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The new interchange station at the Punjabi Bagh will interconnect Green Line and Pink Line of the Delhi MetroThe platforms are connected by a foot overbridge (FOB), which connects the platforms with the Punjabi Bagh West Metro station of the Pink Line
PremiumNEW DELHI : The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's first interchange station that connects two operational corridors was inaugurated on Tuesday at Punjabi Bagh.
The new interchange station at the Punjabi Bagh will interconnect Green Line and Pink Line of the Delhi Metro. The two lines earlier crossed each other but there is was no halt facility.
The interchange station was made based on people's demand to provide an interchange provision at the intersection, officials had earlier said.
"Additional Interchange Station at Punjabi Bagh Connecting Green & Pink Line Inaugurated! A new interchange station on Green Line, providing interconnectivity between Green & Pink Line at Punjabi Bagh West station (Pink Line) was inaugurated today by Dr. Mangu Singh, MD/DMRC," the DMRC tweeted and shared its pictures.
For the first time, the DMRC has built a station which connects two operational corridors. The platforms are connected by a foot overbridge, which connects the platforms with the Punjabi Bagh West Metro station of the Pink Line (Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar).
The platforms are connected by a foot overbridge (FOB), which connects the platforms with the Punjabi Bagh West Metro station of the Pink Line. The FOB is 212 metres long, the DMRC said.
A senior official said this new interchange station (Punjabi Bagh West station) on the Green Line is not a conventional station, and was built despite engineering challenges to help connect the two lines. The entry and exit will be done through Punjabi Bagh West station of the Pink Line only, he said.
The platforms for both up and down movement at the station have been built in steel and are located right above the Punjabi Bagh roundabout. The Green Line viaduct has been modified to install these prefabricated steel platforms. The platforms have come up between the Shivaji Park and Punjabi Bagh stations of Green Line, the DMRC said in a statement.
However, in 2010, the Chhattarpur Metro station was built with pre-fabricated steel. After the completion of the fabrication work, the structures were brought to site for installation on giant trailers, it said.
There will be boarding and deboarding facilities available on this station and as a result of which the passengers desirous of interchanging trains between Green Line and Pink Line will be able to use the facility.
This has been done to provide interconnectivity between the Pink and the Green lines. This facility will be of great benefit to passengers travelling to and from the satellite city of Bahadurgarh and other outer Delhi areas such as Mundka and Nangloi. They will be able to travel to various locations of the 59-kilometre-long Majlis Park – Shiv Vihar Pink corridor.
The new platforms are 155 metres in length and are connected with the FOB by two extra-large lifts (each platform) with capacity of 26 passengers each as well as staircases.
The Green Line connects Inderlok/Kirti Nagar station to Brig. Hoshiar Singh station.
This is the second interchange facility on the Green Line. Inderlok station connects it to the Red Line.
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