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The Airport Express Line or Orange Line is a Delhi Metro line from New Delhi to Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector - 25, linking Indira Gandhi International Airport. The total length of the line is 22.7 km (14.1 mi), [ 2 ] of which 15.7 km (9.8 mi) is underground [ 3 ] and 7.0 km (4.3 mi), from Buddha Jayanti Park to Mahipalpur, elevated.
Delhi metro has new line of super-fast Delhi Airport Express Line having maximum speed of 135 km/h line to connect to IGI Airport. Introduction of Monorail (45 km) and Light Rail Transit has been aborted till 2010. Reintroducing Trams in the Chandni Chowk and Red Fort areas of the city. [42] [43]
National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) is an open-loop, inter-operable transport card conceived by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘One Nation, One Card' vision. [1] It was launched on 4 March 2019. The transport card enables the user to pay for travel, toll tax, retail shopping and withdraw money.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. was created on 3 May 1995 with E. Sreedharan serving as its first managing director. [5] Sreedharan handed over charge as managing director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation to Mangu Singh on 31 December 2011. To mark its 10th anniversary in 2010, Delhi Metro introduced an 8 coach train for the first time ...
The More Delhi card was available for sale from August 2012 and can be used both in the Delhi Metro and feeder buses. Like the Delhi Metro smart card, the More card can be purchased from Rs 50 onwards. The government is planning to integrate it with Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) as well.
The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) is a joint venture company of the Government of India and the states of Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi. The NCRTC is the owner of RapidX , the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project across the National Capital Region (NCR), inaugurated on 20 October 2023. [ 4 ]
In May 2006, the management of the airport was passed over to Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), a consortium led by the GMR Group. [18] In September 2008, the airport inaugurated a 4,430 m (14,530 ft) runway. With the commencement of operations at Terminal 3 in 2010, it became India's and South Asia's largest aviation hub.
DMRC said that this was done to reduce crowding on the Blue Line, diverting some Dwarka-bound passengers to the Airport Express Line (which is underutilised and faster than the Blue Line. The line's speed was increased from 100 km/h (62 mph) to 110 km/h (68 mph) on 24 June 2023, enabling a 16-minute ride from New Delhi to IGI Airport.