The three-level station will have shopping centers, eateries and other facilities available in an airport at mezzanine and concourse levels.
From September next, you will not only be able to reach the airport from Connaught Place in 18 minutes on a Metro, but some stations will also allow you to check-in baggage besides shopping, eating and purchasing tickets.
Three stations on the much-hyped 20-km long Airport Express Line—New Delhi, Shivaji Stadium and Airport—will not only have automatic Baggage Handling System which allows passengers to check-in baggages but will resemble a mini airport.
Not only this, at the Shivaji Stadium station, passengers can shop various items, eat their favourite food, purchase tickets for their journey and finally check-in their baggages in before boarding the 'express' Metro.
DMRC has also approached the customs department seeking its approval for setting up a 'duty free shop' at the stations.
But officials said no final decision has been taken.
Being built at a cost of Rs4,500 crore in Public Private Partnership mode, the DMRC expects a passenger ridership of 40,000 per day and hopes that it will improve later. The Metro will run through the night.
The frequency of the trains will be 10 minutes initially which will later be reduced to 2 minutes, Mangu Singh, director (Works), DMRC, told reporters here today.
The three-level station, which will be integrated with an Indian Airlines building, will have shopping centers, eateries and other facilities available in an airport at mezzanine and concourse levels, which are coming up at an area of 14,000 square metres, they said.
The Shivaji Stadium station will have eight-nine ticket counters and 40 baggage counters besides four lifts, four escalators and as many staircases. The platform is 20-metres deep from the ground.
"Trains will run at a speed of around 135 km/hour. To facilitate this, we have used 'Rheda' system for the first time. Trains will take only 18 minutes to reach the airport from New Delhi station."
"The line is built on a BOT basis and the concerned contractor can charge a maximum of Rs150 from ND to IGI and Rs30 from Dwarka Sec 21 to IGI," he said.
The section will have six stations – New Delhi, Shivaji Stadium, Delhi Aero city, IGI Airport and Dwarka Sec 21.
Eight sets of six-coach trains, made by a Spanish company, will be used in the sector and in each train, half the coach is especially designed for baggage handling.
"The BHS facility is provided only for those passengers flying out of the city. The service is not available on return journey (from IGI to New Delhi). However, passengers can check in from Dhaula Kuan and Dwarka Sector 21(other side) stations also," Singh said.
The passengers, who travel to the airport to catch flights, need not carry their baggages in hands if they use the BHS facility. From the IGI station, their baggages will be sent to the concerned airlines check-in facility through a 700-metre long tunnel through conveyors, he said.
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