New Delhi: According to inputs received from Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs the 20 km Majlis Park-Durgabhai Deshmukh South Campus section of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will open next week.
In last week of February month, the Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) inspected the stretch. The DMRC has successfully completed testing on the said stretch, a part of the Phase-III project.
“The Majlis Park-South Campus section of the Pink Line of the metro network will be opened next week,” Urban Affairs Secretary DS Mishra said on the sidelines of an event at the Metro Bhawan in Delhi.
The 59-km Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar corridor (Line 7) of the metro network, also known as the Pink Line, is part of the Phase-III project. Starting last year, trial runs on its other stretches have also been conducted.
The entire corridor will open by June 2018.
The Majlis Park-Durgabhai Deshmukh South Campus section has 12 stations, including three interchange stations at Azadpur, Netaji Subhash Place and Rajouri Garden.
On February 7, trial runs began on the over 10-km elevated stretch (IP Extension-Maujpur) of the Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar corridor, on which the new signalling technology, Communication Based Train Control (CBTC), will be “rigorously tested”.
