New Delhi, July 25 - Ahead of throwing open the track from Yamuna Bank to Noida across the state border from east Delhi, Delhi Metro began trial runs Saturday on a section of the route, a Metro official said.

The trial run, which began at 10 a.m., was conducted only till the New Ashok Nagar station in east Delhi.

According to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) officials, trial on this section will go on for 10 days and subsequently, the rest of the route till Noida city centre will be covered.

It will be for the first time that the Delhi Metro will cross into another state -- Uttar Pradesh. The new route is 13.1 km long.

'The trial runs will go on for approximately a month's time, during which the section will be tested for signalling, tracks, telecommunication and interfacing of trains working with different systems.