metro and was the first underground line to be opened.

It runs for 45 kilometres from north to south and connects connects  Jahangirpuri with HUDA City Centre.

This line also possesses the country's deepest Metro station at Chawri Bazaar, situated 30 metres (98 ft) below ground level.

Interchanges are available with the Red Line at Kashmere Gate , Blue Line at Rajiv chowk and with the Indian Railways network at 

New Delhi railway stations .

BLUE LINE

The Blue Line was the third line of the Metro to be opened, and the first to connect areas outside Delhi.

Partly overhead and partly underground, it connects Dwarka in the west with Noida and  Vaishali in the east, covering a distance of 50 kilometres.

Interchanges are available with the Yellow Line at Rajiv Chowk ,with Green Line at Kirti Nagar and with the Indian Railways network at the Anand Vihar Railway Terminal .

GREEN LINE

Opened in 2010.

The fully elevated line connects Mundka with Inderlok / Kirti Nagar, running for 15 kilometres .

Interchange are available with Red line at Inderlok and with Blue Line at Kirti Nagar.

VIOLET LINE

The Violet Line is the most recent line of the Metro to be opened.

The 20 km long line connects Badarpur to Central Secretariat, with 9 km (5.6 mi) being overhead and the rest underground.

Completed in just 41 months, it connects several hospitals, tourist attractions and a major industrial estate along its route.

Interchange is available with Yellow Line at Central Secretariat.

AIRPORT EXPRESS

The Airport Express line runs for 22.7 km (14.1 mi) from New Delhi Railway Station to Dwarka Sector 21, linking the Indira Gandhi International Airport.

The line is operated, by the Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt. Limited (DAMPEL), a subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure, the concessionaire of the line.

TICKETING..

Delhi Metro commuters have three choices for ticket purchase.:

Tokens - are valid only for a single journey on the day of purchase and the value depends on the distance travelled, with fares for a single journey ranging from  Rs. 8  to  Rs. 30 .

 Travel cards - available for longer durations and are most convenient for frequent commuters. They are valid for one year from the date of purchase or the date of last recharge, and are available in denominations of  Rs.50 to  Rs.950.

Common Travel cards -A common ticketing facility for commuters travelling on Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses and the Metro was introduced in 2011.

On July 13, 2009, a crane that was removing the debris collapsed, and with a bowling pin effect collapsed two other nearby cranes, injuring six.

On July 22, 2009 a steel beam fell on a worker at the under-construction Ashok Park Metro station, killing him.

Over a hundred people, including 93 workers, have died since work on the metro began in 1998.

Accidents

Irrespective of all this …

Delhi Metro is a boon to Delhi and has greatly impacted the lives of people living there by giving them good service and saving their time!!!!!

THANK YOU

BY :

ROHIT SINGH

KUNAL CHOUDHARY