Pink Line: Cut Travel Time & Save Money As Trilokpuri Section To Open Today; Check Details

Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake - Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 section of the Pink Line will be inaugurated today, it will be open to commuters from 3 PM onwards.

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New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is set to launch the Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake - Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 section of the Pink Line today.

The line will be inaugurated on August 6th in the virtual presence of the Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puri & the Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal at 10:25 in the morning.

Watch the inauguration of the Trilokpuri - Sanjay Lake and Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 section of Pink Line live at 10:15am tomorrow on DMRC's official YouTube channel.https://t.co/tOomTsO5eB

— Delhi Metro Rail Corporation I कृपया मास्क पहनें😷 (@OfficialDMRC) August 5, 2021

The Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake - Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 section of Pink Line will be opened for passenger services at 3 pm on 6th August 2021, announced the DMRC on Twitter. The Pink Line would save time and money for commuters as after much delay the Trilokpuri gap on the line has been plugged. The Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar corridor or the Pink Line spans 38 stations.

Opening the Trilokpuri section which is about 289 metres, between the Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 and Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake stations will fully link the entire 59 km-long Pink Line for the first time. It will also connect important landmarks of the city, such as the Anand Vihar Railway station, Anand Vihar ISBT, Nizamuddin Railway station, markets in South Extension, INA and Lajpat Nagar.

The gap in the line was expected to be plugged by September 2020, but it had got delayed due to repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, sources had said early October.

After its operationalization on August 6, this section will connect the two ends of the Pink Line and provide seamless connectivity to a long range of localities in the National Capital Region. There will be a reduction in travel time of about 20 minutes, from HUDA City Centre (Gurgaon) to Trilokpuri-Sanjay Lake or vice versa, as after opening of this section, there will be only one interchange station i.e. Delhi Haat-INA instead of two interchange stations as of now, officials said.

Travelling from Raja Nahar Singh-Ballabhgarh (Faridabad) to Trilokpuri-Sanjay Lake or vice versa will take 25 minutes less as after opening of this section, there will be only one interchange station i.e. Lajpat Nagar instead of two interchange stations presently.

And, commuters travelling from NOIDA City Center or Botanical Garden to Trilokpuri-Sanjay Lake or vice versa, will save 20 minutes as after opening of this section, there will be only one interchange station i.e. Mayur Vihar Pocket-1 instead of two interchange stations as on date. There will be a travel time reduction of about 20 mins both ways, on Delhi Haat-INA to Trilokpuri-Sanjay Lake or Lajpat Nagar to Trilokpuri-Sanjay Lake routes.

"Reduction in fare by Rs 20 will be in 38 sections (to and fro) and important key locations like Lajpat Nagar, NOIDA City Centre, Botanical Garden, Mohan Estate to Trilokpuri or vice versa; reduction in fare by Rs 10 will be in 524 sections (to and fro)," the DMRC said according to PTI.

This corridor will further be extended from Majlis Park to Maujpur in Phase-IV, making it the longest single metro corridor in India at approximately 70 km. After completion of Phase-IV, the Pink Line will also become the only Ring Corridor of Metro in the country.

However, the opening of the Najafgarh-Dhansa Bus Stand extension of Grey Line of the Delhi Metro has been postponed for about two weeks due to issues with an approach road to the station, officials said on Wednesday.