The section, which has five stations, three underground and two elevated, was on Monday inspected by the Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety
The Delhi Metro is all set to give a New Year gift to the city as the 9.7-km Lajpat Nagar-Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 of the Pink Line will start chugging from December 31. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will formally flag off the train on December 31 at 11 am from Metro Bhawan. Passenger services will commence the same day from 4 pm onwards.
The section, which has five stations, three underground and two elevated, was on Monday inspected by the Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS), who has given the mandatory approval, deeming it fit for commercial operations, a senior DMRC official said.
The new segment is part of the 59-km-long Pink Line, which spans from Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar developed under the Phase-III of the DMRC network. The five stations are Lajpat Nagar, Vinobapuri, Ashram, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Mayur Vihar Ph-I and Mayur Vihar Pocket-1. Mayur Vihar Ph-I and Mayur Vihar Pocket-1 are elevated stations, a senior DMRC official said.
DMRC also tweeted about the scheduled opening of the section. "Mark your calendars! Pink Line extension from Lajpat Nagar to Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 will begin operations from 4 PM on 31st December 2018. The section will connect Lajpat Nagar and Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 through Vinoba Puri, Ashram, Hazrat Nizamuddin and Mayur Vihar 1. #DelhiMetro".
The DMRC started its first-ever operations in 2002 and currently, its network spans 317 km with 231 stations. The Delhi Metro on December 24 had inaugurated an exhibition in the upper area of the foyer of Rajiv Chowk station, on completion of 16 years of its operations.
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- Union Minister of State Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will formally flag off the train on December 31 at 11 am from Metro Bhawan.
- Passenger services will commence the same day from 4 pm onwards.
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