Submission Statement: In a city of more than 35 million people the Delhi Metro moves 6.5 million people a day. There are 303 stations spread over 258 miles and growing, and in 2026 the Indian capital’s subway system passed New York’s in length for a total cost of roughly $10 billion — less than New York spent to build a 3.5-mile tunnel.
The metro kept 600,000 vehicles off Delhi’s streets, according to an estimate by the International Union of Railways, a Paris-based industry association.
Success at home has led to global opportunity for the D.M.R.C – the company operating the Delhi Metro. The company is now consulting for metro projects in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Jakarta, Indonesia, and bidding on projects in Bahrain and Vietnam, as well as on a 303-kilometer railway link between the United Arab Emirates and Oman, as well as being involved in almost every metro project in the country.
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Also, the Delhi Metro is a perfect example of how partisan bickering can be set aside for the greater good – the INC, AAP, and BJP have all collaborated on developing the Delhi Metro all the way from local to federal (or as Indians call it the Central) government over 20 years.
Democracy might be loud, cantankerous, and antagonistic, but it can still steadily execute.
NYT publishing positive articles on India, two days in a row? Wow. That’s worth something.
Great news, don’t stop, keep expanding them now before land acquisition and nimbys make it too expensive