Delhi Metro

DELHI METRO

Delhi Metro is gift for Delhi. Delhi Metro is vary comfortable for travel. Delhi Metro's fare is vary cheap. Delhi metro is control the Delhi's traffic. Delhi is a famous place of India, so metro is good to travel and see the famous places in metro. Delhi Metro is being built and operated by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC). As of April 2010, DMRC operates more than 100 trains daily between 6:00 — 23:00 with a frequency of 3 to 4.5 minutes. The trains have four to six coaches and the power output is supplied by 25-kilo volt, 50 Hz AC through overhead centenary. The metro has an average daily ridership of over a million commuters, and has carried over a billion commuters in seven years since its inception. Planning for the metro started in 1984, when the Delhi Development Authority and the Urban Arts Commission came up with a proposal for developing a multi-modal transport system for the city. The Government of India and Government of Delhi jointly set up the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in 1995. Construction started in 1998, and the first section, on the Red Line, opened in 2002, followed by the yellow Line in 2004, the Blue Line in 2005, its branch line in 2009 and the Green Line in 2010. Subsequently, these lines have been extended and new lines are under construction in Phase II of the project, including the Delhi Airport Metro Express and the Violet Line which are scheduled to be completed by September 2010

 Airport Express Line

The Airport Express Line having 23 km (16 km underground and 7 km elevated) length is a high-speed Metro connection from New Delhi Railway Station to Dwarka Sector 21 through IGI Airport. This line is being built on Public Private Partnership  (PPP ) model wherein the civil structures have been built by the Government being represented by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and the system installations  as well as Rolling stock supplied, installed and operated by a private partner (i.e. Concessionaire) which in this case is a joint venture of Reliance Infra and CAF (a Spanish company). The concessionaire shall be operating the line for 30 years and share the revenue apart from license fee.