Delhi Monorail

Delhi Monorail
दिल्ली मोनोरेल
proposed, not built
Overview
Locale	Delhi, India
Transit type	straddle-beam Monorail
Number of lines	6 (proposed)
Technical
System length	approx. 90 kilometres (56 mi)

The Delhi Monorail was a monorail system proposed, but never built, for the city of Delhi that would have operated as Delhi Metro rail lines.

Lines

The first proposed line was as follows with work planned to start in mid-2013

From Shastri Park to Trilokpuri via Nirman Vihar.Length of this line will be 11 km

It was planned to be complete by 2017 at a cost government Rs.2235 crores. It was expected to connect densely populated Delhi areas where Metro could not reach. It was to have connected 3 Metro Lines: Red line (Dilshad Garden to Rithala) at Shastri Park .Blue Line (Anand Vihar to Dwarka Line) at Nirman Vihar and proposed Mukundpur to Yamuna Vihar at TriLokPuri. It was to operate in East New Delhi by end of 2017.

^[1]^[2] Three lines were proposed in Phase I are as follows:^[3]

From Rohini Sector 21 to Red Fort via Wazir Pur - Shakti Nagar - Anand Parbat - Ajmeri Gate - Delhi Gate (Delhi) Length of this line would be 28.5 km
From Kalyanpuri to Pul Mithai via Scope Minar - Geeta Colony - Shanti Van - Red Fort - Old Delhi Railway Station. Length of this line would be 15.5 km
From Gulabi Bagh to Delhi University via Shakti Nagar - Kamla Nagar - Guru Teg Bahadur Road. Length of this line would be 3.8 km

Total length of Phase I would be 47.8 km.

Other Lines

Other lines which were being proposed in addition to Phase I are:^[4]

From Badarpur to Mehrauli.
From Qutab Minar to Dwarka via Vasant Kunj - IGI airport.
From Saket to IG Stadium via Siri Fort - South Extension - JLN Stadium - New Delhi Railway Station.

Status

Only the feasibility study has been completed for Phase-I corridor(s) to date (late 2017) and the project has come to halt. Given the problems and low ridership that have plagued the Mumbai Monorail, there appears to be little appetite at Government level to resurrect the concept in Delhi.^[5]

References

↑ "The Economic Times :Delhi's first monorail project put on track". economictimes.indiatimes.com. 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
↑ "The Economic Times :Work on monorail project to start next month". economictimes.indiatimes.com. 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
↑ Sujay Mehdudia (2010-01-21). "The Hindu : Cities / Delhi : Delhi likely to get monorail". Beta.thehindu.com. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
↑ Megha Suri, TNN, 21 February 2008, 07:56pm IST (2008-02-21). "Monorail to hit Delhi streets by 2010 - Delhi - City - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2010-08-11.
↑ Phadke, Manasi (7/12/2017). "The failure that is India's first monorail". The Print. Check date values in: |date= (help)

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[EconomicTimes1-1] "The Economic Times :Delhi's first monorail project put on track". economictimes.indiatimes.com. 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2013-01-17.

[EconomicTimes2-2] "The Economic Times :Work on monorail project to start next month". economictimes.indiatimes.com. 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-17.

[thehindu1-3] Sujay Mehdudia (2010-01-21). "The Hindu : Cities / Delhi : Delhi likely to get monorail". Beta.thehindu.com. Retrieved 2010-08-11.

[4] Megha Suri, TNN, 21 February 2008, 07:56pm IST (2008-02-21). "Monorail to hit Delhi streets by 2010 - Delhi - City - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2010-08-11.

[5] Phadke, Manasi (7/12/2017). "The failure that is India's first monorail". The Print. Check date values in: |date= (help)