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strong New Delhi:/strong Reliance Infrastructure-led Delhi Airport Metro Express will close down from Sunday for an unspecified period apparently due to some cracks in the civil structure and technical problems. The country's first public-private-partnership metro project has had a tumultuous journey in the past 16 months after it began operations in February, 2011. The Delhi Metro has received a communication from the concessionaire this evening that they intend to stop services from Sunday, Delhi Metro spokesman Anuj Dayal said. However, he did not give any reason why the Reliance Infrastructure took the extreme step of closing down the Metro services for an unspecified period. [caption id=attachment_370745 align=alignleft width=380 strong New Delhi:/strong Reliance I
E Sreedharan, the superstar engineer who presented Delhi with its state-of-the-art Metro, wants to build a similar train service in his home-state Kerala, but apparently the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and some lobbies aren't too enthused by his plan. It's shocking that the hindrance to Sreedharan's leadership role, that is delaying the take-off of the Rs. 5100 crore Kochi Metro, comes from the same organisation that he built and nurtured. Post Delhi Metro, Sreedharan had become a legendary son-of-the-soil in the state and was projected as the alternative name for Kochi Metro. The government had sought his assistance in the planning stages itself and he agreed with a promise of completing the project within a pre-set period. Both the state and the engineer wanted the new rail system to benefit from the expertise of DMRC. [caption id=attachment_499967 align=alignleft width=380 E Sreedharan, the superstar enginee
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Reliance Infrastructure engineers and workers check for faulty pillar and joints along the Delhi Metro Airport express line in New Delhi on July 12, 2012. The Delhi Metro Airport Express, which suspended its operations August 8 after major construction defects were found, is likely to resume services in late August. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Reliance Infrastructure engineers and workers check for faulty pillar and joints along the Delhi Metro Airport express line in New Delhi on July 12, 2012. The Delhi Metro Airport Express, which suspended its operations August 8 after major construction defects were found, is likely to resume services in late August. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Reliance Infrastructure engineers and workers check for faulty pillar and joints along the Delhi Metro Airport express line in New Delhi on July 12, 2012. The Delhi Metro Airport Express, which suspended its operations August 8 after major construction defects were found, is likely to resume services in late August. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
strongNew Delhi:/strong A toy replica of a Metro train that travels back and forth on elevated and underground tracks was unveiled on Thursday at the Delhi Metro museum here. The working model of Delhi Metro, which is approximately 20 feet in length, has been designed meticulously to give visitors the real feel of how a train runs in underground and elevated corridors, Mangu Singh, managing director of Delhi Metro, said at the inaugural function. [caption id=attachment_592329 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi:/strong A toy repli
strongNew Delhi:/strong Travel in Delhi Metro might get costlier five months down the line with a fare fixation committee appointed by the government expected to come out with its recommendations on fare hike by the middle of this year. Delhi Metro managing director Mangu Singh said on Thursday that the independent committee would take its own time to give its recommendations after conducting a detailed study of the ground situation. If the fare fixation committee constituted by the Union urban development ministry recommends a hike in the fare structure, it is binding of the Delhi Metro, a joint venture of the Centre and Delhi government. [caption id=attachment_592101 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi:/strong Travel in D
strongNew Delhi:/strong In an effort to prevent suicide attempts at the elevated Metro stations, the Delhi Metro after a month long survey is raising the height of platform railings, an official said Thursday. The process of increasing the height of the elevated stations' platform railings has started after we did a month-long survey. So far, we have increased the height in three Metro stations -- Nirman Vihar, Akshardham and Laxmi Nagar, a Delhi Metro official told emIANS/em. [caption id=attachment_392264 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi:/strong In an effor
strongNew Delhi: /strongDelhi's Lt Governor Tejendra Khanna has asked the Delhi Metro to extend its services to enhance safety and security of commuters in general and women in particular, an official said on Thursday. A group of college students from I P College in Delhi university and many women organisations has suggested to the Lt Governor that Delhi Metro be asked to extend services, as it is the safest mode of transport in Delhi, Ranjan Mukherjee, officer on special duty (OSD) to Khanna, told emIANS/em. [caption id=attachment_577671 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi: /strongDelhi's Lt
