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The Master Plan for Delhi, 2041 (MPD 2041), recommends that the ridership numbers of the ring railway can be increased by implementing accessibility improvements for major halt stations by creating public plazas, providing walking and cycling infrastructure, and installing proper signage.
12 March 2021 - Process to identify Station land for extension to Karnal begins (3 more stations). [6] 18 August 2021 - DPR lying with Central Government since Dec 2020. [7] 14 Dec 2021 - Centre has not received the Delhi government's approval for its financial commitment with regard to DPR of the Delhi-Panipat RRTS. [8]
Delhi–Varanasi High Speed Rail Corridor (Delhi–Varanasi HSR) is India's second High-speed rail project after the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Corridor. The 958-kilometre (595 mi) HSR corridor will connect Varanasi to Delhi through 13 stations along with a 123 km long spur connecting Lucknow and Ayodhya.
The ring railway service was quite popular through the 80s and 90s when Delhi's transport infrastructure was just gathering pace, but since then, with the rapid expansion of the Delhi Metro coupled with an extensive bus network, the ring railway has remained neglected by the city as well as the Railways. On average, only 3700 passengers take ...
The new standard gauge railway between New Delhi and Meerut was envisioned under RapidX project to connect Delhi with its satellite cities. In 2023, a priority section of the line between Sahibabad and Duhai was opened, with the operations extending up to Meerut south in 2024.
Phase III was mostly complete in 2021, except for a small extension of the Airport Line which opened in 2023. [14] Construction of Phase IV began on 30 December 2019. [15] The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), a joint venture between the Government of India and Delhi, built and operates the Delhi Metro.
Till date in the commissioned sections, a total of 4000 trains have been run. Some of the trains in the section are achieving the average speed of 99.38 kmph in EDFC and the average speed is 89.50 kmph in WDFC. [13] [14] [15] Passenger train such as Vande Bharat Express have already ran on DFC tracks during exigencies. [16] [17]
On 1 May 2020, Bombardier Transportation, a former Canadian company in railway manufacturing, now acquired by Alstom, a global French company in railway manufacturing since January 2021, [57] emerged as the lowest bidder among a group of three bidders to supply and maintain 210 coaches for a 15-year period, with a price bid of ₹ 2,577 crore ...