Delhi Metro inaugurates Inderlok-Mundka 'Green Line'

Delhi Metro's network just got bigger on Friday with the inauguration of Inderlok-Mundka corridor, the country s first standard gauge line, which will traverse through some of the densely populated areas of the national capital. The 15.1 km corridor, also known as the 'Green Line' which will benefit over a lakh commuters in the city's west and north-west areas, was declared open by Union Urban Development Minister S Jaipal Reddy and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. They flagged-off a brand new Standard Gauge metro train at the Inderlok metro station and travelled on it till Paschim Vihar station. The line, which will be the fifth of the Delhi Metro's vast expanding network, will be opened for the public from 6 am Saturday.

This will be the first standard gauge metro line in the country. DMRC's other lines are broad gauge. This makes the Delhi Metro probably the only Metro in the world which will operate on both standard gauge and broad gauge in the same city.