Metro station on Golden Line to link Delhi airport’s T1 and T3

A new metro station on Delhi Metro’s upcoming Golden Line will connect Terminal 1 (T1) and Terminal 3 (T3) of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, a senior official said.

Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) CEO Videh Kumar Jaipuriar told PTI that the new integrated station is being planned to provide connectivity between Aerocity and T1.

“The Golden Line was earlier supposed to come up to Aerocity. We have convinced the DMRC to extend it up to T1. So, that will actually act as one of the metro lines which will connect from T1 to Aerocity and from Aerocity, we have got the airport line,” Jaipuriar said.

Currently, the Airport Express Line connects to T3, while the Magenta Line links T1, but there is no direct metro link between the two terminals.

Jaipuriar said efforts are underway to build an integrated station at Aerocity, which will serve as a multi-modal hub. “RRTS is coming to Aerocity, and even one of the APM (Automated People Mover) stations is supposed to be located there as per the current layout. So, it will be an integrated station… a multi-modal connectivity,” he said.

The Golden Line, or the Tughlakabad–Aerocity corridor under Phase IV of the Delhi Metro project, is currently under construction.

DIAL also plans to introduce an elevated cum at-grade Automated People Mover (APM) system — often called an “air train” — to offer seamless travel between all three terminals. The APM will be developed on a design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) model.

Operated by the GMR Group-led DIAL, the Delhi airport has three terminals and four runways and can handle over 100 million passengers annually.

(With inputs from PTI)