Now, commuting will be smoother and relaxing for around 2 lakhs people residing in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) as the much-awaited 3.2 kilometre (km) extension of the Violet will be finally thrown open to public on Monday.

The new Escorts Mujesar to Ballabgarh section will be flagged off to the public by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi via remote control. 

“Once the section will be operation, commuting will be easier for around 2.14 lakhs of people residing in Faridabad, Ballabhgarh, South-East Delhi and Central Secretariat. After Faridabad, Bahadurgarh and Gurugram, Ballabhgarh will be the fourth city in Haryana to be connected by metro, taking the total length of the Metro to 29 kilometres,” said a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) official.

The extended section will have two elevated stations at Sant Surdas (Sihi) and Raja Nahar Singh. Moreover, Raja Nahar Singh station will also be integrated with the Ballabhgarh Railway station and interstate bus terminal Ballabhgarh directly with a Foot over Bridge (FOB) which currently under construction. 

The two new elevated stations- Sant Surdas and Raja Nahar Singh will extremely be beneficial to people residing in Ballabhgarh which is developing fast, scores of people who reside in the area travel on a daily basis to and fro Delhi for work.

“Both the stations are located on the side of National Highway-II and will be connected to the other side of Highway with Foot Over Bridges (FoB). This station is having parking on the other site of the National Highway-2 which will be directly connected to the station viaa FOB. The Sant Surdas (Sihi) Station is situated near NCB (National Council for Cement and Building Material Institute),” added the official.  

Further the officials said that a peak hour frequency of six minutes and 48 seconds will be maintained on this section between Badarpur and Raja Nahar Singh on weekdays.

A total of 40 trains will be operational on this entire section. After the opening of this extension, the entire Kashmere Gate - Raja Nahar Singh Metro corridor will become 46.6 kilometres long with having 34 stations. The entire length of the metro network is 314 km.