Metro signs MoU for airport line

New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd today signed an agreement with a consortium consisting of Pacific Consultants International (Japan), Parsons Brinckerhoff International, Inc. (USA), Japan Railway Technical Service (Japan), TONICHI Engineering Consultants, Inc. (Japan) and RITES Ltd. (India) for providing General Consultancy for the new High Speed Airport Metro line.
The line will connect the Indira Gandhi International Airport to New Delhi Railway Station via Moti Bagh and Rajiv Chowk, covering a distance of 19.5 kms in 16 minutes. Trains on this modern line will run at a maximum speed of 135 km/hr.
This line is expected to cost Rs. 3,294 crore and DMRC intends to complete it by June 2010 before the Common Wealth Games.
26/12/06 Delhi Newsline

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