Delhi Metro’s third foray into Haryana : Mundka-Bahadurgarh corridor opens for passengers

New Delhi: The 11.2-km-long fully elevated Mundka-Bahadurgarh section of the Delhi Metro's Green Line was opened for passengers on Monday, facilitating travel of people employed in industrial units along the corridor, besides catering to the city youth studying in Haryana's upcoming educational hub. 

This is DMRC's third foray into the neighbouring state of Haryana. 

Metro services are already operational in Gurgaon (Yellow Line) and Faridabad (Violet Line). 

With seven stations, the Mundka-Bahadurgarh stretch is an extension of the existing Green Line (standard-gauge tracks) from Inderlok to Mundka. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the corridor from here on Sunday via video conference and said his government's priority is to build convenient, comfortable and affordable urban transport systems. 

Passenger services on the City Park (Bahadurgarh)– Mundka metro corridor began from 4 pm from both the sides. City Park is the name of the station that falls in the satellite city of Bahadurgarh, a bustling urban settlement in Haryana's Jhajjar district. 

After the opening of this corridor, the entire Inderlok-Bahadurgarh section has become 29.64-km long, the DMRC said.  The span of the Delhi Metro network has reached 288 km with 208 stations, he added. 

Bahadurgarh has a population of about 1.7 lakh and besides having industrial units, it is also an upcoming educational hub, with many universities and colleges. Mundka too has industrial units, and therefore the new corridor will facilitate to-and-fro travel for people employed there and students who must travel from Delhi, a senior DMRC official said. 

"According to the time table for the entire Inderlok/Kirti Nagar–City Park section, a total of 20 trains will be put into service,” the official said. 

"Every alternate train from Mundka will go up to City Park in Bahadurgarh and a frequency of around eight minutes will be maintained between Mundka and City Park. The total running time between Inderlok/Kirti Nagar and City Park (Bahadurgarh) will be about 50 minutes," he said.
 
In Delhi, the stations are the Mundka Industrial Area, Ghevra, Tikri Kalan and Tikri Border, while in Haryana, the stations are Modern Industrial Estate, Bus Stand and City Park. Haryana already has over 21 km of lines under the DMRC network.