Photos: Delhi Metro’s Magenta line geared for full operations from next week
Updated On May 26, 2018 11:40 AM IST
The 24.8 km-long Janakpuri West-Kalkaji Mandir stretch of the Delhi Metro's Magenta Line is all set to be inaugurated on May 28. Passenger services on the segment, which has 16 stations, will begin on May 29 at 6 am from the Kalkaji Mandir and Janakpuri West stations simultaneously. The highlights of this corridor will be the two new interchange facilities at -- Janakpuri West and Hauz Khas, a reduction in commute times between Noida and Gurugram, as well as connecting the T1 terminal of the Indira Gandhi International to the metro.
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The deepest station and the steepest escalator, just a few of additions the upcoming Janakpuri West-Kalkaji Mandir stretch of the Magenta Line brings to the Delhi Metro network. This section is set to be inaugurated by Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday and will be thrown open for public the next day. (Sunil Ghosh / HT Photo)
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The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) estimates that commuters will now be able to travel from Noida to Gurugram in just 50 minutes, against the one-and-a-half hours earlier. Instead of changing lines from the busy Rajiv Chowk metro station, commuters will now be able to use the Magenta Line and interchange for the Yellow Line (Samaypur Badli-Huda City Centre) from Hauz Khas. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)
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The new section of the Hauz Khas station with a depth of 29 meters will also become the deepest station on the Delhi Metro network. A ramp will connect it with the operational station on the Yellow Line. Once this section opens, the expanse of entire Delhi Metro network will increase to 277 km with 202 Metro stations. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)
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Apart from Hauz Khas, Janakpuri West also has unique features to boast of. A station escalator with the highest escalation point of 15.65 m makes it the steepest one in the country. “The horizontal length of the escalators is 35.32 m and the height is equal to a five-storey building. The weight of each escalator is 26 tonnes,” a DMRC statement said. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)
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Being branded as the ‘knowledge corridor’, this line connects four of Delhi’s important universities — Jamia Milia Islamia, Amity University, IIT Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). This comes as a major advantage to students, especially with admissions to undergraduate and graduate courses beginning by the end of the month. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)
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The soon-to-be-opened Janakpuri West-Kalkaji Mandir section will provide easy access to the domestic terminal of the Indira Gandhi Airport. The Airport Express Link currently provides metro connectivity to the T3 terminal from where all international carriers and some domestic airlines fly. However, there is no metro connectivity for the domestic terminals from which low cost operators fly. (Vipin Kumar / HT Photo)
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Overtaking the recently opened Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus-Majlis Park section of the Pink Line in length, the 24.82 km-long stretch between Janakpuri West and Kalkaji Mandir will be the longest one yet. This stretch is a part of the 38.2km Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden corridor. (Anushree Fadnavis / HT Photo)
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