Magenta Line inauguration today

New Delhi: The 24.82-km-long Janakp-uri West-Kalkaji Mandir stretch of the Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line is all set to be inaugurated on Monday that will bring domestic terminal of the city airport on the DMRC network and cut travel travel time between Noida and Gurgaon by at least 30 minutes.

Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line will be launched by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and Union minister for housing and urban affairs Hardeep S. Puri at 4.30 pm at the Nehru Enclave Metro station, officials said.

The three projects will improve the journey of nearly 5 lakh regular commuters and work as a major step towards curbing pollution.

The 25.6 km second phase of the Magenta Line will run from Janakpuri in West Delhi to Kalkaji Temple in South Delhi.

There would be three interchangeable stations — Kalkaji Mandir for Violet Line, Hauz Khas for Yellow Line, and Janakp-uri West for Blue Line.

The travelling time between Noida and Gurgaon will be drastically reduced to 50 minutes, which previously took 90 minutes. The waiting time will also be reduced to 90 seconds from the existing two minutes, said the DMRC.

Nearly 3.9 lakh passengers are expected to commute through the Magenta Line.

The new Magenta Line is called the “knowledge corridor” of Delhi “as it will connect four different universities — Jamia Milia Islamia, JNU, Amity University, and IIT,” sources in the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation said.

The Magenta Line will be Wi-Fi enabled, have USB ports, and a backrest for wheelchair-bound commuters. Communica-tion-based train control (CBTC) will allow the locomotive to be driverless.

The automatic fare collection (AFC) gates will help control the crowd and facilitate faster entry and exit. On the other hand, automated platform screen doors have been installed and glass separators have been used to divide the station area.

At Janakpuri (West) station, the tallest escalators in the country have been installed. It is also the deepest station at 29 metres.