NEW DELHI: The 24.82-km-long Janakpuri West-Kalkaji Mandir stretch of the Delhi Metro's Magenta Line is all set to be inaugurated day after today that may deliver home terminal of the city airport on the DMRC network and cut shuttle shuttle time between Noida and Gurugram via at least 30 minutes.
Once the stretch is opened, it's going to take the overall length of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) network to 277 km, officers mentioned.
Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs (Independent Charge) Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will inaugurate the hall day after today at 4.30 pm on the Nehru Enclave metro station, they mentioned.
The dignitaries will then shuttle in a educate to Hauz Khas metro station after the inauguration.
At 29 metres, the five-level new Hauz Khas station is the deepest metro station in all the network and an engineering landmark as its tunnel goes beneath that of the old station's.
Hauz Khas (with Yellow Line) and Janakpuri West (with Blue Line) stations are the interchange amenities on this hall, besides the existing Kalkaji Mandir station (with Violet Line).
Passenger services on the segment, which has 16 stations -- 14 underground, two increased -- will start from Tuesday at 6 am from the Kalkaji Mandir and Janakpuri West stations simultaneously.
This section will be the longest stretch to were opened thus far within the DMRC's Phase-III mission.
With the hole of this stretch, all the Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden Magenta Line hall, masking the city's arterial Outer Ring Road, will change into operational.
Terminal 1 of the IGI Airport has also been hooked up to the metro network through this hall, with an eponymous station on it.
On December 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the 12.64-km-long stretch of the Magenta Line's Botanical Garden-Kalkaji Mandir hall, slicing down the shuttle time between Noida and parts of south Delhi via more than 30 minutes.
Now, with the hole of the remainder of the Magneta Line, the shuttle shuttle time between Noida and Gurgaon will shrink via at least 30 minutes.
"After the inauguration of this vital link, the approximate time to commute between HUDA City Centre (end of Yellow Line on Gurgaon side) and Botanical Garden (on Blue Line in Noida) stations will be about 50 minutes," DMRC officers mentioned.
"Presently, a metro journey from HUDA City Centre to Botanical Garden takes about an hour and a half with the interchange at Rajiv Chowk station," they mentioned.
After the Magenta line fully opens, the hall will perform with 24 trains which can step by step building up to 26 with the exception of the running reserves.
The frequency shall be 5 minutes and 15 seconds during peak hours through the whole section and if passenger visitors calls for shorter intermediate loops with higher frequency shall be offered after studying the visitors trend, they mentioned.
The Delhi Metro is also touting the Magenta Line as a 'Knowledge Corridor' as four main universities of the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR), were hooked up on it.
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) are the establishments which can get metro connectivity with the hole of the new hall and Jamia Milia Islamia University in south Delhi and Amity University in Noida have already got metro connectivity with the hole of the Botanical Garden - Kalkaji Mandir section in December closing year.
Once the stretch is opened, it's going to take the overall length of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) network to 277 km, officers mentioned.
Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs (Independent Charge) Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will inaugurate the hall day after today at 4.30 pm on the Nehru Enclave metro station, they mentioned.
The dignitaries will then shuttle in a educate to Hauz Khas metro station after the inauguration.
At 29 metres, the five-level new Hauz Khas station is the deepest metro station in all the network and an engineering landmark as its tunnel goes beneath that of the old station's.
Hauz Khas (with Yellow Line) and Janakpuri West (with Blue Line) stations are the interchange amenities on this hall, besides the existing Kalkaji Mandir station (with Violet Line).
Passenger services on the segment, which has 16 stations -- 14 underground, two increased -- will start from Tuesday at 6 am from the Kalkaji Mandir and Janakpuri West stations simultaneously.
This section will be the longest stretch to were opened thus far within the DMRC's Phase-III mission.
With the hole of this stretch, all the Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden Magenta Line hall, masking the city's arterial Outer Ring Road, will change into operational.
Terminal 1 of the IGI Airport has also been hooked up to the metro network through this hall, with an eponymous station on it.
On December 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the 12.64-km-long stretch of the Magenta Line's Botanical Garden-Kalkaji Mandir hall, slicing down the shuttle time between Noida and parts of south Delhi via more than 30 minutes.
Now, with the hole of the remainder of the Magneta Line, the shuttle shuttle time between Noida and Gurgaon will shrink via at least 30 minutes.
"After the inauguration of this vital link, the approximate time to commute between HUDA City Centre (end of Yellow Line on Gurgaon side) and Botanical Garden (on Blue Line in Noida) stations will be about 50 minutes," DMRC officers mentioned.
"Presently, a metro journey from HUDA City Centre to Botanical Garden takes about an hour and a half with the interchange at Rajiv Chowk station," they mentioned.
After the Magenta line fully opens, the hall will perform with 24 trains which can step by step building up to 26 with the exception of the running reserves.
The frequency shall be 5 minutes and 15 seconds during peak hours through the whole section and if passenger visitors calls for shorter intermediate loops with higher frequency shall be offered after studying the visitors trend, they mentioned.
The Delhi Metro is also touting the Magenta Line as a 'Knowledge Corridor' as four main universities of the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR), were hooked up on it.
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) are the establishments which can get metro connectivity with the hole of the new hall and Jamia Milia Islamia University in south Delhi and Amity University in Noida have already got metro connectivity with the hole of the Botanical Garden - Kalkaji Mandir section in December closing year.
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