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This is an archive article published on May 31, 2010

Delhi Metro On track for Games

The Delhi Metro will provide easy connectivity to 10 of 11 venues of the Games-Games Village,Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium...

With the Gurgaon Metro corridor set to open in a week,the Delhi Metro’s Phase II project is well on track to meet the Commonwealth Games deadline.

* The Delhi Metro will provide easy connectivity to 10 of 11 venues of the Games — Games Village,Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium,Delhi University,Thyagaraj Complex,Siri Fort Sports Complex,National Stadium,Indira Gandhi Sports Complex,Talkatora Indoor Stadium,Yamuna Sports Complex and R K Tennis Complex.

* As of now,the Delhi Metro has a fleet of 114 commissioned trains,of which 98 trains are being used for trips — the remaining 16 trains are kept as standby on all lines and for maintenance in depots.

* The present fleet of trains traverse over 43,000 km daily,performing 1,913 train trips. The trains on Line 3/4 (Dwarka Sec-9 to Noida/Anand Vihar) perform the maximum number of trips among all lines — 566 — covering almost 21,000 km in a day.

* The Delhi Metro has so far recorded its highest ridership on May 24. The footfall stood at 11,34,756 passengers and the Metro earned a revenue of Rs 1.92 crore.

* The Delhi Metro claims to have been able to maintain an operational punctuality rate of 99.34% in the first quarter of 2010.

* The ridership of the Delhi Metro is expected to go up to 20 lakh by September 2010,the scheduled time for the completion of Phase II.

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* DMRC will add 86 stations and a network of 128.06 km,a total of 110.99 km in Delhi and 17.07 km in NCR,in Phase II.

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