Kashmere Gate metro station

Kashmere Gate, also known as Kashmiri Gate, is an important metro station on Delhi Metro in Delhi, which is elevated for the Red Line and underground for both the Yellow Line and Violet Line. It is a transfer station between the Red Line on the highest upper level, the Yellow Line on the lowest underground level and Violet Line on the parallel underground level.^[2] It is the busiest metro station in India. It was named on 25 December 2002. During peak hours, it serves as an alternate Northern Terminus for the yellow line along with Vishwa Vidyalaya.^[3]

Kashmere Gate
Delhi Metro station
Kashmere Gate metro station
General information
Location	Lothian Rd, Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT), Kashmere Gate, Central Delhi, Delhi - 110006
Coordinates	28°40′3.0″N 77°13′40.8″E
Owned by	Delhi Metro
Line(s)	Red Line Yellow Line Violet Line
Platforms	Island platform (Yellow Line) Platform-1 → Millennium City Centre Gurugram Platform-2 → Samaypur Badli Side platform (Red Line) Platform-3 → Rithala Platform-4 → Shaheed Sthal Island platform (Violet Line) Platform-5 → Raja Nahar Singh Platform 6 → Terminus
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	Elevated (Red Line) Underground (Yellow Line) Underground (Violet Line)
Platform levels	3
Parking	Available
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	KG
History
Opened	25 December 2002 (Red Line) 20 December 2004 (Yellow Line) 28 May 2017 (Violet Line)
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Passengers
October 2019 268,761[1] October 2023 250,386[1]  6.8%
Services
Preceding station Delhi Metro Following station Tis Hazari towards Rithala Red Line Shastri Park towards Shaheed Sthal Civil Lines towards Samaypur Badli Yellow Line Chandni Chowk towards Millennium City Centre Gurugram Terminus Violet Line Lal Qila towards Raja Nahar Singh
Route map Legend Shaheed Sthal Hindon River 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 Magenta Line 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 Magenta Line Outer Ring Road Rohini East Rohini West Rithala Rohini Sector 24&25 Rohini Sector 26 Rohini Sector 31 Rohini Sector 32 Rohini Sector 36&37 Barwala Rohini Sector 35 Rohini Sector 34 Bawana Industrial Area Sector 3&4 Bawana Industrial Area Sector 1&2 Bawana JJ Colony Sanoth New Sanoth Depot Station Bhorgarh Anaj Mandi Narela Narela DDA Sports Complex Narela Narela Sector 5 Delhi Haryana border Kundli Nathpur Legend Samaypur Badli Depot Samaypur Badli Rohini Sector 18, 19 Outer Ring Road Haiderpur Badli Mor Magenta Line Indian Railways Jahangirpuri Adarsh Nagar Ring Road Azadpur Pink Line Model Town GTB Nagar Vishwavidyalaya Timarpur - Kyber Pass Depot Vidhan Sabha Civil Lines ISBT Road Kashmere Gate Red Line Violet Line Grand Trunk Road Chandni Chowk Chawri Bazar New Delhi Airport Express service tunnel to Blue line Rajiv Chowk Blue Line Patel Chowk Central Secretariat Violet Line Rajpath Udyog Bhawan Lok Kalyan Marg Jor Bagh Ring railway Dilli Haat - INA Pink Line Ring Road AIIMS Green Park Hauz Khas Magenta Line Outer Ring Road Malviya Nagar Saket Mehrauli Badarpur Road Qutab Minar Chhatarpur Golden Line Sultanpur Sultanpur Depot Ghitorni Arjan Garh Delhi Haryana border Guru Dronacharya Sikanderpur  Rapid Metro Gurgaon  MG Road IFFCO Chowk Millennium City Centre Gurugram Legend Kashmere Gate Red Line Yellow Line Lal Qila Jama Masjid Delhi Gate Green Line ITO Mandi House Blue Line Janpath Central Secretariat Yellow Line Khan Market Lodi Road Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Ring Railway Jangpura Lajpat Nagar Pink Line Golden Line Ring Road Moolchand Kailash Colony Nehru Place Kalkaji Mandir Magenta Line Outer Ring Road Govindpuri Harkesh Nagar Okhla Indian Railways Jasola Apollo Sarita Vihar Mohan Estate Tughlakabad Golden Line Badarpur Border Delhi Haryana border Sarai NH 19 / Mathura Road NHPC Chowk Mewla Maharajpur Sector 28 Badkhal Mor Old Faridabad Neelam Chowk Ajronda Bata Chowk Escorts Mujesar Sant Surdas (Sihi) NH 19 / Mathura Road Raja Nahar Singh
Location

