Shankar Vihar metro station

Shankar Vihar
Delhi Metro station
General information
Location	Shankar Vihar, Delhi Cantt., New Delhi, 110037
Coordinates	28°33′38.7918″N 77°8′25.7550″E / 28.560775500°N 77.140487500°E / 28.560775500; 77.140487500
Owned by	Delhi Metro
Operated by	Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
Line(s)	Magenta Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Botanical Garden Platform-2 → Janakpuri West
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double-track
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed, Operational
Station code	SKVR
History
Opened	29 May 2018; 6 years ago (2018-05-29)
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Delhi Metro Following station Terminal 1-IGI Airport towards Janakpuri West Magenta Line Vasant Vihar towards Botanical Garden
Route map Legend under construction Ramakrishna Ashram Marg Blue Line Nabi Karim Green Line Sadar Bazar Pul Bangash Red Line Ghanta Ghar Derawal Nagar Ashok Vihar Azadpur Yellow Line Pink Line Majlis Park Pink Line Bhalswa Haiderpur Badli Mor Yellow Line North Pitampura Prashant Vihar Pitampura Red Line Deepali Chowk Pushpanjali West Enclave Mangolpuri Peeragarhi Green Line Paschim Vihar Keshopur Krishna Park Extension Janakpuri West Blue Line Dabri Mor - Janakpuri South Dashrathpuri Palam Sadar Bazar Cantonment Terminal 1 IGI Airport Golden Line Delhi–Gurgaon Expressway Shankar Vihar Vasant Vihar Munirka R. K. Puram IIT Hauz Khas Yellow Line Panchsheel Park Chirag Delhi Golden Line Greater Kailash Nehru Enclave Kalkaji Mandir Violet Line Okhla NSIC NH 19 / Mathura Road Sukhdev Vihar Jamia Millia Islamia Okhla Vihar Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh Kalindi Kunj Yamuna River Delhi Uttar Pradesh border Okhla Bird Sanctuary Botanical Garden Blue Line
Location

The Shankar Vihar metro station is a stop on the Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro. This represents part of the third phase of development of the Delhi Metro.^[1] It was opened to public on 29 May 2018. It is the only station in the Delhi Metro network where free movement of civilians is restricted, as it falls in the Delhi Cantonment area and "right in heart of defence zone".^[2]