Delhi Metro chugs into Yamuna Bank on May 2

The first train will chug out of Yamuna Bank at 6 am and go to Dwarka via Indraprastha. Trains will be available on the new route till 11 pm every day.

“The frequency will be from four to 10 minutes,approximately,depending on the peak-hour traffic requirement,” said Anuj Dayal,spokesperson,DMRC.

“The opening of the Yamuna Bank station will also ease pressure on Line-I (Dilshad Garden-Rithala) as commuters from East Delhi can directly take Line 3 from Yamuna Bank. They will not have to change trains at Kashmere Gate and Rajiv Chowk any longer,” Dayal explained.

The DMRC now plans to open the new train maintenance depot located at Yamuna Bank. “New trains can be commissioned and stationed here for the trial runs for the Noida extension scheduled to start in May or June. This line will be opened to the public in October,” he added.

The depot can stable nearly 40 trains at a time and has facilities to wash them and handle technical repairs.

The station has a parking area spread over 5,000 square metres,where up to 400 cars can be accommodated. The parking will be operational from May 2.

Feeder bus services for new route
A new Metro feeder bus service will start from the Yamuna Bank station to Mayur Vihar Phase-III via Vikas Marg,New Patparganj Road,Mother Dairy,Mayur Vihar Phase-II,Pocket C,Kalyanpuri,Kondli and Gharole. The DMRC has applied for permission to provide an additional feeder bus service from the new station to Jheel/Rajgarh Colony via Geeta Colony,Shiv Puri,Rashid Market,Khureji,Shakarpur,Laxmi Nagar and Vikas Marg .This route will be operational after the permits are received. One of the already existing services from Shastri Park to Vasundhara Enclave will drop passengers 0.8 km away from the station,near Akshardham.