Pink revolution: Faster metro trains, with Wi-fi and without drivers to hit track soon

The 58.6-km long pink line is the longest line of Delhi Metro and will cover the entire city in a 'U' shape. The line will cross all other existing lines of the DMRC - red line, blue line, green line, violet line, yellow line and Airport Express line. It will also connect the Anand Vihar Terminal and Hazrat Nizamuddin railway stations and Anand Vihar ISBT and Sarai Kale Khan ISBT.

The DMRC has imported 20 train sets 120 coaches from South Korea. The cost of six-coach train is about Rs 51 crore. The train is manufactured by a consortium of Hyundai and Rotem. These trains are not only faster but also wifi-enabled.

These trains are 10 per cent more energy efficient. They will run on standard gauge. They will run at an average speed of 35kmph as against the average speed of 32kmph of the present stock that is already running on Metro tracks.

The pink metro trains are driverless, and the new stations have 'platform doors' same as those on the Airport Express Metro. The absence of a driver's cabin will help accommodate 240 more commuters in a train. Driverless Metro trains are currently successfully running in Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

There are 38 stations (26 elevated and 12 underground) in total on the pink line with 10 interchange stations. The total time to cover the entire journey on pink line is 90 minutes.

The 58-km-long Majlis Park–Shiv Vihar corridor will pass along the Ring Road, the 37-km Janakpuri West–Botanical Garden corridor will provide connectivity along the Outer Ring Road. This corridor will also provide cheaper and convenient transportation to the domestic terminal of the IGI Airport.

The key features of the new pink metro trains are the colourful interiors, improved passenger safety, increased seating space and upgraded information system. The new coaches are painted in bright colours such as pink, red and purple.