Get a feel of air travel before you enter the airport.EVEN your journey to the airport will feel like air travel in a year's time. The Airport Metro Express Metro Express is a form of express bus service in Los Angeles County, California, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Buses are usually express for a portion of the route, then run either local or limited stop in other areas. Link will open its doors to passengers in September 2010 with coaches that resemble aircraft interiors and stations that offer the facilities of airport terminals. The line will link New Delhi railway station The New Delhi Railway Station (station code NDLS) is the main railway station in Delhi, and is one of the largest stations in India. with Indira Gandhi International Airport Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport (IATA: DEL, ICAO: VIDP), located in the city of New Delhi, Delhi is one of India's main domestic and international gateways. and also run up to Dwarka. Each passenger will get a plush seat inside the train and no one will be left standing, Metro officials promised on Thursday. Passengers to the airport will enjoy the luxury of checking in their luggage at two of the six stations that the train will pass through. This will allow them to avoid the unending check- in queues at the airport, officials said during a specially arranged site visit. Eight sets of the six- coach Metro trains to run on this line are being manufactured at Guipuzcoa in Spain. Their exterior too will differ from regular Metro coaches as they will run at much higher speeds. While your usual Metro train chugs at 30 km per hour, an aero- dynamic front design will allow trains on the Airport line to rush at more than 100 kmph. Glass screens will also be built at station platforms so that passengers are not affected by the air pressure created by fastmoving trains. The trains will cover the 22.7- km distance in about 18 minutes. They will initially be available at 10 minute- intervals during peak hours peak hours npl, peak period n → horas fpl punta peak hours peak npl → heures fpl d'affluence or de pointe , and will run round the clock. Passengers between IGI IGI International Genealogical Index IGI International Gemological Institute IGI I'm Going In IGI I Get It IGI Institute of Geologists of Ireland IGI Inspector General for Investigations IGI Institution Gang Investigator (prisons) Airport and New Delhi railway station may have to cough up as much as Rs 150 for the journey. From Dwarka Sector 21 to IGI Airport, the charge will be Rs 30. But those working at or near the airport can get monthly passes for Rs 2,000. New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. and Shivaji Stadium stations will offer baggage checkin facility, while passengers can check themselves in and get a boarding pass for their flight at Dhaula Kuan as well. However, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation ( DMRC DMRC Digimarc Corporation (stock symbol) DMRC Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (India) DMRC Digital Mobile Radio Communications ) is still awaiting the approval for its check- in system from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security ( BCAS BCAS Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (Dhaka) BCAS British Columbia Ambulance Service BCAS British Compressed Air Society (UK) BCAS Bucks County Audubon Society (Pennsylvania) ). " BCAS officials want to themselves man the check- in and baggage check- in counters at the stations," said DMRC director ( works) Mangu Singh. " But we are trying to convince them that our system is fool- proof and our men will be working as efficiently as those of any other agency. These stations will resemble airport terminals. Passengers can shop for various items, eat their favourite food, purchase tickets for their journey and finally check- in their baggage before boarding the Metro. The DMRC has also approached the customs department seeking approval for setting up duty- free shops at the stations. But officials said no decision had been taken. The Shivaji Stadium station will have eight to nine ticket counters and 40 baggage counters, in addition to four lifts, four escalators and as many staircases. The platform is 20 metres below the ground. The Metro line will also pass under the Blue line and Yellow line at Rajiv Chowk In Hindi-Urdu, a chowk is a place where paths intersect.
The passengers who travel to the airport need not carry their baggage in hands if they use the baggage handling service. From the IGI station, their baggage will be sent to the respective airlines through a 700- metre tunnel on conveyor belts. Out- bound passengers can also check- in their baggage in advance and travel later. But the baggage handling facility is provided only for passengers flying out of the city. The service is not available on the return journey ( from IGI to New Delhi). However, passengers can check in from Dhaula Kuan and Dwarka Sector 21 stations also. The line being is constructed on a build- operate- transfer ( BOT) basis by Reliance-- CAF CAF - constant applicative form Joint Ventures. It will run underground for 15.7 km and overground O´ver`ground´ a. 1. Situated over or above ground; as, the overground portion of a plant s>. for 7 km. Singh said nearly 90 per cent of civil works was finished, and hoped it would be commissioned before the Commonwealth Games next year. Copyright 2009 India Today Group. All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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