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Red Line (Delhi Metro)

Red Line (Line 1)
Red Line
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	DMRC
Locale	Delhi and Ghaziabad
Termini	Shaheed Sthal Rithala
Stations	29
Service
Type	Rapid Transit
System	Delhi Metro
Operator(s)	Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Daily ridership	374,516[1]
History
Opened	25 December 2002 (Shahdara – Tis Hazari) 3 October 2003 (Tis Hazari – Inderlok) 31 March 2004 (Inderlok – Rithala)
Technical
Line length	34.55 km (21.47 mi)
Character	At-grade and Elevated
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map Legend Shaheed Sthal Hindon River Arthala Mohan Nagar Shyam Park Major Mohit Sharma Rajendra Nagar Raj Bagh Shaheed Nagar Uttar Pradesh Delhi border Dilshad Garden Jhilmil Mansarovar Park Shahdara Junction 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 Subzi Mandi Kishanganj Pratap Nagar Swami Narayan Marg Shastri Nagar Inderlok Green Line Kanhaiya Nagar Keshav Puram Ring Road Netaji Subhash Place Pink Line Kohat Enclave Pitampura Outer Ring Road Rohini East Rohini West Rithala

The Red Line (Line 1) is a metro rail line of the Delhi Metro, a rapid transit system in Delhi, India. It is mostly an elevated line and has 29 stations that runs from RithalatoShaheed Sthal with a total distance of 34.55 km.^[2] The Tis Hazari – Shahdara section of this line was the first stretch of the Delhi Metro that was constructed and commissioned. The line connects the areas of GhaziabadinUttar Pradesh and the districts of Shahdara,^[3][4] Central Delhi^[5][6] and North West Delhi^[7][8]inDelhi.

The Red Line has interchanges with the Yellow Line and Violet lineatKashmere Gate, the Pink LineatWelcome and Netaji Subhash Place, and the Green LineatInderlok. It is the third most heavily used line of the Delhi Metro network as it acts as a link for those in West Delhi and North West Delhi traveling towards Central Delhi, Shahdara, East Delhi, and Ghaziabad, and vice versa.

History[edit]

Phase I &II[edit]

The Red Line was the first line of the Delhi Metro to be constructed and opened. The Tis Hazari – Shahdara section of the line was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India, Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on 25 December 2002 and opened to the public on the same day.^[9] Subsequent sections opened between Tis Hazari – Inderlok on 3 October 2003, Inderlok – Rithala on 31 March 2004 and Shahdara – Dilshad Garden on 4 June 2008.^[10]

Phase III[edit]

As part of the Phase III of Delhi Metro, an eastward extension of 9.5 km from Dilshad Garden to Ghaziabad ISBT (New Bus Adda) was approved by DMRC and MoHUA in January 2014. Construction began in early 2015 and commercial operations started on 8 March 2019, thereby providing commuters another link to travel to Ghaziabad along with the Blue Line branch that connects to Kaushambi and Vaishali.^[11] In November 2022, Delhi Metro introduced a set of two eight-coach trains on its Red Line, which were converted from the existing fleet of 39 six-coach trains.^[12]

Phase IV[edit]

Under the Phase IV of the Delhi Metro, the Red Line is proposed to be extended towards Kundli with 21 new stations at Rohini Sector 25, Rohini Sector 26, Rohini Sector 31, Rohini Sector 32, Rohini Sector 36, Barwala, Rohini Sector 35, Rohini Sector 34, Bawana Industrial Area – 1 Sector 3,4, Bawana Industrial Area – 1 Sector 1,2, Bawana JJ Colony, Sanoth, New Sanoth, Depot Station, Bhorgarh Village, Anaj Mandi Narela, Narela DDA Sports Complex, Narela, Narela Sector 5, Kundli and Nathupur. All these stations will be elevated, except Depot Station, which would be at-grade.^[13][14]

List of stations[edit]

Delhi Metro currently has parking facilities at 20 metro stations of the Red line.^[15][16]

Red Line
#	Station Name		Phase	Opening	Interchange connection	Station Layout	Platform Level Type	Depot Connection	Depot Layout
	English	Hindi
1	Shaheed Sthal	शहीद स्थल	3	8 March 2019	Ghaziabad	Elevated	Side	None
2	Hindon River	हिंडन रिवर			None
3	Arthala	अर्थला
4	Mohan Nagar	मोहन नगर
5	Shyam Park	श्याम पार्क
6	Major Mohit Sharma Rajendra Nagar	मे‌‌जर मोहित शर्मा राजेन्द्र नगर
7	Raj Bagh	राज बाग़
8	Shaheed Nagar	शहीद नगर
9	Dilshad Garden	दिलशाद गार्डन	2	4 June 2008
10	Jhilmil	झिलमिल
11	Mansarovar Park	मानसरोवर पार्क
12	Shahdara	शाहदरा	1	25 December 2002	Shahdara railway station	At Grade
13	Welcome	वेलकम			Pink Line		Island
14	Seelampur	सीलमपुर			None
15	Shastri Park	शास्त्री पार्क					Side	Shastri Park Depot	At Grade
16	Kashmere Gate	कश्मीरी गेट			Yellow Line Violet Line Kashmere Gate ISBT	Elevated		None
17	Tis Hazari	तीस हज़ारी			None
18	Pul Bangash	पुल बंगश		3 October 2003	Magenta Line (Phase 4 - Under Construction)
19	Pratap Nagar	प्रताप नगर			Subzi Mandi railway station Delhi Kishanganj railway station
20	Shastri Nagar	शास्त्री नगर			None
21	Inderlok	इंद्रलोक			Green Line
22	Kanhaiya Nagar	कन्हैया नगर		31 March 2004	None
23	Keshav Puram	केशव पुरम
24	Netaji Subhash Place	नेताजी सुभाष प्लेस			Pink Line
25	Kohat Enclave	कोहाट एन्क्लेव			None
26	Pitampura	पीतमपुरा			Magenta Line (Phase 4 - Under Construction)
27	Rohini East	रोहिणी पूर्व			None
28	Rohini West	रोहिणी पश्चिम
29	Rithala	रिठाला
30	Rohini Sector 24-25	रोहिणी सेक्टर 24-25	4	2028
31	Rohini Sector 26	रोहिणी सेक्टर 26
32	Rohini Sector 31	रोहिणी सेक्टर 31
33	Rohini Sector 32	रोहिणी सेक्टर 32
34	Rohini Sector 36-37	रोहिणी सेक्टर 36-37
35	Barwala	बरवाला
36	Rohini Sector 35	रोहिणी सेक्टर 35
37	Rohini Sector 34	रोहिणी सेक्टर 34
38	Bawana Industrial Area Sector 3,4	बवाना औद्योगिक क्षेत्र सेक्टर 3,4
39	Bawana Industrial Area Sector 1,2	बवाना औद्योगिक क्षेत्र सेक्टर 1,2
40	Bawana JJ Colony	बवाना जे जे कॉलोनी
41	Sanoth	सनोथ
42	New Sanoth	नया सनोथ
43	Depot Station	डिपो स्टेशन				At Grade		Depot Station	At Grade
44	Bhorgarh Village	भोरगढ़				Elevated		None
45	Anaj Mandi Narela	अनाज मंडी नरेला
46	Narela DDA Sports Complex	नरेला डीडीए स्पोर्ट्स कॉम्प्लेक्स
47	Narela	नरेला
48	Narela Sector 5	नरेला सेक्टर 5
49	Kundli	कुंडली
50	Nathupur	नाथूपुर

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See also[edit]

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References[edit]

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Delhi Metro.

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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.