Metro

BUSINESS SCHOOL OF DELHI PGDM(2011-13)

A GROUP PROJECT ON DELHI METRO

IN GUIDENCE OF: GROUP MEMBERS

VIJAY ANAND DUBEY ROHIT KUMAR

ADITYA KUMAR

SANJEEV KUMAR

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Delhi Metro (Hindi: दिल्ली मेट्रो DELHI Meṭro) is a rapid transit system serving Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region ofIndia. It is one of the largest metro networks in the world. The network consists of six lines with a total length of 189.63 kilometres (117.83 mi) with 142 stations of which 35 are underground. It has a combination of elevated, at-grade and underground lines and uses both broad gauge and standard gaugerolling stock. Four types of rolling stock are used: Mitsubishi-ROTEM Broad gauge, Bombardier MOVIA, Mitsubishi-ROTEM Standard gauge and CAF Beasain Standard gauge.

Delhi Metro is being built and operated by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC). As of November 2010, DMRC operates around 2,700 trips daily between 6:00 and 23:00 running with an interval of 2 minutes 30 seconds between trains at peak frequency. The trains are mainly of four coaches, but due to increase in passengers numbers, six-coach trains are also added on the Red Line (Dilshad Garden to Rithala), Yellow Line (Jahangirpuri to HUDA city centre), Blue Line (Dwarka sec −21 to Vaishali/NOIDA city centre) and Violet Line (Central Secretariat to Badarpur). The power output is supplied by 25-kilovolt, 50 Hertz alternating current through overhead catenary. The metro has an average daily ridership of 1.8 million commuters,[2] and, as of July 2011, had carried over 1.25 billion commuters since its inception.[10] The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has been certified by the United Nations as the first metro rail and...