The Kashmere Gate Metro station services the historic Kashmiri Gate area of Delhi, and is currently the largest metro station within the Delhi metro with area of about 118,400 square feet (11,000 m²)^[4] and the only 3 line interchange metro station in India.^[5] The giant station has over 6 floors. It has facilities like restaurants, fast food centres, McDonald's, Burger King, water vending machines, 3 toilet complexes, over 35 escalators, ticket vending machines etc.

Phase III connections

Under the Delhi Metro Phase III plan, the Violet Line was extended from its current terminus to meet the Yellow and Red Lines at Kashmere Gate station. This provided an alternative route between Central Secretariat and Kashmere Gate, alleviating crowds on the heavily used Yellow Line. It was inaugurated on 28 May 2017 by the then Union minister Sh. Venkaiah Naidu.^[6]

Station layout

Station layout Red Line

P	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 3 Westbound	Towards ← Rithala Next Station: Tis Hazari
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 4 Eastbound	Towards → Shaheed Sthal Next Station: Shastri Park
C	Concourse	Fare control, station agent, token vending and automatic vending machines, crossover
G	Street Level	Gates

Station layout Yellow Line

G	Street Level	Gates
C	Concourse	Fare control, station agent, token vending and automatic vending machines, crossover
P	Platform 1 Southbound	Towards → Millennium City Centre Gurugram Next Station: Chandni Chowk
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards ← Samaypur Badli Next Station: Civil Lines

Station layout Violet Line

G	Street Level	Gates
C	Concourse	Fare control, station agent, token vending and automatic vending machines, crossover
P	Platform 5 Southbound	Towards ← Raja Nahar Singh Next Station: Lal Qila
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 6 Northbound	Towards → Train Terminates Here

Entry/Exits

Kashmere Gate metro station: Entry/Exits[7]
Gate No-1	Gate No-2	Gate No-3	Gate No-4	Gate No-5	Gate No-6	Gate No-7	Gate No-8
Mori Gate	—	Lala Hardev Sahai Marg	Lala Hardev Sahai Marg	Lala Hardev Sahai Marg	Lala Hardev Sahai Marg	ISBT Kashmere Gate	ISBT Kashmere Gate

Connections

Bus

• Kashmere Gate ISBT: Bus services between Delhi and the neighboring states and UTs of Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand operate from here.^[8]
• Delhi Metro feeder buses:
  • Feeder bus service MC-127 starts from Kashmere Gate metro station and ends at Harsh Vihar in North-east Delhi. Is passes through the following bus stops: Shastri Park metro station, Shyam Giri Mata mandir, Delhi IT Park (Shastri Park), Zero Pushta, New Usmanpur, Usmanpur, Doosra Pushta, Teesra Pushta, Kartar Nagar, Gamri Extension, Jagram Vatika, Garhi Mendu, Khajuri Chowk, Bhajanpura, Yamuna Vihar, Gokulpuri metro station, Gokulpuri village, Loni roundabout, Meet Nagar and Gagan Cinema.^[9]

Rail

The station is located at a distance of around 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) from the Old Delhi railway station.

See also

• Transport in Delhi

References

1. 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. "Station Information". Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
3. Kashmere Gate Delhi Metro Station
4. "Delhi: Kashmere Gate Metro station to be double the size of Rajiv Chowk". 7 May 2017.
5. "Heritage Line takes some pressure off Rajiv Chowk". The Hindu. 30 May 2017.
6. "First Tunnel Breakthrough Of Phase - III At Janpath Metro Station". Retrieved 10 June 2013.
7. "Kashmere Gate". delhimetrorail.com. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
8. "Welcome to the Maharana Pratap ISBT, Kashmere Gate". dtidc.co.in. DTIDC. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
9. "Delhi Metro: Feeder buses". delhimetrorail.com. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Retrieved 3 January 2024.

External links

• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)
• Delhi Metro Annual Reports