Delhi Metro on way to steal 150-year-old London's tube glory
Surpassing, London's 140 year-old underground rail network popularly known as 'Tube' will be a major achievement for Delhi metro which made its advent nearly 12 years ago.
According
to
reports,
DMRC
will
commence
the
work
for
phase
IV
project
in
next
few
months.
With
this,
the
total
length
of
Delhi
Metro
network
would
go
up
to
434
km
exceeding
140-year-old
London's
Tube
which
has
length
of
402-km
by
2021.
By
achieving
this,
the
Delhi
Metro
will
become
the
third
largest
metro
network
in
the
world
after
Shanghai
(538
km)
and
Beijing
(465
km).
Currently,
the
Metro
is
the
tenth-largest-network
ranking
globally
and
is
set
to
move
up
three
notches
to
seventh
place
by
the
end
of
Phase
3.
By
2021,
it
is
expected
to
become
the
second-largest
network
in
the
world.
Recently, Delhi Metro was ranked second among 18 international Metro systems in terms of overall customer satisfaction in an online customer survey. The survey was conducted among the commuters of those Metro systems by Global Metro Benchmarking Groups NOVA and CoMET. Delhi Metro along with London DLR and Bangkok were the best three performers in the Net Promoters Score (NPS) category.
The Metro systems that participated in this survey apart from Delhi Metro were Hong Kong MTR, London Underground, Metro De Madrid, Paris RATP, Metro De Sandiago, Singapore SMRT, Barcelona TMB, Brussels STIB, Bangkok BMCL, London DLR, Istanbul Ulasim, Kualalumpur Rapid PL, Metropolitano De Lisboa, Montreal STM, Newcastle Nexus, Metro Rio and Toronto TTC.
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