After three-year long delay, the first coach of Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon (RMRG) is ready to roll out commercially from Thursday, covering all the corporates and retails hub in posh area of the city.
The rapid metro rail will reduce travel time of lakhs of commuters of Delhi-NCR and traffic volumes for roads in Gurgaon and National Highway-8.
The Rapid Metro Gurgaon line will be opened for commuters from 6:05 am till 12:20 midnight between five stations —DlF Phase-II, Belvedere Towers, Moulsari Avenue, DlF Phase-III and Sikanderpur, covering 5.1 long kilometres distance. But the civil work of Gateway Tower station will be completed in March, 2014.
After the final approval of Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) on November 11, the officials on Wednesday announced the start of its commercial operations. The security has been divided in three stages; private security personnel — including women —will be deployed at the platforms for frisking. The ground security will be handed over to Gurgaon Police.
The future extension plan from Udyog Vihar Metro station to connect with Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport line is under discussion with the senior officials of DMRC. The detail project reports (DPR) is yet to be made in this connection to ease out the traffic congestion of NH-8 and Daula Kuan, said Sanjiv Rai, MD and CEO of Il & FS Rail ltd.
The Rapid Metro will be beneficial for thousands of officer goers in the Millennuim City. Gurgaon has already transport problems and lots of commuters daily depend on auto-rickshaws and sharing autos, which charge hefty sum for few killometres.
The interchange metro station will be Sikanderpur where the commuters from Delhi can avail the service of Rapid Metro, using common ticketing system. The Metro feeder buses service will also be started by Haryana Roadways from Thursday at Udyog Vihar metro station.