The Delhi Metro on Thursday said that with the opening of the Majlis Park- Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus station of the Pink Line on Wednesday, the total number of interchange stations in Delhi Metro has now increased to 16. A senior DMRC official said, “These interchange stations will enable both new and existing commuters of the Delhi Metro to have access to a number of alternate and shorter routes from one point to another point across Delhi-NCR. These will save time and money besides realigning of the ridership pattern across the network.”
The official said that it is the first time that a record five new interchange stations have been added in the network in just little over two months' period.
“Two interchange stations were added on 25th December 2017 as part of the opening of Botanical Garden to Kalkaji Mandir section of the (Magenta Line). Thus, the five new interchange stations are: Azadpur, Netabji Subash Place, Rajouri Garden, Botanical Garden and Kalkaji Mandir. Old interchange stations numbering 11 are: - Kashmere Gate, Rajiv Chowk, Central Secretariat, Sikanderur, Yamuna Bank, Kirti Nagar, Dwarka Sec-21, New Delhi, Ashok Park Main, Inderlok and Mandi House. Another interchange between Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus station & Dhaula Kuan station of Airport Express Line will also be possible,”
The official further said that these new sections and interchange stations of phase-III will not only help in adding new passengers but will also help realign and decongest some of the existing stations once entire Phase -III becomes operational in coming months.