Red Line (Delhi Metro)

Red Line (Line 1)
Red Line
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Delhi Metro
Status	Operational
Locale	Delhi
Termini	Dilshad Garden (east) Rithala (west)
Stations	Total 28 8 Under construction
Daily ridership	374,516[1]
Operation
Opened	December 25, 2002 (2002-12-25)
Owner	DMRC
Operator(s)	Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Character	At-grade and elevated
Technical
Line length	34.4 km (21.4 mi) 9.40 Km Under construction
Track gauge	Indian gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Operating speed	33 km/hr
Route map

The Red Line of the Delhi Metro system in Delhi consists of the first stretch that was constructed and commissioned in Delhi and has of 21 stations that runs from Dilshad Garden to Rithala with a total distance of 24.4 km.^[2] The entire line is elevated. The line connects the areas of North East Delhi, North Delhi and North West Delhi. The DMRC was incorporated in 1995 and construction for the Tiz Hazari to Shahdra section began in October 1998, and opened in December 2002.

History

The Red Line was the first line of the Delhi Metro to be constructed and opened. The first Segment was constructed from Tis Hazari to Shahdara and opened on 25 December 2002. The Strategy worked in favour of DMRC. Many foreign investors, specifically from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation invested in the project, they were really impressed with the attempt, especially by the corruption free model. The money invested was utilised to complete the rest of the segments in phase-I and then in construction of the phase-II. Subsequently, other stations were opened in phases, initially between Tis Hazari to Inderlok in 2003, then from Inderlok to Rithala in 2004 and a final eastern extension from Shahdara to Dilshad Garden in 2008. The Red Line has interchanges with the Yellow Line at Kashmere Gate and the Green Metro at Inderlok. Kashmere Gate also has an interchange with the Violet Line. This line is the third most heavily used by daily commuters, as it acts as a link for those, who reside in West and North Delhi, to travel towards East Delhi and vice versa.

Future extensions

An extension from Rithala to Bawana (6.1 km), originally planned for Phase I, has been moved into Phase III for completion by 2016-17 respectively. Another Phase III plan, includes an eastward extension of 9.5  km from Dilshad Garden to Ghaziabad ISBT (New Bus Stand) which was approved by the DMRC and the government in January 2014. Construction began in early 2015 and is expected to be completed by October 2018, thereby providing commuters another link to travel to Ghaziabad, as opposed to the Blue Line branch, that connects to Vaishali in Ghaziabad.^[3]

Map

Red Line

Red Lineरेड लाइन (Line 1) Rithala to Ghaziabad Bus Adda

List of stations (East to North)

Delhi Metro Red Line
New Bus Adda Hindon Arthala Mohan Nagar Shyam Park Rajendra Nagar Raj Bagh Shahid Nagar ↑ under construction Uttar Pradesh Delhi border Dilshad Garden Jhilmil Mansarovar Park Shahdara Swami Dayanand Marg Welcome  Pink Line  Seelampur Shastri Park Yamuna River Kashmere Gate  Yellow Line   Violet Line  Tis Hazari Rani Jhansi Road Pul Bangash Pratap Nagar Swami Narayan Marg Shastri Nagar Inderlok  Green Line  Kanhiya Nagar Keshav Puram Ring Road Netaji Subhash Place  Pink Line  Kohat Enclave Pitam Pura Outer Ring Road Rohini East Rohini West Rithala

Delhi Metro currently have parking facilities at 20 metro stations of the Red line.^[5]

