28.3.09

Delhi Metro snippets


West Delhi locales like Paschim Vihar, Peeragarhi and Madhipur are coming closer to the heart of the Capital sooner than designated. The New Delhi Metro line from Inderlok to Mundka, through Punjabi Bagh, will be opened for use by the end of 2009, as against the deadline of March 2010. ‘‘Seeing the pace of construction, the schedules of arrival of coaches was advanced and we will be in a condition to open the line months before the scheduled date of March 2010. The exact date of opening is being finalised,’’ said a DMRC spokesperson. The 18.5 km link will provide a connect between two existing Metro lines and also has an interchange with the Ring Railway network. The line branches out southwards from the existing Inderlok metro station to hit the Rohtak Road from Punjabi Bagh via another metro station at Ashok Park. For about 11 km henceforth, the fully elevated line runs along the central verge of Rohtak Road to reach the last station at Mundka via Shivaji Park, Madhipur, Paschim Vihar, Peeragarhi, Udyog Nagar, Surajmal Stadium and Nangloi. Interestingly, two existing Delhi Metro lines are being joined together in the middle for the first time. The new metro corridor will join the Inderlok Metro station on Line 1 to Kirti Nagar station on Line 3, and will cut travel time between the two stations by almost 45 minutes. At present, commuters need to travel 16 metro stations before they can reach Kirti Nagar from Inderlok. For the link, two new stations will be constructed near the existing stations at Inderlok and Kirti Nagar. The existing station buildings will cater to Line 1 and 3. For commuter convenience, the old and new stations will be linked at the platform and concourse levels. One of the two crosslink stations — at Satguru Ramsingh Marg — is being linked with a foot overbridge to the existing Ring Railway station at Patel Nagar. The Inderlok-Mundka line is the country’s first railway line on standard gauge.

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