Violet Line (Delhi Metro)

The Violet Line (Line 6) is a rapid transit metro line of the Delhi Metro in Delhi, India. The line connects Kashmere Gate station in New Delhi with Raja Nahar Singh in Ballabhgarh via Faridabad.^[2] The line consists of 34 metro stations with a total length of 46.34 kilometres (28.79 mi).^[3]

Violet Line (Line 6)
Fleets of Violet line trains supplied by Mitsubishi. Here, a train leaves from JLN Stadium Metro Station.
Overview
Status	Fully Operational
Owner	DMRC
Locale	Delhi and Faridabad
Termini	Kashmere Gate Raja Nahar Singh
Stations	34
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Delhi Metro
Operator(s)	Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Rolling stock	Mitsubishi-ROTEM-BEML Standard gauge
Daily ridership	300,000 (May 2018)[1]
History
Opened	3 October 2010 (Central Secretariat – Sarita Vihar) 14 January 2011 (Sarita Vihar – Badarpur)
Technical
Line length	46.34 kilometres (28.79 mi)
Character	Underground and Elevated
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map 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

This line acts as a parallel link for those who travel in the heavily used Yellow Line and connects the interior parts of South Delhi, and a little of Central Delhi to the satellite town of Faridabad.^[4] The stretch between ITO metro station and Kashmere Gate metro station is popularly known as the Heritage Line.^[5]: 16 The line will be extended further in the coming future up to the upcoming Noida International Airport in Jewar via Palwal.

History

The Violet Line was originally planned to open in March 2010.^[6] On 12 July 2009, a portion of an under-construction bridge collapsed when its cantilever pier collapsed on load of launching girder at Zamrudpur, near East of Kailash, on the Central Secretariat – Badarpur corridor. Six people were killed and 15 others injured.^[7] The day after, on 13 July 2009, a crane that was removing the debris collapsed, and with a bowling pin effect knocking down two other nearby cranes, injuring six.^[8]

An extension from the Badarpur metro station of the line was opened on 6 September 2015 to provide connectivity to the neighbouring satellite city of Faridabad. This is the second line to cross the Delhi-Haryana border after the Yellow Line to Gurgaon. This extension runs fully elevated for 13.87 km and has 9 stations.^[9]

A further extension to Ballabhgarh (Raja Nahar Singh metro station) was opened on 19 November 2018.^[10]
The following dates represent the dates the section opened to the public, not the private inauguration.

History
Phase	Extension date	Termini		Length	Stations
II	3 October 2010	Central Secretariat	Sarita Vihar	15.34 kilometers (9.53 mi)	13
	14 January 2011	Sarita Vihar	Badarpur Border	4.82 kilometers (3.00 mi)	3
III	26 June 2014	Mandi House	Central Secretariat	3.23 kilometers (2.01 mi)	2
	8 June 2015	Mandi House	ITO	0.97 kilometers (0.60 mi)	1
	6 September 2015	Badarpur Border	Escorts Mujesar	13.56 kilometers (8.43 mi)	9
	28 May 2017	Kashmere Gate	ITO	5.07 kilometers (3.15 mi)	4
	19 November 2018	Escorts Mujesar	Raja Nahar Singh	3.35 kilometers (2.08 mi)	2
Total		Kashmere Gate	Raja Nahar Singh	46.34 kilometers (28.79 mi)	34

The depot is in Sarita Vihar adjacent to Mohan Estate metro station as a part of Phase-II of the Delhi Metro Network of the Violet Line, and in Ajronda adjacent to Neelam Chowk Ajronda metro station as a part of Phase-III of the Delhi Metro Network of the Violet Line.^[11]

