Kashmere Gate metro station


Kashmere Gate
Delhi Metro station
Kashmere Gate metro station
Coordinates 28°40′03″N 77°13′41″E / 28.667489°N 77.228045°E / 28.667489; 77.228045
Owned by Delhi Metro
Line(s)      Red Line
     Yellow Line
     Violet Line
Platforms

Side platform (Red Line) Platform-1 → Huda City Centre
Platform-2 → Samaypur Badli

Island platform (Yellow Line)
Platform-3 → Rithala
Platform-4 →[[Dilshad Garden metro station|Dilshad Garden ]]

Island platform (Violet Line)
Platform-5 → Escort Mujesar


Platform 6 → { TRAIN TERMINATES }
Tracks 6
Construction
Structure type

Elevated ( Red Line )
Underground ( Yellow Line )

Underground (Violet Line)
Platform levels 3
Parking Available
History
Opened

25 December 2002 (Red Line)
20 December 2004 (Yellow Line)

28 May 2017 (Violet Line)
Electrified 25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Traffic
Passengers 300,000[1]
Services
Preceding station   Delhi Metro   Following station
toward New Bus Adda
Red Line
toward Rithala
Yellow Line
TerminusViolet Line

The Kashmere Gate is a Delhi Metro station in Delhi, on the Red Line, Yellow Line and Violet Line. It is a transfer station between the Red Line on the highest upper level, the Yellow Line on the lowest underground level and Violet Line on the parallel underground level.[2] It was named on 25 December 2002.

The Kashmere Gate Metro station services the historic Kashmiri Gate area of Delhi, and is currently the largest metro station within the Delhi metro and the only 3 line interchange metro station in India.[3] The giant station has over 6 floors. It has facilities like restaurants, fast food centres, McDonald's, Burger King , water vending machines, 3 toilet complexes, over 35 escalators ,Ticket vending machines etc.

Phase III connections

Under the Delhi Metro Phase III plan, the Violet Line was extended from its current terminus to meet the Yellow and Red Lines at Kashmere Gate station. This will provide an alternative route between Central Secretariat and Kashmere Gate, alleviating crowds on the heavily used Yellow Line. It was inaugurated on 28 May 2017 by the then Union minister Sh. Venkaiah Naidu .[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://m.timesofindia.com/city/delhi/kashmere-gate-metro-station-steals-rajiv-chowks-crown/articleshow/65987116.cms
  2. ↑ "Station Information". Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
  3. ↑ http://m.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/delhi-kashmere-gate-metro-station-with-3-interchanges-to-be-double-the-size-of-rajiv-chowk/story-k0Bly32Vv27WmY7dlgoY9N.html
  4. ↑ "First Tunnel Breakthrough Of Phase - III At Janpath Metro Station". Retrieved 2013-06-10.


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