Mandi House-Central Sect metro section thrown open to public
27 Jun 2014 10:56 PM GMT
The much-awaited Mandi House to Central Secretariat Metro section was thrown open to the public on Thursday by Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu.
The Minister flagged off the first train, operated by a woman driver, on this route from Mandi House Station at 9:30 am and then himself took a ride on the train along with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation managing director Mangu Singh and other senior officials and media persons.
The 3.2 km-long underground metro section from Central Secretariat to Mandi House is part of the 9.37 km long Central Secretariat to Kashmere Gate line, which is an extention of the Badarpur corridor (22 km) of Phase two.
This section is an extension of ‘Violet line’ and is expected to decongest Rajiv Chowk station as commuters of Badarpur-Central Secretariat line bound for Noida, Vaishali and Dwarka will be able to change trains at Mandi House without changing trains twice at Central Secretariat and Rajiv Chowk. Trains on the Mandi House-Central Secretariat section will run at a frequency of 3.25 minutes.
The new stations — Janpath and Mandi House are equipped with token vending machines and add-value cards readers besides other facilities for passengers.
The train was operated by a woman driver. This section comprising three stations-Central Secretariat, Janpath and Mandi House-was completed in a span of 36 months within the stipulated cost. Currently, Rajiv Chowk station handles 5 lakh passengers everyday, the minister noted. The footfall in 2016 is expected to be 1,34,879. On increasing metro travel fares, which have been pending for a long time now, the minister said: ‘I have told DMRC to study project fares and then see whether some revision can take place.’
The Minister flagged off the first train, operated by a woman driver, on this route from Mandi House Station at 9:30 am and then himself took a ride on the train along with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation managing director Mangu Singh and other senior officials and media persons.
The 3.2 km-long underground metro section from Central Secretariat to Mandi House is part of the 9.37 km long Central Secretariat to Kashmere Gate line, which is an extention of the Badarpur corridor (22 km) of Phase two.
This section is an extension of ‘Violet line’ and is expected to decongest Rajiv Chowk station as commuters of Badarpur-Central Secretariat line bound for Noida, Vaishali and Dwarka will be able to change trains at Mandi House without changing trains twice at Central Secretariat and Rajiv Chowk. Trains on the Mandi House-Central Secretariat section will run at a frequency of 3.25 minutes.
The new stations — Janpath and Mandi House are equipped with token vending machines and add-value cards readers besides other facilities for passengers.
The train was operated by a woman driver. This section comprising three stations-Central Secretariat, Janpath and Mandi House-was completed in a span of 36 months within the stipulated cost. Currently, Rajiv Chowk station handles 5 lakh passengers everyday, the minister noted. The footfall in 2016 is expected to be 1,34,879. On increasing metro travel fares, which have been pending for a long time now, the minister said: ‘I have told DMRC to study project fares and then see whether some revision can take place.’
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