Tell about Delhi Metro and historical facts of it ?

There are a total of 139 ATM (automated teller machine) branches across Metro stations, making transactions easy while you are on the go.

Before the Delhi Metro ran across every nook and corner of the national capital, commuters had to deal with the DTC bus mania.

The fact remains that despite these problems, we never give Delhi Metro a skip. There is lot more to the metro than what meets the eye.

People would reach their destination pushing and shoving each other in crowded and crumbling buses. Within 16 years of its operation, the Delhi metro network is recognized as the best in the world.

Here are 10 interesting facts about saddi metro that you probably did not know!

With a total operational length of 327 km with 236 stations en route, the Delhi metro has joined the golden club of London, Shanghai, Beijing and New York metro network that have a metro network length of more than 300 kms

Around 2.8 million people travel everyday in eight coach metro trains where the first one in the moving direction is always reserved for women.

The DMRC stations and platforms look spick and span despite the fact that there are no dustbins anywhere (apart from the restaurants).

From not only connecting main hotspots in Delhi to NCR like Noida and Gurgaon, its automated train doors open and close more than 25 lakh times everyday!

This is something Modi Ji would be very proud of!

You call them power cuts, DMRC calls them power shifts! The momentary power lapses where lights and AC go off at certain stations are actually 'power shifts'.

Many stations even have fine art murals, exhibitions and museums that take the riders through a brief journey of the DMRC.

Signal boosters are also being installed to improve network connectivity at underground stations.

These designated sub-stations a.k.a. neutral zones supply power to the metro since it can not get the required 25000 volts from a single station.

With a depth of 30 metres, the new station has been built to connect with the old portion of Hauz Khas

Ever seen a metro with 5 or 7 coaches? No chance of that happening. This is because DMRC rails have 2 types of coaches, namely the 'driver car' and the 'motor car'.

The new station has been connected with the presently operational station through a ramp. Hauz Khas station starts near the Laxman Public school and proceeds up to almost the median of the Outer Ring Road.

The old station at Hauz Khas is 17 meters deep. For the construction of the new area, it was not possible to go below the existing station as the foundation is 32 metres and there is the foundation of the flyover on Outer Ring Road also.

They serve as one unit and cannot be used separately. Hence, Delhi metros have either 6 or 8 coaches. Always!

DMRC takes care of your journey even after you deboard the train. A lot of metro stations provide bicycles on rent for as meagre as Rs 10 for 4 hours. Just don't forget to carry a valid ID proof!

if the engineers had to construct a new station below the existing station they would have to dug 42 metres deep. Therefore, the new station has been built adjacent to the existing one at a depth of 29 metres and a length of 265 metres.

Not only this, as opposed to maximum three or four levels, Hauz Khas metro station has been designed as a five level station (rail – platform – intermediate – intermediate

Hauz Khas apart from being an interchange station also has a tunnel that runs below the existing tunnel of yellow line. In Phase 3, apart from Hauz Khas, tunnels have been constructed below operational tunnels at three other locations.

Largely unknown, DMRC and ICICI bank got together to launch a DMRC debit card which has an auto recharge facility and gives 10 % discount on metro fare and shops at metro stations

Before the Delhi Metro ran across every nook and corner of the national capital, commuters had to deal with the DTC bus mania.