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A new metro station will be part of the upcoming Golden Line to provide connectivity between Delhi airports Terminal 1 and Terminal 3 a senior official was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. Of the three terminals at Delhi airport which is also the countrys busiest Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 are close by while Terminal 1 is a few kilometres away. Where exactly will the new metro station be located? While speaking to news agency PTI DIAL CEO Videh Kumar Jaipuriar stated the new integrated station is being planned to provide connectivity between Aerocity and T1. The Golden Line was earlier supposed to come up to the Aerocity. We have convinced the DMRC (Delhi Metro Rail Corporation) to extend it up to T1 he told PTI. Furthermore he added So that will actually act as one of the metro lines which will connect from T1 to Aerocity and from Aerocity we have got the airport line. At present the Airport Metro Express (Orange Line) connects to T3; meanwhile the Magenta Line links T1 though there is no direct connection between T1 and T3. According to Jaipuriar efforts are underway to have an integrated station at Aerocity as there is already airport metro line connectivity and the new metro station will come up on the Golden Line. He stated RRTS (Regional Railway Transport Service) is coming to the Aerocity and even one of the APM (Automated People Mover) stations is supposed to be located there as per the current layout. So it will be an integrated station... a multi-modal connectivity. The Golden Line or the Tughlakabad-Aerocity corridor of Phase-IV is under development. Who will manage the operations and maintenance of this metro station? DIAL the airport operator plans to introduce an ‘air train’ to provide seamless connectivity between T1 and the other two terminals T2 and T3. It is proposed to be an elevated cum at-grade Automated People Mover (APM) System at the airport on a design build finance operate and transfer model basis. STORY HIGHLIGHTS DIAL CEO Videh Kumar Jaipuriar stated the new integrated station is being planned to provide connectivity between Aerocity and T1. Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) which is led by the GMR Group manages Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the national capital. DIAL plans to introduce an ‘air train’ to provide seamless connectivity between T1 and the other two terminals T2 and T3. The airport has three terminals and four runways and has the capacity to handle over 100 million passengers per year. Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) which is led by the GMR Group manages Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the national capital. The airport has three terminals and four runways and has the capacity to handle over 100 million passengers per year.