Delhi metro's Chariman and managing Director E. Sreedharan (L) talks with an unidentified Metro official on board a train at Indraprastha station in New Delhi, 11 November 2006. The Delhi Metro service on the Barakhamba road-Indraprastha section, linking far away Dwarka to the heart of the city, was completed two years ahead of schedule. The line -3 is the longest on the network with a length of 32 kms from Dwarka Sector -9 to Indrapratha, with 31 stations and travel time of 58 minutes to cover this distance. Delhi metro's Chariman and managing
strongNew Delhi:/strong Delhi Metro, the safest and fastest mode of public transport in the capital, completed 10 years of operations today, but the occasion was marred by closing down of busy stations near India Gate due to protests against the rape of a young girl. In view of the protests and agitations that have been rocking the city for the past week, the Delhi Metro had yesterday cancelled a function scheduled for today to commemorate a decade of operations. Nine Metro stations, including the busiest Rajiv Chowk which sees a footfall of 5 lakh on an average day, was closed down as per instructions from Delhi Police which wanted to prevent protesters from reaching India Gate. [caption id=attachment_567819 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi:/strong Delhi Metro
strongNew Delhi:/strong Problems in the Airport Metro Express have got mired in a blame game with operator Reliance Infrastructure putting the entire onus on Delhi Metro for defects in the civil structure because of which the services had to be suspended. As a joint inspection team of Delhi Metro, Reliance Infrastructure and Indian Railways gave its findings, the Government today appointed a two-member committee to find and fix responsibility for the defects that have been found in the bearings, the interface between pillar and girder. [caption id=attachment_379109 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi:/strong Problems in
Within 10 days of registering its highest ever ridership, Delhi Metro Thursday said it set a new record: nearly 22 lakh commuters. The Metro trains carried 21,95,999 passengers Wednesday, surpassing the 21,26,763 set July 23, a Metro statement said. According to Delhi Metro, daily footfall has been rising in the last four months. From 17.33 lakh in April, it jumped to 19.07 lakh in July in the initial period before touching over 21 lakh. [caption id=attachment_402062 align=alignleft width=380 Within 10 days of registering its h
Metro commuters will no longer have to stand in queues to recharge travel smart cards. The Delhi Metro has installed its first automatic add value machine and more will follow, a Delhi Metro statement said Friday. The first add value machine is installed in the Central Secretariat Metro station. The machine is touch screen-based and the passenger can recharge the smart cards avoiding long queues, the statement said. [caption id=attachment_557415 align=alignleft width=380 Metro commuters will no longer have
Following the massive failure of the Northern Power grid on July 30 and July 31 -- which plunged Delhi and over 10 other states in darkness for over 14 hours across the two days -- the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has decided to construct nine new power receiving sub-stations (RSS) and further strengthen four of its existing sub-stations for the upcoming Phase 3 Metro corridors. The commute of thousands of commuters was disrupted on the morning on July 30 and the afternoon of July 31, due to the failures. The Northern Grid supplies power to the modern Delhi Metro rail system. [caption id=attachment_410416 align=alignleft width=380 Following the massive failure of th
strongNew Delhi:/strong Delhi's showcase Airport Metro Express would be back on track after being shut for six months, but it won't be a high-speed corridor as envisaged with the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety today granting the nod for operations with a reduced speed of 50 km per hour. The speed will be reduced from 105 km per hour at which the trains ran for over a year, raising questions yet again on the construction of the corridor which is the first public- private-partnership Metro project in India. There was no word on when the line would open. An 18-20 minute journey from New Delhi Railway Station to the Terminal 3 of IGI Airport will hitherto take at least 30 to 35 minutes, effectively failing the purpose of a high-speed corridor. [caption id=attachment_594157 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi:/strong Delhi's sho
Seven states in North India have been facing a long power cut since late Sunday night. Due to a massive breakdown in the northern grid, the main power source for the affected states, there has been a massive power outage. The affected states areDelhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. There is no power in Delhi and its neighbouring states since 2 am reports a href=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/major-power-failure-in-north-india-7-states-hit/276125-3.htmlemIBN-Live/em./a According to the report, Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that it'll take another one and a houlf hour's time to restore power. My officers are on the spot. The fault is found near Agra. It will be corrected in one and a half hour time, he said. Thousands of commuters in the Delhi Metro will face a harrowing time on Monday morning as services of all the lines of the Metro have been disrupted due to tripping of power supply. Train services on the 190-km Metro network connecting length and breath of the national capital were affected due to The Northern Grid failure also caused power cuts in large parts of Delhi. [caption id=attachment_395733 align=alignleft width=380 Seven states in North India have be
