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DELHI METRO RAIL
CORPORATION (DMRC) |
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Date-wise Events |
- December 24, 2002: It was
opened on this day.
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Description |
- DMRC is a metro rail system serving Delhi, Gurgaon,
Noida, and Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region of
India.
- Delhi Metro is the world's thirteenth largest metro
system in terms of length and a member of Nova Group of
Metros.
- Delhi Metro is India's third urban mass rapid
transportation system, after the Kolkata Metro and Chennai
MRTS.
- As of October 2014, the network consists of five
colour-coded lines (Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Violet), plus
a sixth Airport Express line, with a total length of 193
kilometres (120 mi), serving 140 stations (with 6 more
Airport Express stations), of which 38 are underground, five
are at-grade, and the rest are elevated.
- All stations have escalators, elevators, and tactile
tiles to guide the visually impaired from station entrances
to trains.
- It has a combination of elevated, at-grade, and
underground lines, and uses both broad gauge and standard
gauge rolling stock. Four types of rolling stock are used:
Mitsubishi Rotem broad gauge, Bombardier Movia, Mitsubishi
Rotem standard gauge, and CAF Beasain standard gauge. It was
opened on this day.
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