Metro employee dragged between two stations, survives

September 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Thousands of commuters faced a tough time Monday as scores of Delhi Metro's feeder buses, which help passengers reach designated Metro stations, went on a two-day strike. According to Delhi Metro officials, drivers of over 60 buses of the 120 feeder buses went on strike without any prior notice to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).

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.

August 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Metro stations will soon have 160 kiosks exhibiting and selling handicraft and food products from all over the country. The ministry of textiles in collaboration with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will set up the kiosks in select Metro stations with an aim to promote the small-scale industries in the country.

July 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There's good news for those who commute by the Delhi Metro. They will be able to travel to the Metro stations in air-conditioned feeder buses by January next year.

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 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The collapse of an under-construction Delhi Metro bridge in south Delhi that killed five people Sunday is the worst accident so far involving the mass transport system in the national capital. Following is an accident time-line of Delhi Metro in recent times: July 12, 2009: Portion of an under construction bridge collapsed when its launching girder lost balance as it was being erected at Zamroodpur, near East of Kailash, on the Central Secretariat-Badarpur corridor slated to be opened September 2010.

June 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The next time you realise your mobile phone has run out of battery charge and you are commuting by the Delhi Metro, don't fret - just connect your phone to the charging points that will soon be available at stations for free. For the convenience of its commuters, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will install 134 multiple mobile charging machines at stations by July this year in a phased manner.

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.

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 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Keeping in mind the large number of foreigner tourists expected during the Commonwealth Games 2010, Delhi Metro is training over 200 personnel in customer relations to help commuters. The Delhi Metro carries an average of 850,000 people daily on its operational network spanning 74.56 km.

April 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Metro is training over 200 personnel in customer relations to help commuters, including foreign tourists expected during the Commonwealth Games in 2010. The Delhi Metro carries an average of 850,000 people daily on its operational network spanning 74.56 km.

January 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 43-year-old woman Tuesday jumped before a metro train here, but escaped with just a sprained foot as the train's driver applied the brakes in the nick of time, a Delhi Metro official said. The woman, a resident of Katra Leshwan in Chandni Chowk identified as Ram Janki, allegedly jumped on to the tracks from platform number two of the Chandni Chowk metro station just as the train was approaching the platform at 10.20 a.m.

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.

December 30th, 2008 NEW DELHI - The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will observe an awareness week Jan 1-7 for safe use of elevators and escalators by its commuters across stations. 'Watch your step as you get onto the escalator, hold the railing' - are some of the instructions found on the sign boards put at Metro stations in the capital.

December 23rd, 2008 KOLKATA - Security has been stepped up at all the 17 Metro stations here after the city police received a tip-off about a possible bomb blast at one of the stations Wednesday, officials said. 'We have received information from a reliable source Wednesday afternoon that there will be a bomb blast at one of the 17 Metro stations by today (Wednesday) night,' Police Commissioner Gautam Mohan Chakraborty told IANS in the evening.