Visitors to the Commonwealth Games venues will not have to purchase separate tokens for travelling by the Delhi Metro. Tickets to the Games venues will have special foils which will facilitate their travel by the metro system.
According to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation officials, the Commonwealth Games tickets, which will be date, venue and event specific, will have two detachable foils for up and down journey by the metro.
“These foils will have the same unique serial numbers which will be mentioned on the Games ticket and will be valid for that venue and date only. The manual gates at the stations will be used for the entry and exit of the commuters with these Games tickets. Guards and volunteers from DMRC will verify the foils by perforating them and will collect them from the commuters at the exit station,” said a DMRC spokesperson.
The DMRC will also bring out a special Commonwealth Games booklet with necessary information for commuters during the Games.
“The comprehensive booklet will carry information about various metro corridors and stations, besides details of various tourist and shopping attractions of the city along with their metro connectivity. It will have detailed information about the city's hotels, railway stations, other emergency numbers,” the spokesperson said.
The Delhi Metro will provide easy metro connectivity to 10 of the 11 venues of the Commonwealth Games -- Games Village, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi University, Thyagaraj Complex, Siri Fort Sports Complex, National Stadium, Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, Talkatora Indoor Stadium, Yamuna Sports Complex and R. K. Tennis Complex.