For passenger services on this line of Delhi (Line-1 i.e. from Rithala to Shaheed Sthal New Bus Adda) 39 six coach trains have been converted into 8 coach trains.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has introduced the first set of two 8-coach trains, which will be called Red Line (Line-1 i.e. from Rithala to Shaheed Sthal Naya Bus Adda) from Tuesday. Passengers 39 six coach trains have been converted into 8 coach trains. now Red Line But all trains will stop near the farthest side of the platform to accommodate 8-coach trains and trains that stop near the end of the platform will also be more convenient for the passengers waiting on the platform.
Let us inform that all the 78 additional coaches to be added to these 39 trains of Red Line have been purchased from M/s Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML). These additional coaches will increase the carrying capacity of the Red Line (Line-1), which was extended in the year 2019 up to Shaheed Sthal New Bus Stand in Ghaziabad, with a total length of about 34 km. 6-coach trains on Red Line are being converted into 8-coach trains to ensure that there is no impact on regular passenger services.
Red Line is one of the oldest and most important corridors of the DMRC network in terms of passenger usage (currently around 4.7 lakh per day) with 4 existing interchange stations namely Welcome, Kashmere Gate, Indralok and Netaji Subhash Place. Two more stations on the Red Line namely Pulbangash and Pitampura will also become interchange stations after the completion of the fourth phase.
8 coach train ran on this line last year
Last year, all 6 coach trains on Yellow Line (Line-2 i.e. Samaypur Badli to HUDA City Centre) and Blue Line (ie Line-3/4 Dwarka Sector-21 to Noida Electronic City) were converted into 8 coach trains. went. These lines, which were initially commissioned under Phase-I, were built on broad gauge, with the provision of trains running up to an 8-coach formation.
first 6 coach train service started on red line
The remaining corridors of the Delhi Metro network, including the Airport Express Line, which were later built on standard gauge in Phase-II and Phase-III, provided for trains running only up to a 6-coach formation. Let us inform that the first 6 coach train service on the Delhi Metro network was also started on Red Line (Line-1) only in the year 2013. Delhi Metro currently has a fleet of 336 train sets, which includes 176 six-coach trains. This includes 138 eight-coach trains and 22 four-coach trains.
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