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Monday, December 25, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra flags off Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line Monday Dec 25,2017



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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