DLF Gurgaon Metro Project

DLF Gurgaon Metro Project

Indian real estate giant DLF is planning to start its own metro in Gurgaon to improve the connectivity to its townships and malls. If the plans fall in green box, the rail will cover about four km at an estimated investment of up to Rs 375 crore.

DLF will introduce its own rail as a feeder service to Delhi-Gurgaon metro line being constructed by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation in an order to provide an efficient connectivity.

The company has assigned RITES to undertake a feasibility report for providing feeder service between Sikandpur Chowk and the proposed Mall of India, located in Sector-24, Gurgaon, informs DLF Advisor C B K Rao.

Metro rail by DLF will not run on underground passage but on an elevated corridor. The project involves an investment of Rs 350-375 crore with each km costing around Rs 95-100 crore.

The company has asked for the permission from Haryana Government to allow it the use of roads and cut trees wherever require.

Initially, there will be four trains with three coaches each. They will have a carrying capacity of about 1 lakh people a day.

Under the projected plan, DLF will introduce its own rail as a feeder service to Delhi-Gurgaon metro line being constructed by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. This will ensure an efficient connectivity between the city and the Delhi Metro.

The feeder service is to be operational between Sikandpur Chowk and the proposed Mall of India, located in Sector-24, Gurgaon. The Metro Rail by DLF will not run through underground passage but on an elevated corridor.

They will have a collective carrying capacity of about 1 lakh people a day.