Delhi: 17.8-km Pink Line stretch to open on October 31

NEW DELHI: This year, Diwali will come early for the residents of northeast Delhi. The 17.8-km long Shiv Vihar-Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake section of Delhi Metro’s Pink Line, which will bring metro connectivity to many parts of northeast and east Delhi, is going to be opened for the public on October 31.

The section will be formally flagged off for passenger operations on Wednesday by Hardeep Singh Puri, Union minister of state for housing and urban affairs, and deputy CM Manish Sisodia. The section will be flagged off via remote from Metro Bhawan at 9.30am and the passenger services will commence from 2pm on the same day, a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation spokesperson said.

This will be the third section of the Pink Line to be opened for public. The last section between Lajpat Nagar and Mayur Vihar-I is expected to be opened in December.

This 17.86-kilometre elevated section comprises 15 elevated stations — Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake, East Vinod Nagar-Mayur Vihar- II , Mandawali-West Vinod Nagar, IP Extension, Anand Vihar ISBT, Karkardooma, Karkardooma Court, Krishna Nagar, East Azad Nagar, Welcome, Jaffrabad, Maujpur- Babarpur, Gokulpuri, Johri Enclave and Shiv Vihar. “The main highlight of this section will be the presence of three interchange stations — Anand Vihar with Blue Line (Dwarka-Vaishali/Noida City Centre), Karkardooma with Blue Line and Welcome with Red Line (Dilshad Garden-Rithala),” the spokesperson said.