Delhi Metro Pink Line’s 1st Stretch to Open on March 14
After receiving the Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety’s approval yesterday, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) just announced that it will finally inaugurate commercial services on the 21.565 km Majlis Park – Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus section of the new 58.59 km Pink Line (Line-7) on March 14, 2018.
A detailed inauguration schedule is yet to be released, but the event will be held at the DMRC’s Metro Bhawan Headquarters on Barakhamba Road at 4 pm. Commercial/revenue operations for passengers are planned to begin on the same day at 6 pm. All interchange links walkways will go live except for the South Campus – Dhaula Kuan (Pink – Orange) foot overbridge which needs a couple more months to get ready. More details on the DMRC’s operational plan will be added here when known.
Source: DMRC
Trial runs (testing) on this new line commenced on a small 6.5 km portion of the line between Shakurpur and Mayapuri in June 2017, and were then extended further south to South Campus (Dhaula Kuan) in August. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation completed testing in early February 2018 following which a thorough 3-day final inspection was conducted by the CMRS between February 26-28.
This 20.6 km section of the line includes 12 stations (8 elevated and 4 underground) at Majlis Park, Azadpur (interchange with Yellow Line), Shalimar Bagh, Netaji Subhash Place (interchange with Red Line), Shakurpur, Punjabi Bagh West, ESI Hospital, Rajouri Garden (interchange with Blue Line), Mayapuri, Naraina Vihar, Delhi Cantonment and South Campus –
21.5 km Majlis Park – South Campus section – view Delhi Metro Phase 3 map & info
Passing beneath the Blue Line on a 350MT steel bridge at Rajouri Garden – Photo Copyright: Anushree Fadnavis/ HT
Post-inauguration, Delhi Metro’s network will expand to 252.5 km with 9 metro lines and 182 stations under its belt. Stay tuned for a post on its inauguration!
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I’m waiting for south campus – mayur vihar line in south delhi to open
same, but looks like it could take a while..
South moti bagh metro station is also looking completed. When it will open…please tell me
The pink line is divided into three section. South campus has train reversal system. so train wont go beyond south campus. Motibagh section continues till mayur vihar. at mayur vihar train will reverse back. Hence, it will start after trial run complete from motibagh to mayur vihar. Expect opening by last quater if and only if trial run don’t take more than six months.
You are wrong here. We have a reversal system at lajpat nagar too. So within 3 months line will be opened between South campus and lajpat nagar.
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Good that the inauguration date didn’t drag on for too long. And Hope the Delhi & Central govt politicians don’t fight over inauguration protocols.
When is the rest of the line expected to open?
Till lajpat nagar by June and mayur vihar pk1 hopefully by September.
My house ? is madipur metro station…so is it possbile to interchange punjabi bagh station..its not connected by pink line…very disappointed ? delhi metro