Delhi Metro ridership second largest in southeast Asia

[agamdilawari]

NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro is now the second largest metro service in southeast Asia in terms of the passenger load it carries, next only to Hong Kong, its chief said on Monday.

The metro service, which started in 2002, has surpassed Singapore and Taipei metros in per day average ridership, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) chief Mangu Singh said.

"In last six months, the average per day ridership of Delhi metro has risen to 2.01 million per day," he said.

The highest ridership was recorded on July 1, at a massive 2.36 million on the 190-km long metro line.

According to figures provided by DMRC, the per day average ridership was 18 lakh in the first six months of 2012. It increased to 19.61 lakh per day in the second half of the year.

Singapore had a per day average ridership of 1.94 million in 2012 on its 148.9 km-long network, while Taipei had an average ridership of 1.71 million per day in May 2013. The length of its network is 115.6 km.

Hong Kong metro, meanwhile, had an average ridership of 4 million per day in 2012 on its 115.6 km-long line.

Delhi Metro ridership second largest in southeast Asia - The Times of India

 

[huskie]

this is good news for Delhi (its passengers however may be worried about the crowds).

But how come Delhi is in SEA? and Hong Kong and Taipei in SEA too? why can't the chief correctly say that Delhi has the largest metro ridership in South Asia?

 

[Android]

another small blunder by ToI

 

[kewell333]

Your newspaper must make mistake again. Guang zhou , the city which I living has a average 5.6 million daily ridership metro.(Guangzhou Metro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). and my city just nearby HongKong.

Even the city Shenzhen which in the same province with Guangzhou has a average 2.45 million daily ridership metro.(Shenzhen Metro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) And these cities only in one province of China, rather than talk about other giant cities in other provinces.

 

[kewell333]

When I visit TOI and Rediff I always see many common mistakes, Indians and India officials need to be more integrated into the world, and know more about the outside world, otherwise the news always flooded with false reports.

 

[beijingwalker]

Hong Kong is part of Southeast Asia?Hong Kong is a Chinese city and should belong to east Asia.Delhi is part of South Asia,those simple mistakes should not be made by professionals.

 

[xuxu1457]

I think should be "Delhi Metro ridership second largest in south Asia & Africa&Antarctica&sea "

 

[WhiteMansBurden]

LOL, these guys can't even get the region of the world that they live in right!

Here is the list: Metro systems by annual passenger rides - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Delhi is 19th place, lower than 5 Chinese, 2 Russian, 2 Japanese, and a few other metros.

 

[RISING SUN]

Phase-3 to push Delhi Metro’s ridership to over 4 million this year
Delhi Metro’s 140 kilometre long Phase-3 project, the largest in India so far, is going to be completed by the third quarter of 2017. Once fully operational, the new corridors will reduce travel time by up to 30 minutes.

Built at a cost of over Rs 40,000 crore, the Phase-3 network will add 15 interchange stations to the existing nine and will take the count of total Metro stations in Delhi-NCR to 227 — a first for an Indian city. Two brand new corridors the 58.59km long Pink Line (Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar) and the 38.23km long Magenta Line (Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden), and an extension of the Violet Line, called Heritage Line (ITO-Kashmere Gate), are going to push Delhi Metro’s daily ridership to more than four million.

A study by Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) stated that the Metro helped keep around four lakh cars off roads in 2014. Once the city’s upgraded Metro matrix is thrown open to public, the number is going to increase exponentially reducing pollution and most importantly, traffic congestions.

To cut travel time

Choosing the Metro over a car while travelling from Gurgaon to Noida will help commuters save 30 minutes. Same amount of time will be saved in travelling from Janakpuri to Faridabad, and over 15 minutes for going to Lajpat Nagar from Dwarka.

“If we look at the Gurgaon-Noida road travel time, it takes around 90 minutes. With the new Hauz Khaz interchange station, the travel time will be flat 50 minutes. Passengers from Gurgaon will be able to get down at Hauz Khas and take a direct train to Kalkaji via the Magenta Line instead of taking the Violet Line from Central Secretariat,” said Anuj Dayal, executive director (Corporate Communications), Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

Seamless interchange

The unique feature of the project is that walking from one point on the station to another is going to be quicker and easier. For example, Rajouri Garden station on the Pink Line will be connected with the existing station of the Blue Line (Dwarka Sector 21-Noida City Centre/Vaishali) through a foot overbridge (FoB) which will have 10 travelators covering a distance of 310 metre.

