All 6 coach trains of Delhi Metro to be upgraded to 8 coaches by 2021

Delhi | Thursday | 17th October, 2019

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"The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC) is procuring 120 coaches and the conversion is likely to be completed by March 2021 in a phased manner," a senior official in Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited said. "There are 39 six-coach trains on Red Line (Line 1), there are 12 and 9 six-coach trains on Yellow (Line 2) and Blue Line (Line 3/4), respectively," he added. In fact, Delhi Metro Red Line had four-coach trains, which were upgraded to six-coach sets gradually. DMRC first introduced a six-coach train on the Delhi Metro Red Line corridor in November 2013. Currently, Delhi Metro spans nearly 350 km, having over 250 metro stations and nine colour-coded lines..