The Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety, SK Pathak, on Wednesday gave nod to Shiv Vihar to Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake section of Delhi Metro Pink Line paving way for its opening soon.
According to Delhi Metro spokesperson, the section has got green signal, however, the exact day of opening is yet to be decided.
“The approval is subject to the fulfillment of certain more stipulations and formalities. The exact date of the opening of the section will be intimated after the fulfillment of these requirements,” said the spokesperson.
The decision has been taken after the commissioner on October 20 inspected the section which is approximately 18 kilometers long.
This 18 kilometers elevated section comprises of 15 elevated stations. The stations are Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake, East Vinod Nagar- Mayur Vihar- II, Mandawali- West Vinod Nagar, I.P. Extension, Anand Vihar ISBT, Karkardooma, Karkardooma Court, Krishna Nagar, East Azad Nagar, Welcome, Jaffrabad, Maujpur- Babarpur, Gokulpuri, Johri Enclave and Shiv Vihar.
The main highlight of this section is that it will include three interchange stations. While Anand Vihar and Karkardooma will facilitate interchange with the Blue Line, the Welcome station will facilitate interchange with Red Line.
After opening of this section, Pink Line with total length of more than 58 kilometers will become the longest line in Delhi Metro network which will break the existing record of Blue Line. The Blue line is approximately 50 kilometers long. Apart from that, once the section becomes operational, the total length of Delhi Metro network will become approximately 314 kilometers long.