New Delhi: The city’s metro map is about to get a new pivot point. Delhi Aerocity station on Airport Express Line is on track to become one of the most significant interchange hubs in the city’s expanding public transport network.As part of Phase IV of Delhi Metro, Aerocity is being transformed to connect with Tughlaqabad-Aerocity Golden Line, significantly improving the east-south connectivity and bringing large parts of south Delhi closer to the airport than ever before. Officials said the expansion would turn Aerocity into a crucial node linking long-distance airport travel with daily city commuting.The importance of the station grew further with the recent approval for extending Golden Line from Aerocity to Terminal 1 IGI Airport station, covering a distance of 2.3km. Once operational, commuters from neighbourhoods such as Tughlaqabad, Ambedkar Nagar and Khanpur will be able to reach Terminal 1 directly by the metro, without multiple interchanges or road travel.Designed as a high-capacity interchange, the station will offer both platform-to-platform connectivity on one side and concourse-to-concourse paid-area access between Airport Express Line and Silver Line. The underground platforms will be located at a depth of around 22 metres while the Golden Line station itself will stretch to nearly 290 metres —significantly longer than a typical interchange station — to handle the expected passenger load.What makes Aerocity even more future-ready is its planned role as a potential triple interchange. Structural provisions are being built into the station to integrate a proposed National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) corridor to Alwar. As per the alignment, Golden Line and the NCRTC corridor will cross diagonally and a space for future platforms will be embedded during the current construction.For air travellers, the changes promise smoother journeys. Passengers arriving at or departing from Terminal 1D will be able to switch to Airport Express Line at Aerocity via Golden Line while south Delhi residents will gain faster access to all terminals of Indira Gandhi International Airport.With Phase IV steadily reshaping Delhi’s transit landscape, Aerocity is poised to evolve from an airport station into one of the metro network’s most strategic interchange hubs, stitching together the city, region and the airport like never before.
