Metro rail link to fast-track commute to Delhi airport

As Hyderabad and Bangalore struggle to improve access to their new airports due to start operations this year, New Delhi is investing in a metro link that will allow commuters to travel to the upcoming international airport in 21 minutes.
To start at the capital's central business district of Connaught Place, this link will offer check-in facilities and a journey that will cost only Rs 180, almost half the current cost of a cab ride to the airport.
This 23-km Airport Express Metro Rail project was awarded last week by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to a consortium led by the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG). The consortium includes CAF of Spain, a leading manufacturer of rolling stock.
The project involves a partly elevated, partly underground link between the Connaught Place metro station via Dwarka and the new international airport due to be ready by 2010.
The blueprint also involves check-in facilities at both Connaught Place and Shivaji Stadium, a few kilometres from Connaught Place, with facilities for over 100 check-in counters each and a conveyor belt that will transport luggage to the train and then the airport.
02/02/08 Surajeet Das Gupta/Business Standard

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Categories: airports Feb 2008