FOOT OVER BRIDGE CONNECTING DHAULA KUAN METRO STATION OF THE AIRPORT EXPRESS LINE WITH DURGABAI DESHMUKH SOUTH CAMPUS METRO STATION OF PINK LINE OPENED FOR PASSENGERS
The Foot Over Bridge (FOB) connecting
the Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus Metro station of Pink Line and Dhaula Kuan
Metro station of the Airport Express Line was opened today for passengers after
an inspection by Delhi Metro’s Managing Director, Dr. Mangu Singh in the
presence of other senior officials.
The FOB will connect the platforms of
the Durga Bai Deshmukh South Campus Metro station of Pink Line with the
concourse level of Dhaula Kuan Airport line Metro Station. The FOB will be a
crucial connecting link between the passengers of the Pink Line and the Airport
Express Link as many passengers travelling to and from the Terminal 3 of the
Indira Gandhi International Airport will be able to take the FOB and
interchange trains.
The FOB is a major technological
masterpiece as a record 22 travelators have been installed on it for the
convenience of the passengers. There would be very few FOBs in the country with
so many state of the art travelators. The 22 travelators (11 X2) have been
installed with landing space of about 15 metres in between them. The width of
the FOB is about 6.1 metres.
The FOB has also been semi covered
with a curved roof on top and aluminium Louver from the sides with glass
railings. It is also equipped with all the safety and security features like CCTV
cameras, lighting and PA system etc. The CCTV cameras installed at strategic
locations shall be monitored round the clock to ensure the security of the
passengers. There will also be space for display panels. Benches have also been
provided at some locations where the passengers would be able to take rest.
Construction Challenges:
Construction of the FOB was a major
engineering challenge due to the presence of multiple 220KV and 33 KV high
tension (HT) lines at almost all pier locations. Manual breaking of hard rock
around the 220KV HT line to erect piers was also time consuming and required
meticulous planning and monitoring. In addition, water pipelines of the Delhi Jal Board and
high pressure lines of GAIL were also present along the alignment and required
constant monitoring.
There was no room for diversion of the
utilities and hence mostly the work was done manually in restricted
spaces. Since these utilities were encountered at various depths and in varying
configurations, the foundation was redesigned at various locations.
In addition, the location of the FOB
along the arterial Ring Road made the construction even more challenging. The
Road along the FOB is used for movement to the airport and remains crowded
throughout the day. DMRC’s engineers had to carry out bulk of the construction
in the night time so that the flow of traffic was not hampered. The adjacent Ring Road was not blocked even
for a few hours during the construction work.
*Delhi Metro provides interchange
facilities between two or more corridors at 25 different locations across the
network, thus creating a web of Metro corridors criss-crossing each other. .
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“This FOB will now connect the Airport Express Line
with Pink Line, which will provide convenient connectivity between the Terminal
3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport and various areas across the
national capital. Passengers from all parts of the city such as Mayur Vihar in
the east, Ashram, Lajpat Nagar, South Extension, Moti Bagh in the south and
Delhi Cantt, Naraina in the west will be able to use the FOB via the Durgabai
Deshmukh South Campus station to take the Airport Express Line to reach the
airport. Till Now, The Airport Line was only connected with Blue Line at Dwarka
Sector 21.
Passengers from Pink line can go directly from the
platforms of Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus station to Dhaula Kuan station of
Airport line for smooth transition from Pink Line to Airport line.
DMRC could not have constructed a station closer to
the Dhaula Kuan Metro station because of the extremely complex geographical
challenges of the location. The construction of the FOB itself was a major
challenge because of the massive road intersection there as well as
criss-crossing of the Metro alignments of the Pink Line and the Airport Express
Line. Even the Metro viaduct of the Pink had to pass at a height of 23.6 metres
at Dhaula Kuan. ”
Anuj
Dayal
Executive
Director
Corporate
Communications
DMRC




Date:09.02.2019
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