Karkarduma metro station

The Karkarduma or Karkardooma Metro Station is an interchange station located on between the Blue Line and Pink Line of the Delhi Metro and opened on 6 January 2010.[1][2] Though the existing station is at a height of 14.5 m, the interchange Metro station at Karkardooma, part of the Mukundpur-Shiv Vihar corridor in Phase III of Delhi Metro, is the highest station of the Delhi Metro network with a platform height of 22m from the ground level.[3][4]


Karkarduma
Delhi Metro station
LocationBhartendu Harish Chandra Marg, Arya Nagar, Karkardooma, New Delhi 110092
Coordinates28°38′55″N 77°18′17″E
Owned byDelhi Metro
Operated byDelhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
PlatformsSide platform Platform-1 → Vaishali
Platform-2 →Dwarka Sector 21
Platform-3 → Shiv Vihar
Platform-4 → Majlis Park
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeElevated, Double-track
Platform levels2
Parking Available
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusStaffed, Operational
History
Opened6 January 2010 (2010-01-06)
31 October 2018 (2018-10-31)
Electrified25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station   Delhi Metro   Following station
toward Vaishali
Blue Line
Anand Vihar
toward Yamuna Bank
Preceding station   Delhi Metro   Following station
toward Majlis Park
Pink Line
toward Shiv Vihar
Location
Karkarduma Metro Station
Location in East Delhi

The station is named after the Karkardooma locality in East Delhi, around its historic twin village named Karkari.[5] The area also has the district court of Delhi, the Karkardooma District Court in Karkardooma Courts Complex built in 1997–98.[6]

Station

Station layout
G Street Level Exit/Entrance
L1 Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2 Side platform No- 1, doors will open on the left
Eastbound Towards →Vaishali
Westbound →Towards ←Dwarka Sector 21
Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left
L2
G Street Level Exit/Entrance
L1 Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2 Side platform No- 3, doors will open on the left
Northeast bound Towards →Shiv Vihar
Northwest bound →Towards ←Majlis Park
Side platform No- 4, doors will open on the left
L2

Track Layout
Karkarduma track layout
to Karkarduma Court
to Anand Vihar
Station with two tracks and two side platforms

Facilities

List of available ATM at Karkarduma metro station Punjab National Bank, HDFC Bank, Andhra Bank, Yes Bank, IndusInd Bank [7]

Exits
Karkarduma station Entry/exits
Gate No-1 Gate No-2

Connections

Bus

Delhi Transport Corporation bus routes number 39A, 473, 473CL, 623A serves the station from nearby Saini Enclave bus stop.[8][9]

See also

References
  1. "Station Information". Delhi Metro. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. "Anand Vihar Metro line flagged off". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. "60 feet above ground, Delhi Metro to run over flyover". Thaindian.com. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
  4. "At Karkardooma, Metro's tall feat". The Times of India. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  5. Nivedita Khandekar (3 August 2013). "The 'evolution' of the twin villages". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  6. "Karkardooma Courts Complex". Karkardooma Courts Complex website. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  7. "ATM Details". Delhi Metro Rail.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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