Delhi Metro to operate at highest point in Dhaula Kuan.

Delhi Metro trains will now operate at a height of 23.6 meters at Dhaula Kuan under phase III, a major engineering feat in its construction history.

The Metro viaduct between South Campus and Delhi Cantonment metro stations of the under-construction 59 km-long Majlis Park-Shiv Vihar corridor, which will cross over the existing alignment of the Airport Express line at Dhaula Kuan, will be constructed without hampering movement of trains on the Airport Line and traffic movement between Ring Road and Sardar Patel Marg.

'The height of the viaduct will be 23.6 meters at this spot, as high as a 7 storey building, and will be the highest point of Delhi Metro so far surpassing Karkarduma where the Metro is 19 meters above the ground,' DMRC Executive Director (Corporate Communications) Anuj Dayal said.

The 'launching operation' above the Airport line is done only during non-operating hours between 12.30 AM till 4 AM to avoid any disruption to the traffic on Airport line.


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