With new line, Metro span to cross 250 km
New Delhi, March 13: The more than 20 km- long Majlis Park- Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus section of Delhi Metro’s Pink Line is all set to be thrown open to the public from tomorrow evening, with an end- to- end travel time of 34 minutes.
The new corridor, will also for the first time, connect the north and south campuses of the Delhi University, on the Metro network, which can be commuted in 40 minutes.
With the opening of the 21.56 km- long section, the Delhi Metro’s operational network will expand to nearly 252 km, a senior Delhi Metro Rail Corporation ( DMRC) official said.
The new corridor is slated to be formally flagged off by Union minister for housing and urban affairs ( independent charge) Hardeep Singh Puri and chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday at 4: 00 pm from the Metro Bhawan here.
Passenger services on the stretch will begin from 6 pm onwards on the same day from both Majlis Park and Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus stations simultaneously, the official said, adding that “the end- to- end travel time on this section of the Pink Line would be 34 minutes”.
It would prove a big boon for the commuters, especially students, who till now have to travel either by road from the North Campus or take the Airport Line Metro till Dhaula Kuan and commute again on road.
The North Campus area of DU already has a Metro station, Vishwavidyalaya, which falls on the Yellow Line that links Samaypur Badli to Huda City Centre in Gurgaon. “The ticket from Vishwavidyalaya station to Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus station will cost 50. And, from Majlis Park station to South Campus station, it will cost 40. On Sundays and national holidays, the fare is less than the regular cost,” a senior official said.