INDIA: Delhi Metro Rail Corp Managing Director Mangu Singh rode on a test train between Tikri Kalan and Bahadurgarh City Park on the western extension of Line 5 on December 13. Test running on the extension began on December 9.
The 12 km extension from Mundka to Bahadurgarh City Park is part of the Phase III expansion of Delhi’s metro network. It runs on an elevated alignment, serving seven stations including three in the province of Haryana. Bombardier has supplied Cityflo 350 signalling.
INDIA: The latest section of the Delhi metro network opened to passengers on May 28, when Minister of Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu and Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal flagged off the first train on the ITO – Kashmere Gate section of Line 6. With this 5·2 km extension, the ...
INDIA: A 4·4 km northern extension of Delhi Metro’s Line 2 was inaugurated on November 10. The elevated alignment runs from Jahangirpuri to Samaypur Badli. The three stations are equipped with rooftop solar panels and rain water is collected for reuse. The extension forms part of the Phase ...
INDIA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the 13·9 km southern extension of Delhi metro Line 6 (Violet) from Badarpur to Escorts Mujesar in the satellite city of Faridabad on September 6. This takes the metro over the border from the capital territory into the state of Haryana. Revenue services began ...
