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September 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Metro has got an advanced train to its existing fleet. The new broad gauge train, that was rolled out today, is the first of the Phase-II project.

September 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) Friday said its Delhi-Noida section will be operational by the end of 2009. "The metro on Yamuna Bank to Noida section is likely to start by the first week of December this year.

September 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is set to roll out its new broad gauge trains from next month, which DMRC officials say will be more comfortable, swanky and faster than the present ones. The DMRC plans to bring in the new trains completely by 2011 at a cost of Rs.29.84 billion.

September 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) coach on the Indraprashta-Yamuna Nagar line derailed early on Sunday morning. Though the cause of the 6 a.m.derailment was not immediately known, several routes along the metro line were disrupted.

September 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Services on the Indraprastha-Yamuna Bank section of Delhi Metro's line III were affected for nearly six-and-half hours Tuesday as a section of signalling cable was stolen from the tracks between these stations Monday night, a Delhi Metro statement said. "A 108 metre-long section of the signalling cable was stolen last (Monday) night, which caused disruption in Metro services from Indraprastha to Yamuna Bank Metro station (on line III - Yamuna Bank to Dwarka Sector-9) from 6 a.m.

August 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Metro will run curtailed services on the Independence Day Saturday and no parking facility will be available at stations for commuters till afternoon, a Delhi Metro Road Corporation (DMRC) official said Friday. "The Metro trains will run as per normal timings starting 6.00 a.m.

July 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ahead of throwing open the track from Yamuna Bank to Noida across the state border from east Delhi, Delhi Metro began trial runs Saturday on a section of the route, a Metro official said. The trial run, which began at 10 a.m., was conducted only till the New Ashok Nagar station in east Delhi.

July 9th, 2009 BANGALORE - State-run Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML) plans to manufacture hi-tech rail coaches for low, medium and high speed trains in technology collaboration with Alstom of France, a top company official said Thursday. "We have signed an agreement with Alstom for technology transfer to build coaches for light-speed, medium and high-speed trains for metro and intra-city commuting.

June 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nearly 50 volunteers of the Delhi Metro Citizens' Forum Wednesday went on a special drive on Metro trains and stations to check indisciplined commuters. About 50 volunteers are on a special drive to check indiscipline inside the Metro trains and stations dividing themselves into two groups who travelled on the Dwarka Sector 9 to Yamuna Bank and Dilshad Garden to Rithala routes, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation spokesperson Anuj Dayal said.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Metro has sought help from authorities as people from slums have been throwing stones on the tracks and at the trains, often damaging and disrupting services. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) managing director E.

April 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will begin metro services at 4 a.m. on election day May 7 to facilitate travel for officers on poll duty, an official said Wednesday.

April 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With the metro increasingly becoming the choice of city's commuters, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has ordered extra coaches to be attached to some existing trains to increase the passenger capacity, an official said Sunday. Eight more coaches have been ordered by the DMRC to be added to four trains.

April 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A minor fire Tuesday evening at the Pitampura Metro station of Line 1 (Shahdara - Rithala) in Delhi caused disruption in Metro train services, an official said. The fire erupted in an air conditioner in the signal room of the Metro station around 5.40 p.m.

February 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi Metro, which is the first railway project in the world to be registered for carbon credits by the United Nations, has been certified to have prevented over 90,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere by reducing its power requirement in three years, an official said Sunday. Registering the Delhi Metro's contribution, the Germany-based validation organization TUVNORD conducted an audit on behalf of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) and gave its certificate.

January 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An NGO has taken the Delhi Metro to court alleging it had failed to provide drinking water and toilet facilities for commuters. A petition before the Delhi High Court, filed by Voice of India, has said that it had last year sent a representation to the Delhi government and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) seeking basic facilities in the Metro trains but got no satisfactory reply from them.