Final TBM Breakthrough Achieved for Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line
After tunneling works came to a close on the Pink Line earlier this month, now it’s the Magenta Line’s turn! 😀
On this past Monday evening, the CREG#7 Tunnel Boring Machine deployed by the L&T-SUCG JV for package CC-27 made a successful breakthrough at the Munirka station’s western-end to mark an end to the 38.235 km Magenta Line’s tunneling works for the Delhi Metro’s 160 km Phase 3 project.
This TBM was commissioned from the Vasant Vihar station in October 2015 to build the line’s down-line tunnel, and traveled 1265m while building 904 rings to reach the Munirka station where it was greeted by the contractor and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s top officials.
Note: All media outlets covering this news are incorrectly reporting that Phase 3’s tunneling works are over. The Dwarka-Najafgarh line has 1 breakthrough by TBM S197 (view info & pic) still pending at the Hanuman Mandir Shaft.
Vasant Vihar – Munirka section’s alignment – view Delhi Metro Phase 3 map & information
The mid-shaft shown in the map above was exclusively built for the up-line tunnel where 2 breakthroughs were recorded from either ends in December 2015 by TBM THI-1 and July 2016 by TBM THI-2.
Images of the 38th and last TBM breakthrough on the entire line:
Photo Copyright: Shubham Kumar
Photo Copyright: Azizul Kalam
Waiting for the TBM to show its cutterhead – Photo Copyright: Seeram Srinu
ta-da! – Photo Copyright: Faizan Haider
DMRC’s MD Mangu Singh – Photo Copyright: Seeram Srinu
Photo Copyright: Seeram Srinu
Photo Copyright: Seeram Srinu
For more updates, check out the Delhi section of The Metro Rail Guy!
– TMRG
Best news to wake up to. Congrats everyone in the city.
Congrats to DMRC. And u r ryt TMRG. Hindustan times reported today that phase 3 tunneling works r over. Looks lyk no one seems to care about the najafgarh line.
The media in India (especially Delhi) covering metro updates is clueless. Journalists are less investigative and more skillful in receiving & publishing content as ‘news’.
The punjabi bagh station is supposed to be an interchange station between the Pink line and Green line but the stations on thsee lines are far apart..I wonder how thr interchange will happen.can you enlighten us?
Hi, Punjabi Bagh like Dhaula Kuan will not be an interchange due to the distance between both stations – see the map on the last page of this document which doesn’t include interchange symbols.
The DMRC does however plan to build a really long FOB with travelators to connect them. In order to ‘interchange’, users will have to go in and out of the paid section twice.
rather they should have built .. an new special interchange station on green line… that would have surely provided the great ease to commuters..
That’s something I was gunning for, but unfortunately not happening 🙁
As always, green line is the one which is neglected and doesn’t get any of the benefits. First no 4 to 6 coaches conversion and now this. BTW which green line station will be connected by the FOB?
It’s indeed such a shame. Pink Line’s Punjabi Bagh West station will be connected to the Green Line’s Shivaji Park station.
Punjabi bagh is a residential area…do you think it would have been possible to build a special interchange station there to connect with green line. Do consider that none of the green line stations are close to the ring road which is the alingment for pink line.
A new station for the Green Line on the north-west corner of the intersection can be built/retrofitted like this and then get connected to the Pink Line’s station via a FOB like the upcoming interchanges are going to be connected. Constructing its structure would of course lead to the eastbound service road being partially closed & operations to be affected on the Green Line towards the final leg of construction, but I believe we can live with that.
DMRC has many mistakes to fix, but I don’t believe they’re ready to admit and fix them at this point. Maybe in the next 10 years?