Mundka-Bahadurgarh
Metro trials in Dec 2017-11-06
Monday, 06 November 2017 | Staff Reporter |
NEW DELHI
Trial runs on Delhi Metro’s Mundka-Bahadurgarh stretch are likely to begin
in December, setting the stage for the mass rapid transit’s third foray into
Haryana. Once the 11.18-km-long line starts in June 2018, Bahadurgarh will be
third Haryana town, after Gurugram and Faridabad, in the DMRC fold. It will
take just 45 minutes to travel from Bahadurgarh (City Park) to Mundka.
Confirming about the trial runs, a senior Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
officer said, “Once the section becomes operational, it will take just one hour
to travel from Rajiv Chowk to Bahardurgarh metro station. It takes up to two
hours via road.”
The corridor, being constructed as part of the metro’s Phase III project,
will have a total of seven stations, four in Delhi and three in Haryana.
In Delhi, the stations will be Mundka Industrial Area (MIE), Ghevra, Tikri
Kalan and Tikri Border, while in Haryana the three stations will be Modern
Industrial Estate, Bus Stand and City Park (Bahadurgarh).
The Mundka-Bahadurgarh Metro corridor is an extension of the existing
Inderlok-Mundka Corridor (Line-5).
It will be an elevated metro corridor along NH-10 (Rohtak Road).
Talking about the major hurdle faced by the DMRC, the senior official said,
“If the Haryana Urban Development Authority fails to provide land to the DMRC
for laying tracks for a depot, there will be delay in the commissioning of the
line.”
According to DMRC’s estimates, around 1.43 lakh people are expected to
travel on the line daily. Another highlight of the upcoming corridor is that it
will be the longest straight-line stretch in the history of the Delhi Metro
without any bend or twist and turn between Mundka and Bahadurgarh.
