The Delhi Aerocity metro station on the Airport Express Line is set to emerge as a major interchange hub of the Delhi Metro network with provisions for an interchange to the NCRTC’s proposed Alwar corridor, according to officials.
Additionally, the Aerocity metro station is being expanded to provide additional connectivity to the Tughlakabad-Aerocity Golden Line corridor, which is being constructed as part of Phase 4 of the Delhi Metro project, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) officials told PTI.
Approval has recently been received for extending this corridor from Aerocity up to the Terminal 1 IGI Airport station, covering a length of 2.263 km, they added.
In future, the station will also have the provision to be converted into a triple interchange, as the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) will have interchange facilities at Delhi Aerocity for its proposed corridor to Alwar, the DMRC said.
According to the agency, the new Delhi Aerocity metro station will have platform-to-platform connectivity on one side as well as concourse-to-concourse paid area connectivity between the Airport Express Line and the Golden Line.
The platform will come up at a depth of approximately 22 metres.
As per the corporation, the new station for the Golden Line will be significantly longer, approximately 290 metres, to accommodate interchange requirements, whereas the general length of an interchange station is about 260 metres.
As per the planned alignment, the Golden Line and the proposed NCRTC corridor will cross each other almost diagonally, and the DMRC said the necessary structural provisions for the construction of the NCRTC platform will be incorporated in the station for future integration.