Station at Punjabi Bagh West to link Pink, Green Metro lines

The new interchange station, with a 212 metre foot overbridge (FOB) connecting Punjabi Bagh West station platforms on the two lines, was inaugurated by DMRC managing director Mangu Singh.

Published on: Mar 30, 2022, 06:40:43 IST

By Jasjeev Gandhiok, New Delhi

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The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Tuesday inaugurated a new interchange station at the Punjabi Bagh West metro station to connect the Green and Pink Lines.

The new interchange station, with a 212 metre foot overbridge (FOB) connecting Punjabi Bagh West station platforms on the two lines, was inaugurated by DMRC managing director Mangu Singh.

The Green Line of the Delhi Metro runs from Brig. Hoshiar Singh to Inderlok/Kirti Nagar while the Pink Line runs from Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar.

DMRC said the platforms for the new Punjabi Bagh West station on the Green Line are built in steel and are located right above the Punjabi Bagh roundabout.

The Green Line viaduct too has been modified to install prefabricated steel platforms, with the new platform coming up between Shivaji Park and Punjabi Bagh stations on Green Line.

DMRC officials said this is the first time that DMRC has built such a station which connects two operational corridors.

“There will be boarding and deboarding facilities available on this station and passengers planning to interchange trains between Green Line and Pink Line will be able to use the facility. The platforms are connected by an FOB, which connects the platforms with the Punjabi Bagh West Metro station of Pink Line,” said Anuj Dayal, principal executive director, corporate communications, DMRC.

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Jasjeev Gandhiok
Jasjeev Gandhiok is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times, where he covers environment, climate change, the clean energy transition and wildlife at the National Bureau. Gandhiok has over a decade of experience in journalism and is based in Delhi. He has reported extensively on Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). This includes the region's air pollution woes, a polluted Yamuna and on urban wildlife still thriving in the region. He joined HT in October 2021. Prior to that, he had five-year stint at The Times of India in Delhi, where he also covered Delhi, with a focus on environment and wildlife. Gandhiok has covered some recent events around the Capital too, ranging from the farmers' protests, the northeast Delhi riots and the CAA-NRC protests, reporting from the ground on all of these. He also travels across the country to report on how environment and climate change impact everyday life, while also writing on endangered species. His reports in 2019 on toxic leachate from Delhi's landfills led to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) taking suo motu cognisance and ultimately asking the state government to start bio-mining to flatten and remove all three landfills in the capital. He also closely tracks the implementation of government policies on climate, renewable energy and environmental protection. His focus remains on impactful, public-interest journalism which explains how environmental decisions affect people's everyday lives.Read More