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. The line consists of 24 stations covering a total length of 28.79 km. It runs between Inderlok and Brigadier Hoshiyar Singh with a branch line connecting the line's Ashok Park Main station with

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station. It is a completely elevated line and runs mostly along the busy NH 9 route in

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, bypassing Tikri Border to enter

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. It is the first Delhi metro line on

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, prevalent in

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lines.

History

The line was opened in two stages, with the 15.1 km Inderlok – Mundka section opening on 3 April 2010 and the 3.5 km Kirti Nagar – Ashok Park Main branch line on 27 August 2011. Though its route is shorter than other lines, the Green Line serves as a lifeline for Delhiites going to and coming from Red and Blue Lines, as it covers major commercial and residential areas like

Punjabi Bagh Punjabi Bagh is a locality in Delhi, India. It also is one of the three sub-zones of West Delhi. History The land of nearby Madipur village was acquired by government of India for resettlement of refugees from Pakistan.It was previously call ...

Paschim Vihar Punjabi Bagh is a locality in Delhi, India. It also is one of the three sub-zones of West Delhi. History The land of nearby Madipur village was acquired by government of India for resettlement of refugees from Pakistan.It was previously call ...

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and

Mundka Mundka is a census town and village in the West Delhi district of Delhi. It is the birthplace and village of former Chief Minister of Delhi, the late Dr. Sahib Singh Verma. Its neighbouring villages are Bakkarwala and Nangloi. The current M ...

. On 6 August 2012, in a step that will improve commuting in National Capital Region, the Union government approved the extension of Delhi Metro from Mundka to

in Haryana. The 11.18 km metro stretch comprises seven stations with four of them in Delhi and the remaining three in Bahadurgarh -- Mundka Industrial Area,

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, Tikri Border, Pandit Shree Ram Sharma (Modern Industrial Estate), Bahadurgarh City (Bus Stand) and Brigadier Hoshiar Singh (City Park). Construction work of this extension began in 2013 and was completed by the second half of 2018, as part of the Phase III expansion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Mundka – Bahadurgarh stretch via video conferencing on 24 June 2018. In late October 2019, it was decided to construct steel platforms on the viaduct of Green Line between Punjabi Bagh and Shivaji Park stations that will provide a seamless interchange between Green Line and Pink Line. Construction began in that year itself and the new halt platform of Green Line, named Punjabi Bagh West, was thrown open to the public on 29 March 2022, after multiple delays. The new halt platform of Green Line is connected by a Foot Over Bridge (FOB), which links with the Punjabi Bagh West station of the Pink Line. The FOB is 212 metres long. The new platforms are 155 metres in length and are connected with the FOB by two extra-large lifts on each platform with a capacity of 26 passengers each as well as staircases.

Stations

Main Line

Branch Line

Train Info

Infrastructure

Green Line is equipped with Bombardier Cityflo 350 signalling.

Rolling stock

The Green Line uses standard gauge trains manufactured by a consortium of

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and

Bharat Earth Movers BEML Limited, formerly Bharat Earth Movers Limited, is an Indian Public Sector Undertaking, headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. It manufactures a variety of heavy equipment, such as that used for earth moving, railways, transport an ...

(BEML). A total of 196 cars for the Green Line and the Violet Line were ordered for both 4-car configurations (46 trains) and 6-car configurations (2 trains). One train was manufactured in

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and rest of the trains were manufactured at BEML's facility in Bangalore. Width of these trains is 2.9 meters as compared to 3.2 meters on broad gauge trains.

References

External links

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)

Delhi Metro Annual Reports
{{Railways in Northern India Railway lines opened in 2010 Delhi Metro lines