Delhi Metro’s Grey Line extn, Trilokpuri of Pink Line to open on Aug 6

New Delhi, Aug 2 (UNI) The Najafgarh-Dhansa Bus Stand extension of Grey Line of the Delhi Metro and the Trilokpuri section of Pink Line between the Mayur Vihar Pocket 1 and Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake stations will be inaugurated on August 6, the DMRC said on Sunday.

Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will inaugurate these two sections via video conferencing.

“Even as the inaugural function will be held online in the morning, passenger services will commence on the same day at 1500 hrs on both the sections”, a DMRC spokesperson informed.

The approximately one kilometre (891 metres) long Najafgarh-Dhansa Bus Stand section will take the Metro further into the interior areas of Najafgarh.

The Trilokpuri section will connect the entire 59 kilometre long Pink Line and will connect important landmarks of the city such as the Anand Vihar Railway station, Anand Vihar ISBT, Nizamuddin Railway station, markets in South Extension, INA, Lajpat Nagar etc, the spokesperson said.

With the opening of these sections, the Delhi Metro network will become 390 kilometres long with 286 Metro stations.