new delhi the citys getting ready for more retail therapy the concessionaire for the delhi airport metro link reliance infrastructure is planning to launch a shopping hub at two of its stations new delhi railway station and the shivaji stadium station set to come up by october this year the retail hubs will offer a complete experience say rinfra officials from shopping to dining said a rinfra spokesperson internal studies have shown that utilizing the station space as a retail destination can be a major source of revenue weve got a terrific response from the market so far and hope to launch these retail outlets in a big way with ridership on the airport link ranging between 1200013000 commuters per day rinfra is hoping that it wont just be tapping into metro passengers as prospective shoppersboth retail hubs will be packaged differently while the new delhi railway station will cater mostly to travelers including backpacking foreign tourists the shivaji stadium station will be more of a highend shopping destination the spokesperson addedwhat both stations will have in common is a food court and the presence of food chains such as kfc caf coffee day caf oz pizzocherry tibchi among others wh smith stores will also be available as well as a mini dilli haat at the new delhi station in fact the latter will also have a showerlounge area for commuters who are staying in the city for only a day and havent checked into a hotel stores offering pharmacy products national and international apparel brands as well as atm services by standard chartered and kotak mahindra have already tied up said the rinfra spokesperson around 120 outlets will be set up at both stations he addedinterestingly the stores will be set up in the nonpaid area a decision taken so as to allow walkins who may not use the metro services the shops will be available on the ground mezzanine and concourse areas all in the nonpaid sections moreover the stores will be open during the service hours of the airport link which is open between 5am11pm sources said that plans were also afoot to make the shopping hub available 247 officials however say that at present the service hours are going to remain the samethe shopping hubs when ready will provide an alternative to the shopping experience provided by the delhi airport currently with rinfra planning to increase the early checkin facility further from the existing six hours the idea is to tap into the shopping experience that commuters may want as they wait for a connecting metro to the airport or railway station this is besides the customers that rinfra are hoping will flock to the metro to indulge in a round of retail therapy and who may not be metro commuters