Red Line
No.	Station Name		Opening	Interchange Connection	Station Layout	Depot Connection	Depot Layout
	English	Hindi
1	New Bus Adda	नया बस स्टैन्ड	December 2018	Bus Terminal	Elevated	None	None
2	Hindon	हिंडन	December 2018	Bus Terminal	Elevated	None	None
3	Raj Nagar Extension	अर्थला	December 2018	None	Elevated	None	None
4	Mohan Nagar	मोहन नगर	December 2018	Blue Line   Bus Terminal	Elevated	None	None
5	Shyam park	श्याम पार्क	December 2018	Indian Railways	Elevated	None	None
6	Rajendra Nagar	राजेन्द्र नगर	December 2018	Indian Railways	Elevated	None	None
7	Raj Bagh	राज बाग	December 2018	None	Elevated	None	None
8	Shahid Nagar	शहीद नगर	December 2018	Bus Terminal	Elevated	None	None
9	Dilshad Garden	दिलशाद गार्डन	4 June 2008	Indian Railways   Feeder Bus	Elevated	None	None
10	Jhilmil	झिलमिल कालोनी	4 June 2008	Feeder Bus	Elevated	None	None
11	Mansarovar Park	मानसरोवर पार्क	4 June 2008	Feeder Bus	Elevated	None	None
12	Shahdara	शाहदरा	25 December 2002	Indian Railways   Bus Terminal	Elevated	None	None
13	Welcome	वेलकम	25 December 2002	Pink Line   Feeder Bus	Elevated	None	None
14	Seelampur	सीलमपुर	25 December 2002	Feeder Bus	Elevated	None	None
15	Shastri Park	शास्त्री पार्क	25 December 2002	Feeder Bus	At Grade	Shastri Park Depot	At Grade
16	Kashmere Gate	कश्मीरी गेट	25 December 2002	Yellow Line   Violet Line   ISBT	Elevated	None	None
17	Tis Hazari	तीस हजारी	25 December 2002	Feeder Bus	Elevated	None	None
18	Pul Bangash	पुल बंगाश	3 October 2003	Indian Railways		None	None
19	Pratap Nagar	प्रताप नगर	3 October 2003	Indian Railways	Elevated	None	None
20	Shastri Nagar	शास्त्री नगर	3 October 2003	Indian Railways	Elevated	None	None
21	Inderlok	इन्दरलोक	3 October 2003	Green Line   Feeder Bus	Elevated	None	None
22	Kanhiya Nagar	कन्हैया नगर	31 March 2004	Feeder Bus	Elevated	None	None
23	Keshav Puram	केशव पुरम	31 March 2004	Feeder Bus	Elevated	None	None
24	Netaji Subhash Place	नेताजी सुभाष प्लेस	31 March 2004	Pink Line   Feeder Bus	Elevated	None	None
25	Kohat Enclave	कोहाट एन्क्लेव	31 March 2004	Feeder Bus	Elevated	None	None
26	Pitam Pura	पीतमपुरा	31 March 2004	Feeder Bus	Elevated	None	None
27	Rohini East	रोहिणी पूर्व	31 March 2004	Magenta Line	Elevated	None	None
28	Rohini West	रोहिणी पश्चिम	31 March 2004	Feeder Bus	Elevated	None	None
29	Rithala	रिठाला	31 March 2004	Bus Terminal	Elevated	None	None
30	Rohini Sector 25	रोहिणी सेक्टर 25	2022	Feeder Bus	Elevated	None	None
31	Rohini Sector 31	रोहिणी सेक्टर 31	2022	None	Elevated	None	None
32	Rohini Sector 32	रोहिणी सेक्टर 32	2022	None	Elevated	None	None
33	Rohini Sector 36	रोहिणी सेक्टर 36	2022	None	Elevated	None	None
34	Rohini Sector 37	रोहिणी सेक्टर 37	2022	None	Elevated	None	None
35	Barwala	बरवाला	2022	None	Elevated	None	None
36	Put Khurd	पट  खुर्द	2022	None	Elevated	None	None
37	Bawana Industrial Area – 1	बवाना औद्योगिक क्षेत्र 1	2022	None	Elevated	None	None
38	Bawana Industrial Area – 2	बवाना औद्योगिक क्षेत्र 2	2022	None	Elevated	None	None
39	Bawana	बवाना	2022	Bus Terminal	Elevated	None	None
40	Bawana JJ Colony	बवाना जेजे कॉलोनी	2022	Feeder Bus	Elevated	None	None
41	Sanpath	सनपथ	2022	None	Elevated	None	None
42	New Sanath Colony	न्यू सनथ कॉलोनी	2022	None	Elevated	None	None
43	Anaj Mandi	अनाज मण्डी	2022	None	Elevated	None	None
44	Narela	नरेला	2022	Yellow Line   Bus Terminal   Indian Railways	Elevated	None	None
45	Narela Sector A5	नरेला सेक्टर ए5	2022	Feeder Bus	Elevated	None	None
46	Kundli	कुंडली	2022	Bus Terminal	Elevated	None	None
47	Nathupur	नथुपुर	2022	Bus Terminal	Elevated	None	None

See also

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Delhi Metro.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Delhi.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Ghaziabad.

• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)
• Delhi Metro Annual Reports
• "Station Information". Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC). Archived from the original on 19 June 2010.
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.