Noida-Gurgaon travel time to be cut by 30 minutes

The Botanical Garden Metro station is all set to emerge as the first ever interchange Metro station in the National Capital Region, outside the boundaries of Delhi. So far, there are no interchange stations outside Delhi, even after the completion of Phase III.

“This station will provide interchange between the currently operational Line 3 (Noida City Centre – Dwarka Sector 21) and the upcoming Janakpuri West – Botanical Garden corridor. This Metro station will connect Noida directly with important locations of South Delhi such as Nehru Place, Kalkaji, Hauz Khas etc. The projected interchange load of the new station as per the detailed project report will be 97,780 in 2016. Presently, approximately 14,000 passengers use the station every day. The Botanical Garden Metro has a total parking area of about 1,420 sqm,” said a Metro official on condition of anonymity. “With the construction of this new interchange station, the travelling time between Noida and Gurgaon will come down by about half-an-hour to a total of 50 minutes with interchange at Hauz Khas. Presently, journey from Huda City Centre in Gurgaon to Botanical Garden in Noida takes about 1.5 hours with interchange at the busy Rajiv Chowk Metro station,” he added. Noida will get directly connected with the domestic terminals of the Indira Gandhi International Airport. The journey from the Botanical Garden station to the domestic terminal will take about 40 minutes.