To review the work of Rapid Metro Phase 1 which is near finished, Principal Secretary to Haryana Chief Minister SS Dhillon on Thursday came to Gurgaon for a meeting with officers of the District Administration and Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon limited (RMRG). The first phase of Rapid Metro Rail is likely to be inaugurated on October 2.
Millennium City has the country’s first Metro Rail system developed on public-private partnership (PPP) mode at an estimated cost of `1,100 crore.The first phase of this Rapid Metro is 5.1 km in length with six stations, namely DlF Phase-II, Belvedere Towers, Gateway Towers, Moulsari Avenue, DlF Phase-III and Sikanderpur.
A major part of this is of single track. The interchange station is at Sikanderpur, where Rapid Metro connects Delhi Metro system via a skywalk.
“This will provide seamless connectivity with Delhi Metro, thereby connecting DlF Cyber City to Delhi. The construction of the first phase of Rapid Metro has been completed. The work on the second phase from Sikanderpur till Sector 55-56 of Gurgaon has commenced,” said Sanjeev Rai, Managing Director, RMRG limited.
“In the first phase, the Rapid Metro will have three coaches with a capacity for 800 passengers. The Rapid Metro will have a common ticketing system with Delhi Metro, which means that tokens and smart cards of Delhi Metro would work on the Rapid Metro system as well,” said SS Dhillon.
The Rapid Metro will ensure commuter convenience as there will be no requirement of purchasing multiple tickets. Rai said that a total of five trains would be deployed in Phase 1 and these rakes would be air conditioned. Close circuit cameras have been installed as well.With the advent of Rapid Metro, commuters will be relieved from traffic woes, connecting them to NH-8, Gurgaon and Delhi.