Delhi Metro trains on Central Sec-Badarpur line arrive

Metro trains have begun to arrive for the 20-km-long Central Secretariat-Badarpur corridor that is scheduled to be opened for public by September this year before the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

A total of 25 trains (four coach each) have been planned to be used on this corridor initially that will cater to an expected traffic of about 3.6 lakh passengers per day by 2011, a DMRC spokesperson said today. The 16 metro stations that will fall on this metro corridor include Central Secretariat, Khan Market, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Jangpura, Lajpat Nagar, Moolchand, Kailash Colony, Nehru Place, Kalkaji Mandir, Govindpuri, Okhla, Jasola, Sarita Vihar, Mohan Estate, Tuglakabad and Badarpur.

Six new Standard Gauge trains have already arrived in the Sarita Vihar depot located on this line and all of them are presently being assembled in the depot. They will be tested for technical fitness before undergoing for testing on the main line for load, braking, among other things, he said.

The Delhi Metro will provide easy metro connectivity to three venues of the Commonwealth Games 2010, that is, the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium near the JLN Stadium Metro Station, the National Stadium near the Central Secretariat Metro Station and Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range near Tughlakabad Metro Station on this line.

The Delhi Metro had ordered 46 Standard Gauge trains for Phase II of its project from a consortium of MRMB - Mitsubishi, ROTEM, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. Out of the 46 trains, 11 are already running on the Inderlok - Mundka corridor.