The 2.1 km addition to Line 3 from Indraprastha to Yamuna Bank will finally be open to public from Sunday

The 2.1 km addition to Line 3 from Indraprastha to Yamuna Bank will finally be open to public from Sunday. The extension was earlier supposed to be operational from May 2, but was postponed due to general elections. "The new Yamuna Bank Metro station will be open to public from 6 am. The trains will be available on the new route till 11 pm for Dwarka sector 6. The frequency will be 4-10 minutes, approximately, as per the peak traffic requirement,'' said Anuj Dayal, chief PRO, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). The opening of the Yamuna Bank station comes as a huge relief for the residents of East Delhi as they won't need to cross over the congested Nizammudin and ITO bridges to use the Metro services. DMRC has also planned feeder bus services for the residents of the nearby colonies till the time line gets extended to Noida and than Ghaziabad later this year. A new Metro feeder bus service will start from Yamuna Bank station to Mayur Vihar Phase-III via Vikas Marg, New Patparganj Road, Mother Dairy, Mayur Vihar Phase-II, Pocket C, Kalyanpuri, Kondli, Gharole and Mayur Vihar Phase-III. This service will also be available from May 10. The DMRC has applied for permission to provide an additional feeder service from Yamuna Bank to Jheel/Rajgarh Colony via Geeta Colony, Shiv Puri, Rashid Market, Khureji, Shakarpur, Laxmi Nagar and Vikas Marg. This route will be operational after the permits are received. The new station has a huge parking area which can accommodate over 400 cars. It also houses a massive maintenance depot where new trains will be commissioned and stationed for the trial runs for the Noida extension expected to start in May/June 2009. This line will be open to public in October this year