ITO metro station


ITO – Income Tax Office
Logo of the Delhi Metro Delhi Metro station
General information
LocationBahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi, Delhi - 110002
Coordinates28°37′45.7370″N 77°14′28.7513″E / 28.629371389°N 77.241319806°E / 28.629371389; 77.241319806
Owned byDelhi Metro
Operated byDelhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
Line(s)Violet Line
Platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground, Double-track
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes Disabled access
Other information
Station codeITO
History
Opened8 June 2015; 9 years ago (2015-06-08)
Electrified25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Logo of the Delhi Metro Delhi Metro Following station
Delhi Gate Violet Line Mandi House
Location
Map

The ITO metro station is a station on the Violet Line of Delhi Metro serving the busy ITO intersection of New Delhi. It was inaugurated on 8 June 2015 by the then urban development minister M. Venkaiah Naidu and Delhi's chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.[1]

The ITO metro station was one of the most awaited stations of the Delhi Metro under Phase III expansion. Whereas the opening of the Mandi House metro station, which is also an interchange station now, took a chunk of the load off the Rajiv Chowk metro station. The ITO metro station is expected to take some of the surface traffic off the ITO intersection, which witnesses heavy traffic jams due to a number of private and commercial vehicles, coming from South and East Delhi, which is the main arterial road for the people residing in those areas. According to Delhi Police, the ITO intersection is one of the most congested areas in the city, with the entire flow of traffic from east Delhi to the rest of the city and vice versa. going through this intersection. Over 1.75 lakh vehicles use the ITO intersection every day.

With the opening of the ITO metro station, a number of commuters whose offices are located in the ITO area as expected to switch to the metro. As per estimates of the Delhi Metro, around 25,000 commuters are expected to use the station by 2016. The number will go up to over 35,000 by 2021, said a Delhi Metro official.

  1. ^ "Delhi Metro opens ITO station". India Today. Delhi. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2024.