Ahead of the formal inauguration of the Pink Line on Wednesday by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri, the Delhi Metro on Monday gave a tour to the media on the 21.56-km stretch of the Majlis Park-Deshbandhu South Campus Metro station.
With the inauguration of the stretch, travel between North Campus and the South Campus will take barely 40 minutes. It will also reduce travel time between Dwarka 21 (Blue Line) and Rithala (Red Line) by over 16 minutes and Rajouri Garden and Azadpur by nearly 23 minutes
The section will have stations such as Majlis Park, Azadpur, Shalimar Bagh, Netaji Subhash Place, Shakurpur, Punjabi Bagh West, ESI Hospital, Rajouri Garden, Mayapuri, Naraina Vihar, Delhi Cantt and Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus. Out of the 12 stations, eight are elevated and rest are underground.