New Delhi: The Delhi Airport Metro Express can expect service as usual from Monday morning. DMRC is going to take over the operations of the Airport Express Link from midnight. Services on the line will commence as usual at 5.15am on Monday under the DMRC’s supervision,” Anuj Dayal, DMRC spokesman said.
The Delhi Metro management has also decided to invite feedback and suggestions from the commuters so that the services can be further improved. Two ‘feedback-cum-suggestion counters’ will be opened at the Shivaji Stadium and Dwarka Sector 21 stations from 7.30am onwards on Monday,” added Dayal. Commuters can also post their feedback and suggestions on Delhi Metro’s website.
Delhi Metro is gearing up to take over operations of the 22.7km-long airport link from midnight on Sunday and Delhi Metro also plans to start a feedback survey at two of the airport link stations and Reliance Infra owned Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL) had written a letter to DMRC on June 27 expressing its inability to continue operations of the Airport Express link.
On June 28, DMRC rejected the notice given by Reliance Infra, and termed it as violation of the concessionaire agreement and the ongoing arbitration proceedings and DMRC has created an operations and maintenance team of 100 officials to manage the airport link. A seven-member strong core committee of senior officials has also been formed to handle extreme emergency situations, Dayal said. The metro line was shut down last July after problems arose due to defects in the civil structure, which were later rectified. Operations were resumed in January this year. Since then it has recorded an average ridership of 11,000.
Bureau Report
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