Delhi to be 7th city to have over 200 metro stations in 2016

The completion of Delhi Metro’s Phase III will make Delhi a city with one of the highest number of metro stations anywhere in the world, according to a DMRC spokesperson.

The Delhi Metro network will have more than 241 stations after Phase III which will make it only the seventh city in the world to have more than 200 metro stations. In Asia, Delhi will have the highest number of metro stations after Shanghai, Tokyo, and Seoul.

Most of the metro networks with more than 200 stations are operated by multiple operators, while in Delhi, apart from the six stations of the Airport link, all other lines are run by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). In 2016, the DMRC network will be of about 330 kilometres and after the completion of 103-km-long section under phase IV, the Delhi Metro will surpass the 150-year-old London underground system. The Delhi Metro by 2016 will have 241 stations and the length of its network in the city will be a total of 330 kms. 

Delhi Metro was recently ranked second among 18 international Metro systems in terms of overall customer satisfaction in an online customer survey.