Delhi Metro Update: Additional interchange station connecting Green and Pink Line at Punjabi Bagh inaugurated

March 29, 2022 Rail News

The newly constructed additional interchange station on Line 5 has been inaugurated, which will provide interconnectivity between the Line 5 i.e., Green Line (Brig. Hoshiar Singh to Inderlok/Kirti Nagar) and the Line 7 i.e., Pink Line (Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar) at the Punjabi Bagh West Metro station of Pink Line on 29.3.2022 by Dr. Mangu Singh, Managing Director, DMRC.

  • The platforms for both up and down movement at this 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.
  • This is for the first time, that DMRC has built such a station which is connecting two operational corridors. (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).
  • There will be boarding and deboarding facilities available on this station and as a result of which passengers desirous of interchanging trains between Green Line and Pink Line will be able to use the facility.
  • The platforms are connected by a Foot Over Bridge (FOB), which connects the platforms with the Punjabi Bagh West Metro station of Pink Line. 
  • The FOB is 212 metres long.
  • This has been done to provide interconnectivity between the Pink and the Green Lines. 
  • Currently, there is no interconnectivity between the two corridors. 
  • 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, Nangloi, etc.
  • They will be able to travel to the 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.

Source: DMRC- Press Release