The Dhaula Kuan station on the airport line will be connected with the upcoming Durgabai Deshmukh station (Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar line) in South Campus by 26 travelators. At Azadpur, the existing elevated station on the HUDA City Centre-Jahangirpuri line will be connected through a 197-metre long FOB with the new station on the same line.

Hi-tech trains

Commuters will travel in technologically advanced and energy-efficient trains on the new sections where DMRC is also putting in place a new signalling system known as Communication Based Train Control (CBTC).The trains equipped with Unattended Train Operation (UTO) feature will run driverless after about two years of their operation and will also have wi-fi facility.

Stations to get a new look

The new stations will get a different look and will have more of the automated token and card recharge machinery. Platforms will get screen doors for better crowd management and stations will have better visual appeal with artworks.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi...n-this-year/story-mV9jgl55NkrISb2qpjnTCJ.html

 

[My-Analogous]

NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro is now the second largest metro service in southeast Asia in terms of the passenger load it carries, next only to Hong Kong, its chief said on Monday.

The metro service, which started in 2002, has surpassed Singapore and Taipei metros in per day average ridership, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) chief Mangu Singh said.

"In last six months, the average per day ridership of Delhi metro has risen to 2.01 million per day," he said.

The highest ridership was recorded on July 1, at a massive 2.36 million on the 190-km long metro line.

According to figures provided by DMRC, the per day average ridership was 18 lakh in the first six months of 2012. It increased to 19.61 lakh per day in the second half of the year.

Singapore had a per day average ridership of 1.94 million in 2012 on its 148.9 km-long network, while Taipei had an average ridership of 1.71 million per day in May 2013. The length of its network is 115.6 km.

Hong Kong metro, meanwhile, had an average ridership of 4 million per day in 2012 on its 115.6 km-long line.

Delhi Metro ridership second largest in southeast Asia - The Times of India

Very good, Oops! You say south east Asia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia

Well done Indian media, you did it again

 

[Götterdämmerung]

TOI seems to have noticed the blunder and has taken down the article.

 

[RISING SUN]

Very good, Oops! You say south east Asia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia

Well done Indian media, you did it again

I believe what news site reported was geographical term including both south as well as south east asia. May be that's why it referred to Hong Kong metro. I wonder whether you know that Hong Kong is nestled between South East and Far east asia. Hopefully it clears some doubts at your end. Thank you.

TOI seems to have noticed the blunder and has taken down the article.

Perhaps you should pay attention that except India no country has working metro in South Asia and the cities referred in site are located in South East Asia. News site has reported the comparison of all major metros in South Eastern Asia.

 

[Götterdämmerung]

I believe what news site reported was geographical term including both south as well as south east asia. May be that's why it referred to Hong Kong metro. I wonder whether you know that Hong Kong is nestled between South East and Far east asia. Hopefully it clears some doubts at your end. Thank you.


Perhaps you should pay attention that except India no country has working metro in South Asia and the cities referred in site are located in South East Asia. News site has reported the comparison of all major metros in South Eastern Asia.

How is Hong Kong even part of SE Asia? What about Taipei, which is in the middles of the EAST Chinese sea?

 

[RISING SUN]

How is Hong Kong even part of SE Asia? What about Taipei, which is in the middles of the EAST Chinese sea?

Perhaps you should read my post again and discern where you went wrong in understanding the post and news. Hong Kong between far east and south east Asia.

 

[Götterdämmerung]

Perhaps you should read my post again and discern where you went wrong in understanding the post and news. Hong Kong between far east and south east Asia.

I have been to Hong Kong at least 20 times. It's far beyond SE Asia. What about Taipei that's also been mentioned in the article. How is Taipei part of SE Asia? Guanzgzhou and Shenzhen are just across the border of Hong Kong, as mentioned by some other forumers, why are they not included as part of SE Asia? Is it because including these two cities would put Delhi on fourth place?