An Indian Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) employee walks through a tunnel at an underground construction site at the Janpath metro station in New Delhi on April 3, 2013. Over two million passengers travel by Delhi metro and 2500 train trips are made each day. An Indian Delhi Metro Rail Corporat
An Indian Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) employee walks through a tunnel at an underground construction site at the Janpath metro station in New Delhi on April 3, 2013. Over two million passengers travel by Delhi metro and 2500 train trips are made each day. An Indian Delhi Metro Rail Corporat
An Indian Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) employee looks on at an underground construction site at the Janpath metro station in New Delhi on April 3, 2013. Over two million passengers travel by Delhi metro and 2500 train trips are made each day. An Indian Delhi Metro Rail Corporat
An Indian Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) employee walks on a beam at an underground construction site at the Janpath metro station in New Delhi on April 3, 2013. Over two million passengers travel by Delhi metro and 2500 train trips are made each day. An Indian Delhi Metro Rail Corporat
strongNew Delhi:/strong Adding yet another feather to its cap, Delhi Metro has registered an all-time record ridership of nearly 23 lakh passengers on a single day. A total of 22.89 lakh people travelled on all six operational lines of the Delhi Metro yesterday creating a record. It surpassed the earlier record set on November 27 when 22.77 lakh people traveled by the Metro. [caption id=attachment_622867 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi:/strong Adding yet
A Delhi metro train waits at the Indraprastha station platform for flag off in New Delhi, 11 November 2006. The Delhi Metro service on the Barakhamba road-Indraprastha section, linking far away Dwarka to the heart of the city, was completed two years ahead of schedule. The line -3 is the longest on the network with a length of 32 kms from Dwarka Sector -9 to Indrapratha, with 31 stations and travel time of 58 minutes to cover this distance. A Delhi metro train waits at the In
Indraprastha station's chief safety officer Virendra Singh talks over a wireless as a Delhi metro train leaves the platform in New Delhi, 11 November 2006. The Delhi Metro service on the Barakhamba road-Indraprastha section, linking far away Dwarka to the heart of the city, was completed two years ahead of schedule. The line -3 is the longest on the network with a length of 32 kms from Dwarka Sector -9 to Indrapratha, with 31 stations and travel time of 58 minutes to cover this distance. Indraprastha station's chief safety
Delhi metro trains arrives at Indraprastha station in New Delhi, 11 November 2006. The Delhi Metro service on the Barakhamba road-Indraprastha section, linking far away Dwarka to the heart of the city, was completed two years ahead of schedule. The line -3 is the longest on the network with a length of 32 kms from Dwarka Sector -9 to Indrapratha, with 31 stations and travel time of 58 minutes to cover this distance. Delhi metro trains arrives at Indra
A Delhi metro train waits at the Indraprastha station platform for flag off in New Delhi, 11 November 2006. The Delhi Metro service on the Barakhamba road-Indraprastha section, linking far away Dwarka to the heart of the city, was completed two years ahead of schedule. The line -3 is the longest on the network with a length of 32 kms from Dwarka Sector -9 to Indrapratha, with 31 stations and travel time of 58 minutes to cover this distance. A Delhi metro train waits at the In
Delhi metro trains arrives at Indraprastha station in New Delhi, 11 November 2006. The Delhi Metro service on the Barakhamba road-Indraprastha section, linking far away Dwarka to the heart of the city, was completed two years ahead of schedule. The line -3 is the longest on the network with a length of 32 kms from Dwarka Sector -9 to Indrapratha, with 31 stations and travel time of 58 minutes to cover this distance. Delhi metro trains arrives at Indra
Indraprastha station's chief safety officer Virendra Singh talks over wireless as a Delhi metro train leaves the platform in New Delhi, 11 November 2006. The Delhi Metro service on the Barakhamba road-Indraprastha section, linking far away Dwarka to the heart of the city, was completed two years ahead of schedule. The line -3 is the longest on the network with a length of 32 kms from Dwarka Sector -9 to Indrapratha, with 31 stations and travel time of 58 minutes to cover this distance. Indraprastha station's chief safety
strongNew Delhi:/strong A day after deciding to suspend operations of the 16-month-old Delhi Airport Metro Express, government today claimed the high-speed corridor would resume services in two months time after necessary repairs, but left many questions unanswered. Union Urban Development Ministry, the Delhi Government, Delhi Metro and Reliance Infrastructure were at odds to explain the decision to suspend operations for an indefinite period on the 23-km Line owing to faults in civil structure on the corridor where trains are run at a speed of 105 kmph. [caption id=attachment_370967 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi:/strong A day after
strongNew Delhi/strong: Six Metro stations in central Delhi will be closed for most of Sunday to keep protestors from reaching the homes of the Prime Minister and BJP president Nitin Gadkari. The Delhi Police has asked the Delhi Metro to close these stations from 8 am to 6 pm: Central Secretariat, Udyog Bhawan, Patel Chowk, Race Course, Jor Bagh and Khan Market. [caption id=attachment_429689 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi/strong: Six Metro s