INDIA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated two metro extensions totalling 22·2 km and laid the foundation stone for three more sections totalling a further 16·1 km as the capital city’s metro continues to expand.
Circular line openings
A 9·9 km extension of semi-circular metro Line 8 (Magenta) was one of the newly opened sections launched in early March. This seven-station, isolated extension is branded as Line 8S, and links Majlis Park to Deepali Chowk.
A 12·3 km section of Line 7 (Pink) has opened between Majlis Park and Maujpur, completing the circle. This eight-station extension features a new bridge in the Yamuna area and a double-deck viaduct that carries both the metro and a road flyover.
As a part of a €312m contract, Alstom is supplying 312 metro cars for Delhi Metro Phase IV, as well as its Urbalis Flo CBTC signalling.
More extensions
The Prime Minister also formally launched the construction of more sections of lines 8 and 10, forming part of Delhi Metro’s Phase V-A expansion, worth a total of RS335bn.
Line 8 is being extended from R.K. Ashram Marg eastwards to Indraprastha.
Works on two one-station extensions of the partly completed Line 10 have also been formally launched, extending the route at both ends. These sections run from Aerocity to Indira Gandhi Airport Terminal 1, and from Tughlakabad to Kalindi Kunj.
