Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new Escorts Mujesar-Raja Nahar Singh (Ballabhgarh) section of the Violet Line, the entire span of the Delhi Metro network reached 317 km.

The 3.2 km stretch was inaugurated on 19 November 2018. Ballabhgarh will become the fourth city in Haryana to get Metro connectivity after Gurugram, Faridabad and Bahadurgarh. The passenger services have now commenced on the stretch. The stretch received safety approval on 17 November 2018. It will be an extension of the Kashmiri Gate-Escorts Mujesar Violet Line.

After the inauguration of this elevated section, which has two stations -- Sant Surdas (Sihi) and Raja Nahar Singh -- the Violet Line span has become 46.6 km and the total length of the Delhi Metro network now stands at 317 km.

The Escorts Mujesar-Raja Nahar Sigh (Ballabhgarh) section will be extremely crucial from the point of view of connectivity for the city of Ballabhgarh, Faridabad, South-East Delhi and Central Delhi areas.

The Raja Nahar Singh Metro station of this section will be integrated with the Ballabhgarh Railway station and the interstate bus terminal of Ballabhgarh directly with a foot-over-bridge (FOB) which is currently under construction. A total of 40 trains will be operational on the entire Kashmiri Gate-Raja Nahar Singh corridor.