DMRC Updates Delhi Metro Silver Line’s Length & Stations

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on their website has officially updated the length and number of stations of the Phase 4 project’s Silver Line which will connect Aerocity – Saket G Block – Tughlakabad in south Delhi.

This new mostly-underground line was approved by the Central Government in March 2019 with a 20.201 km route length and 15 stations. Per the DMRC’s revised route table, updated on October 7, the Silver Line will now be 23.622 km long with 16 stations.

While the length of the elevated section (Sangam Vihar – Saket G-Block) at 4.279 km has not changed, the underground section’s length has increased from 15.922 km to 19.343 km.

Updated Delhi Metro Phase 4 table

The reason for the revision has not been revealed, but it could very well be due to the realignment of the line through the Neb Sarai – IGNOU Road area and extension of the line further eastward towards the Violet Line’s Sarita Vihar Depot which will be repurposed under Package DC-26, likely by YFC Projects, to maintain & stable the Silver Line’s rolling stock in the future.

The Silver Line’s 16th / new station’s name or location has not been revealed. The rest 15 will be built at Aerocity, Mahipalpur, Vasant Kunj, Kishangarh, Chhatarpur, Chattarpur Mandir, IGNOU, Neb Sarai, Saket G-Block, Ambedkar Nagar, Khanpur, Tigri, Maa Anandmayee Marg Junction, Tughlakabad Railway Colony (Pul Prahaladpur) and Tughlakabad.

Silver Line’s route connecting Aerocity – Saket G Block – Tughlakabad – Sarita Vihar Depot – view Delhi Metro Phase 4 information & full route map

A consortium of AECOM Singapore – Tandon Consultants – AECOM India Pvt Ltd. was assigned as the Silver Line’s Detailed Design Consultant (DDC) in November 2018, and so far DMRC has only invited and awarded one section’s construction, the 4.28 km elevated Package DC-04 connecting Sangam Vihar – Saket G-Block through 4 stations, to YFC Projects Ltd. which in August began casting U-girders at their casting yard in Pushp Vihar.

Bids for the Silver Line’s remaining 19.3 km underground section’s 3 civil packages are yet to be invited and are dependent on the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)’s go-ahead.

Here’s the status of the Silver Line’s civil packages (west to east). The pending 3 packages will each be a little more than 6 kms long. An accurate description of their length, start/end points, and number of stations (including the 16th one) will appear only after the tender notices are published.

PackageStatus
Package DC-08: Aerocity to Kishangarh, 6.11 km underground section with 4 stationsTender Notice Pending
Package DC-09: Kishangarh to Saket G-Block, 6.88 km underground section with 4 stationsTender Notice Pending
Package DC-04: Saket G-Block to Sangam Vihar, 4.28 km elevated section with 4 stationsUnder Construction by YFC Projects
Package DC-07: Sangam Vihar to Tughlakabad, 6.477 km underground section with 3 stationsTender Notice Pending

On a side note – I wish the package numbering for this line was sequential. Right now it’s all over the place!

With this development, Delhi Metro’s Phase 4’s total length is now up from 61.679 to 65.1 km – coincidentally as large as the Phase 1 project which was also developed with 3 lines (Red, Yellow & Blue) between 1998 – 2006.

For more updates, check out the Delhi section of The Metro Rail Guy!

– TMRG

Hat-tip to Pankaj Sharma

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11 Responses to "DMRC Updates Delhi Metro Silver Line’s Length & Stations"

  1. Abhishek Threja says:

    I saw in news that line will be extended till jaitpur from tuglakabad

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  2. Kanishka says:

    So, the extension from Aerocity to IGI-Domestic station has finally been cancelled, good call..
    Any update on the aero-train project?

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    • TMRG says:

      Nothing yet on the AirTrain. B2B tenders/deals are tough to track, so not sure if there’s been any recent movement on it. I feel its development is going to be pushed back due to the fall in air traffic, just like T1’s redevelopment.

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  3. Clevin Gomes says:

    TMRG, when the bids will open for Mumbai Metro Mogarpada Depot?

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    • TMRG says:

      They moved the date again! New submission date is Dec 8 and opening Dec 11.

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      • Clevin Gomes says:

        I see, do do you know, that MMRDA have just started pier casting for Mumbai Metro Line 9 (Red Line metro north extension till Mira Bhayander). I live nearby this UC Metro line, and I’ve saw some pier cages for Saibabanagar metro station. I am so happy that this section has just started to pick up speed. But what’s the status of Southern extension of line from Andheri to Airport T2, there is hardly any progress about it. Any updates on the Southern part?

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  4. Mohita Ahuja says:

    At this time, I am only interested in one news about metro and that is completion of pink line.

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  5. Ishan Singh says:

    Its logical to connect IGNOU- that a big university and currently the road access is very poor. Where can one get details?

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