The Metro Museum of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation marked its 14th anniversary on 05th January, 2023. Established in the year 2008, the Metro Museum has been a special attraction for visitors and commuters of Delhi Metro over the past decade.
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- The Museum has also been the venue for various events and initiatives taken up for children by the Corporate Communication Department of DMRC.
- On the occasion of its 14th anniversary, the Delhi Metro Museum today held a series of activities at the Metro Museum located at Patel Chowk Metro Station. More than 40 children from the Salam Balak Trust and Udaan NGO were invited to visit the Metro Museum and take part in the 14th anniversary celebrations.
- The children visited the Metro Museum and were informed about the history of Delhi Metro. The children performed a play and dance on patriotic songs as part of the event also.
- During the event, a special exhibition ‘Metro Museum @14’, highlighting the journey of Metro Museum so far, was inaugurated by the chief guest of the event and DMRC’s first lady, Smt. Shalini Singh in the presence of the wives of DMRC’s functional directors.
- Further, the chief guest also inaugurated the new exhibits of the original train door set and a pair of wheels of a metro train in the museum.
- Marking the 14th anniversary, the chief guest also launched the new souvenir items of Metro Museum which were presented to the chief guest and other guests.
About Delhi Metro:
- The Delhi Metro has been instrumental in ushering in a new era in the sphere of mass urban transportation in India. The swanky and modern Metro system introduced comfortable, air conditioned and eco-friendly services for the first time in India and completely revolutionized the mass transportation scenario not only in the National Capital Region but the entire country.
- Having constructed a massive network of about 390.14 Km with 286 stations (including NOIDA-Greater NOIDA Corridor and Rapid Metro, Gurugram) in record time in Delhi, NCR, the DMRC today stands out as a shining example of how a mammoth technically complex infrastructure project can be completed before time and within budgeted cost by a Government agency.
- The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC) was registered on 3rd May 1995 under the Companies Act, 1956 with equal equity participation of the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) and the Central Government to implement the dream of construction and operation of a world- class Mass Rapid Transport System (MRTS).
- The Airport Express link between the Indira Gandhi International Airport and New Delhi has now propelled Delhi to the league of global cities which have high speed rail connectivity between the city and the airport. The DMRC today has over 300 train sets of four, six and eight coaches.
Source: DMRC- Press Release | Images Credit : DMRC
