Haryana's Rapid Metro Project involving an estimated expenditure of Rs 1,088 crore and connecting NH-8 in Gurgaon with the Delhi Metro Railways' Sikanderpur station will be inaugurated soon.
First phase of the project, which is being executed on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer basis (DBFOT), will commence its commercial operations soon, a government spokesman today said.
It will be India's first privately funded intra-city metro system and would have a common ticketing system with Delhi Metro and ease 30 per cent of Gurgaon's existing traffic congestion, he said.
"This will ensure commuter convenience as there would be no requirement for purchasing multiple tickets. It will have fully automated train operations to eliminate human errors and the network would be completely elevated one, running on standard gauge," the spokesman said.
In all five trains would be deployed in the Phase-I, which has a network span of 5.1 kms, and there would be six stations, he added.
