This story is from August 24, 2017

Sarai Kale Khan: A meeting point for Metro, road and rail by 2024

Sarai Kale Khan: A meeting point for Metro, road and rail by 2024
Sarai Kale Khan.
New Delhi: In a few years, Sarai Kale Khan will become the converging point for different modes of transport and will facilitate smooth travel for people within the city and those coming from neighbouring states. Sarai Kale Khan, which already has a busy railway station and an inter-state bus terminus, will get Delhi Metro connectivity possibly by March 2018 and, in seven years, three high-speed train corridors linking the capital with Meerut, Panipat and Alwar.

The Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station, one of the busiest in the city along with Old Delhi and New Delhi railway stations, is likely be on the Delhi Metro map by March next year.
The underground metro station, to be named Hazrat Nizamuddin, will come up in the proximity of both the railway station and the inter-state bus terminus. Unlike the Old Delhi and New Delhi railway stations, however, the Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station will not be directly connected to the upcoming metro station through subways.
Seamless connectivity between the metro station and the rail and bus stations will be through the integrated regional rapid transit system (RRTS) coming up in the area. The Sarai Kale Khan RRTS station will be spread across an area that is 50 metres wide and 300 metres long. The station will be the convergence point for three proposed RRTS corridors connecting Delhi to Ghaziabad-Meerut, Sonipat-Panipat and Gurgaon-Rewari-Alwar.
The project, work on which is scheduled to begin from July next year, is being executed by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC). “As the corridors would have up and down tracks, there will be a total of six tracks converging at Sarai Kale Khan. That is why the station needed to be spacious,” said an NCRTC official. The convergence of the corridors at Sarai Kale Khan would mean commuters can change transport modes and directions there. For instance, a commuter coming from Meerut can bus in and catch a train to Panipat, Gurgaon or Alwar.

Once the RRTS station comes up at Sarai Kale Khan, it will be connected to the other modes of transport through skywalks, travelators, subways and pathways. “A long skywalk will connect the RRTS station with both the metro station and the Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station. It will have travelators to ease the long walk for passengers,” the official said. “The skywalk will merge with the existing foot-overbridge at the railway station, providing passengers a hassle-free interchange.”
Apart from the skywalk, partial subways will connect the RRTS station directly with the Hazrat Nizamuddin metro station.
The Sarai Kale Khan bus terminus will be connected through a dedicated pathway that is planned to exist at the ground level. “The idea is to provide maximum convenience to passengers while changing among the different modes of transport,” the official added.
He also said that the focus is on a good, safe and reliable experience of public transport for users. NCRTC plans to add green areas and carry out a beautification of the entire transport hub.
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