Some Interesting Facts About Delhi Metro

Before the Delhi Metro ran across every nook and corner of national capital, commuters had to deal with the DTC bus mania. People could reach their vacation spot pushing and shoving each other in crowded and crumbling buses. Within 16 years of its operation, the Delhi metro network is recognized as the best in world.

With a complete operation period of 327km with 236 stations en route, the Delhi metro has joined the golden club of London, shanghai, Beijing and New York metro community. Which have a metro network period of extra than 300 kms.

Many stations even have fine art murals, exhibition and museums that take the riders through a brief journey of the DMRC. Signal boosters are also being installed to improve network connectivity at underground station.

HAUZ KHAS ON YELLOW AND MAGENTA LINE THE DEEPEST STATION IN DELHI

With an intensity of 30 metres, the brand new station has been constructed to hook up with the antique portion of HAUZ KHAS. The new station has been constructed to relate with the currently operational station via a ramp. Hauz Khas station starts close to the laxman public faculty and proceeds up to almost the median of the outer ring road. The vintage station at Hauz khas is 17 meters deep. Therefore, the new station has been built adjacent to the existing one at a depth of 29 meter and length of 265 metres. Hauz khas apart from being an interchange station also has a tunnel that runs below the existing tunnel of yellow line. In phase 3, apart from Hauz Khas, tunnels have been constructed below operation tunnels at three other locations.

JANAKPURI WEST METRO STATION HAS THE TALLEST ESCALATOR IN INDIA

The DMRC added another feather to its cap in May last year. With an elevation of 15.6 meter, escalators at Janakpuri west on blue and magenta line have broken India’s tallest escalator record. Prior to Janakpuri west this record was held by the Mumbai terminal 2 airport where the escalators had height of 11.6 meters. The height of Janakuri-west escalators is equal to that of a five-storey building. The horizontal length is equal to 35.3 metres.

CHAWRI BAZAR METRO STATION KNOWN FOR BLEND BETWEEN HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY

The Chawri Bazaar metro station has become the second one deepest metro station after beginning of Hauz Khas with a intensity of 25 metres under the surface. Since its miles placed in vintage Delhi and close to capital’s ancient monuments like Jama Masjid and Red Fort, the metro station is known as a mix among era and historic places of Delhi.

By: Shubhi Singh

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