GHAZIABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the 9.4-km-long Dilshad Garden-New Bus Adda section, an extension of the Delhi Metro's Red Line.
With this new section, entirely elevated, the Delhi Metro forayed into the interiors of Ghaziabad for the first time, touching the industrial areas in twin cities of Ghaziabad and Sahibabad.
"Passenger services on the Red Line extension from Dilshad Garden to Shaheed Sthal (New Bus Adda) in Ghaziabad will start from 8 am on Saturday," DMRC's Executive Director for Corporate Communications Anuj Dayal stated.
Two of the eight stations on the Dilshad Garden-New Bus Adda section were renamed within the honour of the country's fallen heroes.
"The Rajendra Nagar Metro station has been rechristened as Major Mohit Sharma Rajendra Nagar station and the end station New Bus Adda has been renamed to Shaheed Sthal (New Bus Adda)," a senior DMRC professional stated.
The other six stations on the stretch are - Shahid Nagar, Raj Bagh, Shyam Park, Mohan Nagar, Arthala and Hindon River.
This section is an extension of the 25.09-km Rithala-Dilshad Garden hall or Red Line, which has 21 stations. After opening of this section, all the Red Line now spans 34.72 km.
"Trains will be available at peak hour frequency of six minutes and 12 seconds on the Dilshad Garden New Bus Adda section. A total of 35 six-coach trains will be used on the entire Rithala New Bus Adda Red corridor. The total journey from Dilshad Garden to New Bus Adda will take about 16 minutes," Dayal stated.
"All the station buildings have at least two Ticket Office Machine counters with one counter located at a lower height for facility of differently-abled commuters," the DMRC stated.
This would be the 2nd metro hall in Ghaziabad after the Blue Line which links Delhi to the neighbouring city, with stations at Kaushambi and Vaishali.
The extension of the Delhi Metro's Red Line will attach residents of Ghaziabad to with more than a few portions of the National Capital Region.
"Currently, commuters have to rely on other modes of transport from Dilshad Garden to reach Sahibabad and further to Ghaziabad. Now with extension of metro, connectivity to Mohan Nagar from Dilshad Garden could also improve considerably," he told journalists all over a preview of the brand new hall.
After the opening of this section, the total community of the Delhi Metro now spans 336.6 km with 244 metro stations. The DMRC's span in Uttar Pradesh is now 52.85 km.
The non-stop site visitors on the GT Road was once a significant challenge while setting up this section.
The DMRC performed many of the building activities and launching operations "during the night for 4-5 hours", Dayal stated.
Out of the eight stations in this section, six stations - Raj Bagh, Rajendra Nagar, Shyam Park, Mohan Nagar, Arthala, and New Bus Adda - have buildings on both sides of the main freeway and platforms on the central verge along the viaduct i.e. those platforms aren't a part of the station buildings but separate.
"In other stations on our network, the station buildings and platforms are built together. In those six stations of the new corridor, the concourse level and station platforms are interconnected through foot over bridges (FOBs)," a senior professional stated.
The Shaheed Nagar Station has just one station development on an aspect, while the other side is hooked up via lifts and a staircase for commuters to achieve from road-level to station development.
At all stations (excluding Hindon River) an FOB at concourse level consists of paid and unpaid sections for the usage of metro commuters and the general public respectively.
At Hindon River station, the FOB is commonplace for both metro commuters and basic public.
With this new section, entirely elevated, the Delhi Metro forayed into the interiors of Ghaziabad for the first time, touching the industrial areas in twin cities of Ghaziabad and Sahibabad.
"Passenger services on the Red Line extension from Dilshad Garden to Shaheed Sthal (New Bus Adda) in Ghaziabad will start from 8 am on Saturday," DMRC's Executive Director for Corporate Communications Anuj Dayal stated.
Two of the eight stations on the Dilshad Garden-New Bus Adda section were renamed within the honour of the country's fallen heroes.
"The Rajendra Nagar Metro station has been rechristened as Major Mohit Sharma Rajendra Nagar station and the end station New Bus Adda has been renamed to Shaheed Sthal (New Bus Adda)," a senior DMRC professional stated.
The other six stations on the stretch are - Shahid Nagar, Raj Bagh, Shyam Park, Mohan Nagar, Arthala and Hindon River.
This section is an extension of the 25.09-km Rithala-Dilshad Garden hall or Red Line, which has 21 stations. After opening of this section, all the Red Line now spans 34.72 km.
"Trains will be available at peak hour frequency of six minutes and 12 seconds on the Dilshad Garden New Bus Adda section. A total of 35 six-coach trains will be used on the entire Rithala New Bus Adda Red corridor. The total journey from Dilshad Garden to New Bus Adda will take about 16 minutes," Dayal stated.
"All the station buildings have at least two Ticket Office Machine counters with one counter located at a lower height for facility of differently-abled commuters," the DMRC stated.
This would be the 2nd metro hall in Ghaziabad after the Blue Line which links Delhi to the neighbouring city, with stations at Kaushambi and Vaishali.
The extension of the Delhi Metro's Red Line will attach residents of Ghaziabad to with more than a few portions of the National Capital Region.
"Currently, commuters have to rely on other modes of transport from Dilshad Garden to reach Sahibabad and further to Ghaziabad. Now with extension of metro, connectivity to Mohan Nagar from Dilshad Garden could also improve considerably," he told journalists all over a preview of the brand new hall.
After the opening of this section, the total community of the Delhi Metro now spans 336.6 km with 244 metro stations. The DMRC's span in Uttar Pradesh is now 52.85 km.
The non-stop site visitors on the GT Road was once a significant challenge while setting up this section.
The DMRC performed many of the building activities and launching operations "during the night for 4-5 hours", Dayal stated.
Out of the eight stations in this section, six stations - Raj Bagh, Rajendra Nagar, Shyam Park, Mohan Nagar, Arthala, and New Bus Adda - have buildings on both sides of the main freeway and platforms on the central verge along the viaduct i.e. those platforms aren't a part of the station buildings but separate.
"In other stations on our network, the station buildings and platforms are built together. In those six stations of the new corridor, the concourse level and station platforms are interconnected through foot over bridges (FOBs)," a senior professional stated.
The Shaheed Nagar Station has just one station development on an aspect, while the other side is hooked up via lifts and a staircase for commuters to achieve from road-level to station development.
At all stations (excluding Hindon River) an FOB at concourse level consists of paid and unpaid sections for the usage of metro commuters and the general public respectively.
At Hindon River station, the FOB is commonplace for both metro commuters and basic public.
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