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Delhi Metro to run special buses for IPL matches

Staff Reporter

Buses will be available every 12 minutes on match days

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation will run a special feeder bus service from Pragati Maidan Metro station to Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium on days of the Indian Premier League cricket matches for the convenience of spectators.

Circular route

The buses will run on a circular route starting from Pragati Maidan station via AGCR Building, Indian Institute of Public Administration, Rajghat, Ambedkar Stadium, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg and Ferozeshah Kotla Ground and back to Pragati Maidan.

The buses will be available at a frequency of 12 minutes on match days.

Routes amended

Two routes of the existing metro feeder services have been slightly amended in view of requests from commuters.

On the Mahendra Enclave-Vishwavidyalaya Metro station route, the buses now will run via Patel Chest Institute, Shri Ram College, Daulat Ram College, Maurice Nagar, Roop Nagar/ Kamla Nagar, Rana Pratap Bagh, Guru Nanak Piao, Ashok Vihar flyover, Satyawati College and Sawan Park.

From Rani Bagh

On the Rani Bagh main bus stop to Netaji Subhas Place Metro station route, the buses will now run via Bhagwan Mahavir Hospital, Kesav Mahavidyalaya, Road No. 43, Shri Guru Harkishan Marg, Rani Bagh, Mahindra Park, Rajdhani Enclave, Maharana Pratap Enclave, Raj Nagar, Samrat Enclave, Shakurpur and Britannia Chowk.

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