‘Metro trains running at 120 kmph on Airport Line’

Delhi Metro has increased the operational speed of Metro trains on the Airport Express Line to 120 kmph starting Sunday officials saidThe total journey from New Delhi station to newlybuilt Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector 25 station will take about 21 minutes they saidldquoPrime Minister Narendra Modi took a metro ride to reach the new station at Dwarka Sector25 The train he travelled in moved at 120 kmph so that was in a way a formal start of services with enhanced speed on the Airport Express Line whose extension was also inaugurated by the PM todayrdquo a senior DMRC official saidModi later on Sunday also launched the R13000crore PM Vishwakarma Yojana scheme for traditional artisans and craftsmen and inaugurated the R5400crore first phase of stateofthe art India International Convention and Expo Centre IICC lsquoYashobhoomirsquo at DwarkaEarlier the travel time between New Delhi and Dwarka Sector 21 was approximately 22 minutes which now has been reduced to around 19 minutesThe approximate travel time between New Delhi and Terminal 3 of the Delhi Airport will be about 15 minutes and 30 seconds Earlier it was a little more than 18 minutes the DMRC saidlsquoYashobhoomirsquo is connected to the Delhi Airport Metro Express line with the inauguration of the new metro station lsquoYashobhoomi Dwarka Sector 25rsquoThe new Metro station will have three subways a 735 metre long subway connecting the station to the exhibition halls convention centre and central arena another connecting the entryexit across Dwarka Expressway while the third one connecting the Metro station to the foyer of the future exhibition halls of lsquoYashobhoomirsquoWith the opening of this section the total length of the Delhi Metro network has now increased to 393 km with 288 stations including the NoidaGreater Noida Metro Corridor and the Rapid Metro in Gurugram288No of stations on the Delhi Metro networkCheap mentality AAP ministerDelhi minister Atishi on Sunday rued the fact that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was not invited to an event in which a metro line was inaugurated by ModiShe said not inviting the Delhi chief minister to an event of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation DMRC reflects ldquocheap mentalityrdquo and added that the prime minister should rise above party linesAtishi pointed out that the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation DMRC is a 5050 venture of the Centre and the city governmentldquoThis means half the funds are spent by the city government and the other half by the Centre But it was not considered important to invite the Delhi chief minister to the event I want to tell the prime minister that he is the guardian of all the state governments He should rise above party linesrdquo she saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever