Delhi Metro Route

Delhi Metro Lines & Terminal Stations 2024

Status: AC = Active, UC = Under Construction, AP = Approved for Construction, PL = In Plan

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Note:

• 10% discount continues on every journey made by the passengers using Smart Card.
• An additional 10% discount will also be given to the passengers using smart card who exit from Metro system during off peak hours, i.e.
• Start of revenue services to 08:00 AM.
• From 12 Noon to 05:00 PM.
• From 09:00 PM to closing of revenue services.
• The discount is applicable from Monday to Saturday only except National Holidays.

• Tourist Card for 1 day and 3 days validay will be available for Rs.200/- and Rs. 500/- respectively. This includes refundable security deposit of Rs. 50/-.

• Install DMRC Travel APP (Visit the official app store for your device, such as the Apple App Store for iOS or the Google Play Store for Android. Search for "DMRC Travel App" or Click on https://qrticket.dmrc.org/qrapp)
• Login using your valid credentials
• Proceed to Book Tickets (QR ticket)
• Select Source and Destination
• Select number of passengers
• Proceed for payment
• Get the QR-code/ticket
• Present the same QR code on the gate scanner to make entry & exit
• Validity of QR based ticket: Can be purchased only after the last purchased tickets have been exited with or have expired after end of business day.

• Passenger should raise ticket in support section of DMRC Travel App or
• Passenger should raise complain with Name, Email, Order ID & Transaction Id on helpline@dmrc.org
• In case Amount has been paid and QR Ticket is not generated passenger should raise complain and amount will be refunded in 3 to 7 Business days.
• In case of not travelling due to technical issue, passenger should raise complain within 1 hour of buying the ticket.

• Delhi Metro QR Code-based Tickets Now Available On IRCTC App and you can now easily get QR code-based tickets for DMRC rides too. Just use IRCTC’s Electronic Reservation Slip (ERS) and pay a small fee of Rs 5.

Interesting Facts about Delhi Metro

• Delhi metro managed by and owned by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation a joint venture between Govt. of NCT and Govt of India.
• Its first operation started in 2002 from Welcome station to Tis Hajari Station on red line.
• Delhi metro is busiest and largest metro system in India with most number of stations.
• Delhi metro serving its transit system not only to Delhi city but also NCR cities including Gurgaon, Noida, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Bahadurgarh.
• Currently Delhi metro has 10 active metro lines and contains almost 350 km of tracks.
• Delhi metro has various platform system including underground, elevated and ground level.
• Delhi metro consists of radial lines, circular line and semi-circular line.
• Delhi metro trains runs at upto 80km/h and stops at each stations for 20 sections normally.
• Delhi metro trains have various numbers of coaches like 4, 6 or 8 coaches, have a frequency of 1-4 minutes during peak hours and 5-10 minutes during non-peak hours.
• Hauz Khas metro station (Pink Line), 29 metres below the ground, is the deepest station while the crossing of Pink and Orange Lines in Dhaula Kuan metro station is the highest point on the system, 23.6 km above the ground.
• Elattuvalapil Sreedharan (an Indian civil engineer and a retired IRSE officer), first Managing Director of Delhi Metro, is popularly called the Metro Man.

About Delhi Metro

• The concept of mass rapid transit for New Delhi first emerged from a traffic and travel characteristics study that was carried out in the city in 1969.
• In 1984, the Urban Arts Commission came up with a proposal for developing a multi-modal transport system, which would consist of constructing three underground mass rapid transit corridors.
• Government of Delhi jointly set up a company called the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on 3 May 1995.
• Physical construction work on the Delhi Metro started on 1 October 1998.
• The DMRC then hired the Hong Kong MTRC as a technical consultant on rapid transit operation and construction techniques.
• The Delhi Metro Construction proceeded smoothly, except for one major disagreement in 2000.
• The first line of the Delhi Metro, the Red Line, was inaugurated by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the then Prime Minister of India on 24 December 2002.
• Delhi Metro stations began to open progressively from 25 December 2002 to 11 November 2006 in Phase I on Red Line, Yellow Line and Blue Line.
• In Phase II, Delhi metro stations progressively became operational from 4 June 2008 to 27 August 2011. In this time period Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh states are easily connected.
• Delhi Metro in Phase III construction work started in 2011 with 2016 being the planned deadline. But work for the original was completed in March 2019 and fully completed in on 18 September 2021 with the opening of the Grey Line.
• The construction work of Delhi Metro Phase IV started in March 2019 with 3 priority corridors, after the completion of Phase IV, the length of Delhi Metro will be more than 450 km.
• Phase IV Work completion of the Delhi Metro may make Delhi Metro the 7th longest metro system by route length in the world.
• Delhi Metro was planned to be built in phases spread over approximately 20 years with each phase having a target of five years to be completed and the end of one phase marking the beginning of another.

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