DELHI (metro Rail News): The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is planning to introduce in-train audio commercials over the Red (Line 1), Yellow (Line 2), Blue (Line 3), and Magenta Lines (Line 8), which will streamline the non-fare revenue and provide long-term sustainability to the Delhi Metro system. Against this backdrop, DMRC floated a tender for the licensing of audio advertisement slots in selected trains in the Metro Lines 1, 2, 3, and 8.
Here is the duration of audio advertisements across the four metro lines.
| Metro Line | Section | Audio Ads Slots (in secs) |
| Red Line(Line 1) | Dilshad Nagar-Rithala | 353 |
| Rithala-Dilshad Nagar | 368 | |
| Total | 721 | |
| Yellow Line(Line 2) | Kashmere Gate-Sultanpur | 385 |
| Sultanpur-Kashmere Gate | 211 | |
| Total | 596 | |
| Blue Line (Line 3) | Dwarka-Kakarola-Yamuna Bank | 318 |
| Yamuna Bank-Dwarka-Kakarola | 316 | |
| Total | 634 | |
| Magenta Line(Line 8) | Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden | 150 |
| Botanical Garden-Janakpuri West | 150 | |
| Total | 300 |
Delhi Metro’s Non-Fare Revenue
Delhi Metro earned a total revenue of ₹4,600.62 Crore in the FY 2024-25. Non-Fare revenue from commercial advertisements, parkings, rents from commercial spaces within the metro premises, station box area, fines and feeder services constituted around 20 percent of this revenue, while the primary resource still remained the ticketing revenue with around 80 percent contribution.
This shows an excessive dependence on the ticketing revenue. Non-fare revenue is significant for the metro system to diversify its income sources and attain financial stability. It strengthens the overall financial structure of the metro system. For comparison, the Hong Kong metro, known globally for its financial sustainability, earns more than half of its total revenue from non-fare sources.
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