NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro is set to add 15 new interchange stations, of which five would be triple-interchange hubs. This will happen as Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is laying eight new corridors under its phase IV and phase V(A) expansion plans.Currently, DMRC has 31 interchange stations, including two on the Aqua Line (Noida-Greater Noida)…
New Delhi: Delhi Metro suspended operations at 17 of its stations across central Delhi for seven and a half hours Wednesday on the directions of police, citing security reasons and inconveniencing thousands of commuters.Trains passed through the affected non-interchange stations without halting, leaving many stranded on platforms and inside trains. It was only at 6.25…
New Delhi: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will carry out a feasibility study for an integrated double-decker flyover-cum – metro corridor along the proposed Keshav Puram-Rohini Sector 34 corridor. This 16.3-km corridor is part of DMRC’s Phase-V(B) expansion. It is one of the seven proposed expansions, whose final approval is awaited. If found feasible, this…
New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Thursday started the construction of the Inderlok–Indraprastha corridor, which is an extension of the Magenta Line.The construction of the diaphragm wall at the Sarai Rohilla metro station site kicked off the work.Chief minister Rekha Gupta, who started off the construction, said the network’s expansion is a major…
New Delhi: Deep below the city’s crowded roads, historic neighbourhoods and bustling commercial hubs, nine tunnel boring machines (TBMs) are at work across Delhi.These TBMs are machines used to excavate tunnels with a circular cross-section. The macines can bore into a variety of soil and rock strata. They can be designed to bore through anything…
