Kalkaji Mandir metro station


Kalkaji Mandir
Logo of the Delhi Metro Delhi Metro station
General information
LocationBlock 9, Kalkaji, South-East Delhi, Delhi - 110019
Coordinates28°32′59″N 77°15′33″E / 28.5496°N 77.2591°E / 28.5496; 77.2591
Owned byDelhi Metro
Line(s)Violet Line Magenta Line
Platforms
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeViolet Line - Elevated
Magenta Line - Underground
Depth17 m (56 ft) (Magenta Line)
Platform levels2
ParkingCar parking Available
AccessibleYes Disabled access
Other information
Station codeKJMD
History
Opened
  • Violet Line - 3 October 2010; 14 years ago (2010-10-03)
  • Magenta Line - 25 December 2017; 6 years ago (2017-12-25)
Electrified25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Passengers
October 201991,595[1]
October 2023108,633[1] Increase 18.6%
Services
Preceding station Logo of the Delhi Metro Delhi Metro Following station
Nehru Place
towards Kashmere Gate
 Violet Line Govindpuri
towards Raja Nahar Singh
Nehru Enclave
towards Janakpuri West
 Magenta Line Okhla NSIC
towards Botanical Garden
Location
Map

The Kalkaji Mandir metro station is an interchange station between the Violet Line and the Magenta Line of Delhi Metro.[2] It serves the area of Kalkaji in South-East Delhi, and provides access to many tourist sites such as Kalkaji Mandir, Lotus Temple, Prachin Bhairav Mandir and ISKCON Temple.[3] The station was opened along with the first section of the Violet Line from Central Secretariat - Sarita Vihar on 3 October 2010, in time for the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on the same day.[4] Its interchange with the Magenta Line was opened on 25 December 2017.[5]

The Violet Line station is elevated while the Magenta Line station is underground. Both of these are connected by a 260 m (850 ft) long pedestrian bridge.[6] The underground station is situated at a depth of 17 m (56 ft) and both of its tracks pass through a single-tube twin tunnel, which was constructed using the New Austrian tunneling method (NATM). This had to be done because the station had to pass beneath the operational Violet Line.[7]

  1. ^ a b Agarwal, Priyangi (1 December 2023). "How new interchange stations are taking load off Delhi Metro hubs". Times of India. New Delhi. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Kalkaji Mandir". delhimetrorail.com. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Ward 175, Kalkaji" (PDF). sec.delhi.gov.in. State Election Commission, Delhi. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Spectators suffer Metro, security chaos". Times of India. New Delhi. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  5. ^ Lakhani, Somya (18 December 2017). "Delhi Metro's Magenta line to be inaugurated by PM Modi on December 25". Indian Express. New Delhi. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  6. ^ Haidar, Faizan (22 October 2017). "First look: The Delhi Metro station connecting Kalkaji temple, Lotus temple, Nehru Place". Hindustan Times. New Delhi. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  7. ^ Rajput, Abhinav (19 August 2016). "Delhi Metro Phase-3: A feat of engineering". Hindustan Times. New Delhi. Retrieved 11 December 2023.