Delhi Metro has Opened Yamuna bank on January 6, 2010 – Anand Vihar section.  This is Delhi Metro’s Fourth Line . Delhi Metro now has 96 km network with 83 stations.

The new fully-elevated Metro line  has five stations — Laxmi Nagar, Nirman Vihar, Preet Vihar, Karkarduma and Anand Vihar.

With the new line the Anand Vihar Metro Station is a major integrating terminal that brings together three modes of public transport – the Metro, the Indian Railways and the Anand Vihar Inter State Bus Terminus (ISBT). ISBT and Metro share the common circulation area. The Anand Vihar Metro Station will thus act as a crucial point for people coming from outside Delhi to access the spreading Metro network to go to different parts of the city and National Capital Region (NCR).

The DMRC has constructed two foot overbridges  at the Laxmi Nagar and Nirman Vihar stations, situated on Vikas Marg. The Foot Over Bridges have been constructed to provide commuters easy access to the Metro stations as well as help them to cross the road through unpaid area of the stations.

The success of Delhi Metro in creating a modern solution to the growing transport problem in the city is now accepted by other Metro cities of India.

Kolkata was the first Metro city  in India to adopt Metro in its transport network.  Kolkata Metro runs from Dum Dum to New Gharia.

Bengaluru (Banglore) city has already started with the Metro work. The metro is expected to connect the city from north to south and East to West and solve the infrastructural bottleneck the city is facing.

Mumbai Metro network is expected to support the existing suburban train system in the city.

Chennai Metro Project is planned to have two corridors to connect the city.

Hyderabad Metro service is also planned to provide a solution to the cities transport problem.

The rush for having a metro network in the Indian cities is mainly due to the following factors.

  1. With the limited land, it is becoming more difficult to have new roads to solve the transport problems. Metros can be built overhead and underground  which enables it to be built even along with the existing infrastructure network
  2. Vehicular transport and particularly the middle class prefer to travel in a better and comfortable way. The metro provides the solution
  3. It shows the economic progress of the city
  4. It is attracting the working class population as an easiest mode of transport

Besides the metros, other cities in India  are also showing interest in implementing Metro network .