New Delhi Metro Leonid A. Chindelevitch MIT India Reading Group Tuesday, June 2 nd 2010.

New Delhi Metro

Leonid A. Chindelevitch

MIT India Reading Group

Tuesday, June 2nd 2010

Outline

The Need

The History

The Project

The Finances

The Future

Outline

The Need

The History

The Project

The Finances

The Future

By the NumbersIn 2030:

40% of Indians to live in cities

70% of jobs to be in cities

Invest:

$1.2 trillion in infrastructure

Pictorially

Outline

The Need

The History

The Project

The Finances

The Future

The Manager

The TimelineDelhi Metro Rail Corporation 1995

Physical construction begins 1998

First line inaugurated 2002

Phase I completed 2006

Phase II to be completed 2010

Outline

The Need

The History

The Project

The Finances

The Future

The Trains

Phase I Phase II

Some NumbersNumber of trains: 107

System length: 110 km

Number of stations: 97

Operating hours: 6AM-11PM

Daily ridership: 1 million

Monitoring

Maintenance

Outline

The Need

The History

The Project

The Finances

The Future

RevenuesTickets: Rs. 8 - 30 / ride

Movie shoots: Rs. 1 lakh / hour

Advertisements:delhimetrorail.com

Total (2009): Rs. 723 crore

Profit (2009): Rs. 90 crore

Buying Tickets

Outline

The Need

The History

The Project

The Finances

The Future

Phase IIITotal length:

112 km

Deadline: 2015

Localities include:

Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Faridabad

Phase IV

Total length: 109 km

Deadline: 2020

Localities include:

Mukundpur, Palam, Najafgarh

The Environment

Environmentally friendly construction

Rainwater harvesting on the blue line

Carbon credits; ISO 14001 certificate

Uses a regenerative braking system

However, many concerns still remain