NEW DELHI (Metro Rail News): The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday, 11 November 2026, approved an 8.449-km extension of the Noida Metro Aqua Line from Noida Sector 51 to Greater Noida Sector 4 at an estimated cost of ₹2,390 crore. The elevated corridor will have five stations and is expected to be completed in four years.
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that once the extension is built, the total operational metro network in Noida and Greater Noida will grow to 71.878 km.
Route and Stations
| Information | Details |
| Route | Noida Sector 51 to Greater Noida Sector 4 |
| Length | 8.449 km, elevated |
| Stations | Noida Sector 61, Noida Sector 70, Noida Sector 122, Noida Sector 123 and Greater Noida Sector 4 (as reported) |
| Estimated cost | ₹2,390 crore |
| Completion | Four years |
| Interchange | Delhi Metro Blue Line at Noida Sector 61 |
The line will serve Gaur City 1 and 2, Cleo County, Gaur City Mall, H&S Mall, Blue Sapphire Mall, IKEA in Sector 51 and Anthurium Mall in Sector 73, along with offices of Tech Mahindra and TCL Tech in Sector 60, the Oil Industry Development Board in Sector 73 and the Golden I complex in Greater Noida Sector 4. It will also reach Delhi Public School in Sector 122 and Kailash, Rama and Cloud9 hospitals, and is expected to ease traffic at Parthala Chowk, Gaur Chowk and Ek Murti Circle.
“As Noida and Greater Noida grow, why should daily commutes become longer?” Modi said in a post on X, calling the approval good news for residents of both cities.
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Third Aqua Line Extension in the Pipeline
The approval adds to two Aqua Line extensions already sanctioned: the 11.56-km Sector 142-Botanical Garden corridor, cleared by the Union Cabinet in February 2026, and the 2.6-km Depot-Boraki link, sanctioned in July 2025. Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) awarded the civil contract for those two stretches, covering a 15.1-km viaduct and 10 stations, to Larsen & Toubro on 9 November.
The newly approved stretch is shorter than the 17.435-km Sector 51-Knowledge Park V corridor whose detailed project report the Uttar Pradesh cabinet cleared in 2024.
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