Delhi Metro News: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is working to increase the number of coaches in metro trains on different lines. In this episode, first two train sets with eight coaches have been prepared.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has given a big gift to those traveling between the capital Delhi and Ghaziabad of UP through Delhi Metro. Delhi Metro’s oldest red line now also has eight coaches. Metro trains will operate.
Coaches will increase in 39 trains by 2024
To provide relief to the passengers, in the first phase, two eight-coach train sets have been prepared. In a phased manner, the work of augmenting coaches in 39 trains will be completed on this line by the year 2024. With this, more passengers will be able to travel between Rithala to Ghaziabad’s Shaheed Sthal Naya Bus Adda.
People of Ghaziabad will also benefit
A metro coach can accommodate 50 passengers and a total of two hundred and fifty passengers can travel. In this way, now five hundred more passengers will travel in each round. The passengers of Ghaziabad of UP will benefit the most from this, because the Red Line Metro goes to the new bus stand.
Traveling will be easy for the passengers of Delhi Metro
Keeping in view the number of passengers, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is working to increase the number of coaches in metro trains on different lines. Eight coach conversion of all trains on Yellow Line (Samaypur Badli-Huddy City Centre) and Blue Line (Dwarka Sector-21 to Noida Electronic City/Vaishili) has been completed. Now this work has been started on the Red Line.
Changes will be visible on other lines as well
There are total 39 trains with six coaches on this line. All these are to be converted into eight coaches. For this 78 coaches have been procured. Officials say that the work of converting it into eight coaches will be completed without interrupting the regular service. The first six-coach metro train was started on this line.
It is worth noting that there are four interchange stations on the 34-km long corridor from Rithala to Shaheed Sthal Naya Bus Adda, Welcome, Kashmere Gate, Indralok and Netaji Subhash Place. Pulbangash and Pitampura will become two new interchange stations on completion of Phase IV. At present, about 4.7 lakh passengers travel on this line every day.
