<p>The service, built under Delhi Metro's first public-private partnership project, will also make available flight information on LCD screens inside the train coaches to passengers. <br /><br />"The 23-km airport express line is all set for commercial operations from Wednesday at 2 p.m.," a Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt Ltd (DAMEPL) official said.<br /><br />Initially, five to six trains will ply on the route every day, and the train frequency will be 20 minutes. <br /><br />"As the footfall increases, the frequency of the train will increase," the official added.<br />According to DAMEPL, the Metro fare ranges between Rs.20 and Rs.100. <br /><br />The travel from New Delhi Railway Station to the airport will cost Rs.80 and from the railway station to Dwarka Sector 21 Rs.100.<br /><br />The Metro link missed three deadlines -- Oct 3, Oct 31 and Dec 31 -- set by Delhi Metro and the urban development ministry. The trains will run at 105 km per hour.<br /><br />Built at a cost of about Rs.5,700 crore, the line has six stations -- New Delhi Railway Station, Shivaji Stadium, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi Aero City, Indira Gandhi International Airport and Dwarka Sector 21. <br /><br />But the Dhaula Kuan and Delhi Aero city stations are not ready yet.<br /><br />Each coach has LCD screens showing flight information for the convenience of travellers while half the compartment of every six-coach train is reserved for luggage.<br /><br />Delhi Metro is responsible for the civil work and Reliance Infrastructure will operate the line for 30 years and share the revenues.<br /></p>
<p>The service, built under Delhi Metro's first public-private partnership project, will also make available flight information on LCD screens inside the train coaches to passengers. <br /><br />"The 23-km airport express line is all set for commercial operations from Wednesday at 2 p.m.," a Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt Ltd (DAMEPL) official said.<br /><br />Initially, five to six trains will ply on the route every day, and the train frequency will be 20 minutes. <br /><br />"As the footfall increases, the frequency of the train will increase," the official added.<br />According to DAMEPL, the Metro fare ranges between Rs.20 and Rs.100. <br /><br />The travel from New Delhi Railway Station to the airport will cost Rs.80 and from the railway station to Dwarka Sector 21 Rs.100.<br /><br />The Metro link missed three deadlines -- Oct 3, Oct 31 and Dec 31 -- set by Delhi Metro and the urban development ministry. The trains will run at 105 km per hour.<br /><br />Built at a cost of about Rs.5,700 crore, the line has six stations -- New Delhi Railway Station, Shivaji Stadium, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi Aero City, Indira Gandhi International Airport and Dwarka Sector 21. <br /><br />But the Dhaula Kuan and Delhi Aero city stations are not ready yet.<br /><br />Each coach has LCD screens showing flight information for the convenience of travellers while half the compartment of every six-coach train is reserved for luggage.<br /><br />Delhi Metro is responsible for the civil work and Reliance Infrastructure will operate the line for 30 years and share the revenues.<br /></p>