Stations

Main article: List of Delhi Metro stations

Violet Line
#	Station Name		Phase	Opening	Interchange Connection	Station Layout	Platform Level Type	Depot Connection	Depot Layout
	English	Hindi
1	Kashmere Gate	कश्मीरी गेट	3	28 May 2017	Red Line Yellow Line Kashmere Gate ISBT	Underground	Island	None	None
2	Lal Qila	लाल क़िला	3	28 May 2017	None	Underground	Island	None	None
3	Jama Masjid	जामा मस्जिद	3	28 May 2017	None	Underground	Island	None	None
4	Delhi Gate	दिल्ली गेट	3	28 May 2017	Green Line (Phase 4 - Under Construction)	Underground	Island	None	None
5	ITO	आईटीओ	3	8 June 2015	None	Underground	Island	None	None
6	Mandi House	मंडी हाउस	3	26 June 2014	Blue Line	Underground	Island	None	None
7	Janpath	जनपथ	3	26 June 2014	None	Underground	Island	None	None
8	Central Secretariat	केंद्रीय सचिवालय	2	3 October 2010	Yellow Line	Underground	Side	None	None
9	Khan Market	खान बाज़ार	2	3 October 2010	None	Underground	Island	None	None
10	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	जवाहर लाल नेहरू स्टेडियम	2	3 October 2010	None	Underground	Island	None	None
11	Jangpura	जंगपुरा	2	3 October 2010	Delhi-Meerut RRTS	Underground	Island	None	None
12	Lajpat Nagar	लाजपत नगर	2	3 October 2010	Pink Line Brown Line (Phase 4 - Under Construction)	Elevated	Side	None	None
13	Moolchand	मूलचंद	2	3 October 2010	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
14	Kailash Colony	कैलाश कॉलोनी	2	3 October 2010	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
15	Nehru Place	नेहरू प्लेस	2	3 October 2010	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
16	Kalkaji Mandir	कालकाजी मंदिर	2	3 October 2010	Magenta Line	Elevated	Side	None	None
17	Govindpuri	गोविंदपुरी	2	3 October 2010	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
18	Harkesh Nagar Okhla	हरकेश नगर ओखला	2	3 October 2010	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
19	Jasola Apollo	जसोला अपोलो	2	3 October 2010	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
20	Sarita Vihar	सरिता विहार	2	3 October 2010	None	Elevated	Side	Sarita Vihar Depot	At Grade
21	Mohan Estate	मोहन एस्टेट	2	14 January 2011	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
22	Tughlakabad Station	तुग़लकाबाद स्टेशन	2	14 January 2011	Golden Line (Phase 4 - Under Construction) Tughlakabad railway station	Elevated	Side	None	None
23	Badarpur Border	बदरपुर बॉर्डर	2	14 January 2011	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
24	Sarai	सराय	3	6 September 2015	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
25	NHPC Chowk	एनएचपीसी चौक	3	6 September 2015	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
26	Mewla Maharajpur	मेवला महाराजपुर	3	6 September 2015	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
27	Sector 28	सेक्टर २८	3	6 September 2015	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
28	Badkhal Mor	बदखल मोर	3	6 September 2015	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
29	Old Faridabad	ओल्ड फ़रीदाबाद	3	6 September 2015	Faridabad railway station	Elevated	Side	None	None
30	Neelam Chowk Ajronda	नीलम चौक अज्रोंडा	3	6 September 2015	None	Elevated	Side	Neelam Chowk Ajronda Depot	At Grade
31	Bata Chowk	बाटा चौक	3	6 September 2015	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
32	Escorts Mujesar	एस्कॉर्ट्स मुजेसर	3	6 September 2015	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
33	Sant Surdas - Sihi	संत सूरदास - सिही	3	19 November 2018	None	Elevated	Side	None	None
34	Raja Nahar Singh	राजा नाहर सिंह	3	19 November 2018	Ballabhgarh railway station	Elevated	Side	None	None

Train info

Violet Line
Rakes	Mitsubishi	Hyundai Rotem	BEML
Train Length	6
Train Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary OHE
Train's Maximum Speed	100 km/h
Train Operation	Delhi Metro

Rolling stock

This line has the standard gauge trains manufactured by a consortium of Mitsubishi-ROTEM-BEML. A total of 196 cars were ordered for 4-car configuration (46 trains) and 6-car configuration (2 trains). These trains are used in this line and Green Line. One train was manufactured in Changwon in South Korea and rest of the trains are manufactured at BEML's facility in Bangalore. Trains are 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge as compared to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) of broad gauge trains.^[12]

See also

• List of Delhi Metro stations
• Transport in Delhi

References

1. Goswami, Sweta (15 June 2015). "Violet Line users for more coaches". Retrieved 6 September 2015.
2. "PM to flag off Delhi metro's Escorts Mujesar-Raja Nahar Singh section on Monday". The Times of India.
3. "Route map". www.delhimetrorail.com. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
4. "Delhi Metro's Mandi House-Central Secretariat line opens". 26 June 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
5. Dayal, Anuj (5 April 2018). Delhi Metro - Phase 3 Challenges. New Delhi: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
6. "Metro's Noida, Badarpur lines running late « Railway job India". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
7. "A chronology of Delhi Metro accidents". Indo-Asian News Service. Hindustan Times Online. 12 July 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2009.^{[dead link]}
8. Megha Suri (14 July 2009). "Day 2: 3 cranes fall, Metro image takes beating". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
9. "PM Modi set to launch Faridabad corridor on September 6". IBN Live. PTI. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
10. "Delhi Metro Violet Line Escorts Mujesar-Ballabgarh flagged off by PM Modi - WeForNews | Latest News, Blogs".
11. "Badarpur (Delhi) - YMCA Chowk (Faridabad) Corridor Details".
12. "The Hindu Business Line : Delhi Metro gets standard gauge train". Archived from the original on 23 June 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2010.

External links

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