Delhi Aerocity metro station to become major interchange hub with NCRTC, Golden Line links
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Aerocity metro station on the Airport Express Line is set to emerge as a major interchange hub of the Delhi Metro network with provisions for an interchange to the NCRTC's proposed Alwar corridor, according to officials.
Additionally, the Aerocity metro station is being expanded to provide additional connectivity to the Tughlakabad-Aerocity Golden Line corridor, which is being constructed as part of Phase 4 of the Delhi Metro project, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) officials told PTI.
Approval has recently been received for extending this corridor from Aerocity up to the Terminal 1 IGI Airport station, covering a length of 2.263 km, they added.
In future, the station will also have the provision to be converted into a triple interchange, as the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) will have interchange facilities at Delhi Aerocity for its proposed corridor to Alwar, the DMRC said.
According to the agency, the new Delhi Aerocity metro station will have platform-to-platform connectivity on one side as well as concourse-to-concourse paid area connectivity between the Airport Express Line and the Golden Line. The platform will come up at a depth of approximately 22 metres.
As per the corporation, the new station for the Golden Line will be significantly longer, approximately 290 metres, to accommodate interchange requirements, whereas the general length of an interchange station is about 260 metres.
As per the planned alignment, the Golden Line and the proposed NCRTC corridor will cross each other almost diagonally, and the DMRC said the necessary structural provisions for the construction of the NCRTC platform will be incorporated in the station for future integration.
The DMRC further said the new interchange will significantly boost connectivity to various areas of south Delhi that will be connected by the Aerocity-Tughlakabad metro corridor. Areas such as Tughlakabad, Ambedkar Nagar and Khanpur will get quick access to all terminals of the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport.
With approval of the extension of the Golden Line up to the Terminal 1 IGI Airport station of the Magenta Line, passengers travelling from several south Delhi areas will get direct access to Terminal 1 of the airport, the DMRC added.
It said passengers from Terminal 1D will also be able to take the Airport Express Line from Aerocity by travelling via the Golden Line from the Terminal 1 IGI Airport station.
The Delhi Metro network comprises 12 operational corridors with 289 stations across Delhi-NCR, stretching around 395 km, as of early 2025-26.
The network has been developed in phases, with Phase 4 to add 44 new stations and several new corridors to enhance connectivity.
Currently, there are 29 existing interchange stations and, with Phase 4 corridors coming up, this number is expected to rise to 47 interchange points.
The project covers major residential and commercial areas in the capital and neighbouring areas, linking distant parts of Delhi-NCR through a rapidly-expanding metro network.
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
