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Mundka-Bahadurgarh section of Green Line to open today

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Mundka-Bahadurgarh section of Delhi Metro's Green Line on Sunday evening.

The Mundka-Bahadurgarh stretch, with seven stations, would be an extension of the existing Green Line (standard-gauge tracks) from Inderlok to Mundka.

This would be the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's (DMRC) third foray into the neighbouring state of Haryana. Metro services are already operational in Gurugram (Yellow Line) and Faridabad (Violet Line).

The Prime Minister will inaugurate the corridor through a video-conference facility from his office.

Union Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will also attend the function in Bahadurgarh.

A statement by DMRC on Saturday said, "Passenger services on the City Park (Bahadurgarh)Mundka metro corridor will begin from 4 PM on Sunday."

With the opening of this section, the Delhi Metro network will expand to 208 stations, spread across 288 km.

City Park is the name of the station that falls in the satellite city of Bahadurgarh, a bustling urban settlement in Haryana's Jhajjar district.

"Every alternate train from Mundka will go up to City Park in Bahadurgarh, and a frequency of around eight minutes will be maintained between Mundka and City Park.

The total running time between Inderlok/Kirti Nagar and City Park (Bahadurgarh) will be about 50 minutes," an official said.

After the opening of this corridor, the entire Inderlok-Bahadurgarh section would become 29.64 km long, the DMRC said.

Haryana already has over 21 km of lines under the DMRC network. With this section, the Delhi Metro section in Haryana will expand to 25.8 km.

In Delhi, stations will be Mundka Industrial Area, Ghevra, Tikri Kalan and Tikri Border, while in Haryana, it will be Modern Industrial Estate, Bus Stand and City Park.

With the opening of the Mundka-Bahadurgarh corridor, the span of Phase-3 network will expand to nearly 98 km, the official said.

Moreover, the total network of the DMRC outside Delhi will spread to 39.33 km with 27 metro stations. Another 49.17 km of new lines with 36 stations (including Noida-Greater Noida corridor) is being currently built, the official added.

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