2002International railway journalRequires access

FIRST SECTION OF THE DELHI METRO TO OPEN THIS YEAR.

David Briginshaw

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Measures to speed up the administration of the planning and the construction of the Delhi metro are described. The total cost of phase one is estimated at Rs100 billion, 38% funded by the Indian and Delhi governments, 56% from a Japanese government loan and the remaining 6% from property development. The metro is expected to pay off its finance and be profitable. Initial headway will be three minutes and a capacity of 60-75 thousand passengers per hour in each direction has been planned for.

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Measures to speed up the administration of the planning and the construction of the Delhi metro are described. The total cost of phase one is estimated at Rs100 billion, 38% funded by the Indian and Delhi governments, 56% from a Japanese government loan and the remaining 6% from property development. The metro is expected to pay off its finance and be profitable. Initial headway will be three minutes and a capacity of 60-75 thousand passengers per hour in each direction has been planned for.

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Measures to speed up the administration of the planning and the construction of the Delhi metro are described. The total cost of phase one is estimated at Rs100 billion, 38% funded by the Indian and Delhi governments, 56% from a Japanese government loan and the remaining 6% from property development. The metro is expected to pay off its finance and be profitable. Initial headway will be three minutes and a capacity of 60-75 thousand passengers per hour in each direction has been planned for.

Key concepts: Headway, New delhi, Loan, Finance, Government (linguistics), Section (typography), Business, Administration (probate law)

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