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New Delhi: The first section of Phase-4 of the Metro is going to open for passenger movement soon. The Magenta Line of the Metro, built in Phase-3 between Botanical Garden in Noida and Janakpuri West in Delhi, is being extended beyond Janakpuri West to Ramakrishna Ashram Marg in Phase-4. A small part of this line is set to open for passengers soon. Under this, Metro operations will start between Janakpuri West and Krishna Park Extension, which will be the first section of Phase-4. Along with this, another new station will also be added to the operational network of the Metro.
This 2.2 km extension will be underground
The distance from Janakpuri West to Krishna Park Extension will be just 2.2 km. This entire section will be underground, but passengers will have to change trains to go from Janakpuri to Krishna Park. According to DMRC officials, Janakpuri West is currently the terminal station of the Magenta Line. There are two platforms at this underground station, from where trains used to come and go for Botanical Garden, but now one of those platforms has been reserved to go to Krishna Park Extension beyond Janakpuri, from where a separate train will take the passengers further. Passengers coming from Botanical Garden who have to go to Krishna Park Extension beyond Janakpuri West, will first have to get off the train at platform number 4 of Janakpuri West and then board another train from platform number 3 built next to it and go to Krishna Park. This arrangement will be exactly like the one made to go from Maujpur to Shiv Vihar on the Pink Line of the Metro, in which passengers coming by the Pink Line train have to board another train from Maujpur-Babarpur and go further.
The metro line will be elevated beyond Krishna Park
Metro officials said that the metro line will be elevated beyond Krishna Park. For this, the ramp built here will reverse from there and come back to Janakpuri. Since reversal takes a lot of time, this system has been created so that train operations on the rest of the line are not affected, in which passengers will have to board another train to go beyond Janakpuri. At the same time, the train coming from Botanical Garden and terminating at Janakpuri West will go back from the same platform. This will not affect the schedule of trains much. DMRC Principal Executive Director Anuj Dayal said that all the systems installed on the new section of the metro between Janakpuri West and Krishna Park Extension are being tested. Soon the trial will start with metro trains as well and after this, a request will be made to Commissioner Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) for safety inspection. DMRC hopes that by the end of next month, this section will be opened for passenger use.
22 new metro stations will be built
The extension of the Magenta Line of the Metro will be the longest among the three lines of Phase-4. Under this, a 29.26 km long metro line will be built between Janakpuri West and Ramakrishna Ashram Marg, on which there will be a total of 22 new metro stations. A 19.52 km long part of this line will be elevated and a 9.4 km long part will be underground. With the construction of this line, 8 new interchange stations will also be added to the metro network.