Delhi Metro Grey Line will start its new route from Dwarka to Najafgarh from October 4.

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Delhi Metro passenger services on Dwarka-Najafgarh route on Grey Line will begin at 5 pm on Friday. With the opening of this section, the Delhi Metro network will expand to 377 km with 274 stations, including the Noida-Greater Noida Aqua Line. With this new Delhi Metro corridor, the Dwarka metro station will emerge as an interchange facility that will connect the sub-city with the locality of Najafgarh. The Dwarka-Najafgarh corridor's peak hour frequency of 7 minutes and 30 seconds shall be maintained on this stretch. And the total travel time on this section shall be 6 minutes and 20 seconds. Delhi Metro's Grey Line is a standard-gauge section and of the 4.295 km, 2.57 km is elevated and 1.5 km is underground.



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Delhi Metro will begin its operations on grey line from October 4, Friday. The 4.2 km-long corridor will connect urban village area of Najafgarh to the rapid transit network. The new corridor has three stations - Dwarka (interchange with Blue Line), Nangli and Najafgarh. Delhi Metro's Dwarka-Najafgarh corridor will be formally flagged off by Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at Metro Bhawan in the capital. Trial runs on the section had begun in July. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation had earlier said the corridor is being extended by another 1.18 km till Dhansa Stand, which is likely to get completed by December 2020.