On the day the Delhi Metro completed 15 years, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi flags off Magenta line, a 12.64 km long section, taking the total
network size closer to 350 km. The line will be thrown open to public at
5 pm today.
After DMRC Managing Director Mangu Singh briefed the PM, he travelled in
the metro train, with others including UP Governor Ram Naik, Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and Cabinet Ministers Hardeep
Singh Puri and Mahesh Sharma. With this, Noida, a satellite city of New
Delhi, gets another metro connection to parts of the country’s capital
city - New Delhi.
The Noida-located Botanical Garden station connecting – Delhi located
Kalkaji Mandir Metro section shall be opened in the evening for
commercial operations. With this line, footfall at Noida’s Botanical
Garden station is expected to increase three times – from 30,000 to
97,000 passengers daily.
This is also Delhi Metro’s first ever corridor to use driverless trains.
According to DMRC, this is the first ever train to be used with
Communication Based Train Control (CBTC) signalling technology which
facilitates movement of trains with a frequency of 90 to 100 seconds.
The new age Unattended Train Operation (UTO) enabled trains also will be
operated for the first time on this section.
Delhi Metro is a 50:50 joint venture of the Centre and state of Delhi.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was not invited for the event.
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