Magenta Line (Delhi Metro)

'Magenta Line मेजेन्टा लाइन (Line 8)
A Hyundai Rotem driverless train on the Magenta Line.
Overview
Status	Fully Operational
Owner	Delhi Metro
Locale	Delhi and Noida
Termini	Janakpuri West Botanical Garden
Stations	25; Elevated: 10, Underground: 15
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Delhi Metro
Operator(s)	Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Rolling stock	Hyundai Rotem Standard gauge
History
Opened	25 December 2017(Botanical Garden - Kalkaji) 28 May 2018 (Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden)
Technical
Line length	36.98 kilometers (22.98 mi), Elevated 14.6 kilometers (9.1 mi); Underground 22.2 kilometers (13.8 mi)
Character	Underground and Elevated
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary

The Magenta Line (मेजेन्टा लाइन) is a line of Delhi Metro, a rapid transit system in Delhi, India and the first driverless metro in India. It consists of 25 metro stations from Janakpuri West to Botanical Garden, consisting of 23 stations out of which 8 are elevated and rest 15 are underground. The total length of the line is 36.98 km out of which 10.466 km is elevated and 23.807 km is underground.

The line has been operational between Botanical Garden to Kalkaji Mandir since 25 December 2017 and rest of the section between Janakpuri West and Kalkaji Mandir was made operational on 29 May 2018. The Hauz Khas station on this line and the current Yellow Line is the deepest Metro station at a depth of 32 metres, surpassing the record set by Chawri Bazaar station on the Yellow Line, at a depth of 22 metres. The Magenta line interchanges with the Yellow, Blue, and the Violet lines of the Delhi Metro network.

For the first time in India, the construction work of two parallel tunnels was completed together at Dabri Mor station. The Janakpuri West, Dabri Mor & Dashrath Puri stations on Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden line have been executed by an HCC-Samsung joint venture.

History

Inside a Magenta line metro train

Progress of civil works up to February 2018 was 99.12%. The line was initially targeted for completion in December 2016, however, this date was extended. The trials of the line began in August 2017. The line got inaugurated in two stages where the first section from Botanical Garden to Kalkaji Mandir was opened for public by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 December 2017 and the second stage got inaugurated by Delhi Chief Minister on 28 May 2018. The remaining section of the line became functional and opened for public use from 29 May 2018 at 0600 hrs IST.

Extension History

A stretch of 8.679 km having 7 stations from Kalkaji Mandir-Kalkaji Mandir has been opened to public on 25.12.2017. The remaining portion of line opened on 28 May 2018.

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Extension date	Section	Length	Stations
25 December 2017	Botanical Garden-Kalkaji Mandir	12.64 kilometers (7.85 mi)	9
28 May 2018	Kalkaji Mandir-Janakpuri West	24.34 kilometers (15.12 mi)	16
Total	Botanical Garden-Janakpuri West	36.98 kilometers (22.98 mi)	25

Stations

Main article: List of Delhi metro stations

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

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#	Station Name		Opening	Connections	Layout	Coordinates
	English	Hindi
1	Janakpuri West	जनकपुरी पश्चिम	29 May 2018	Blue Line	Underground/Elevated	28°37′46″N 77°04′42″E
2	Dabri Mor	डाबरी मोड़	29 May 2018	None	Underground
3	Dashrath Puri	दशरथ पुरी	29 May 2018	None	Underground
4	Palam	पालम	29 May 2018	None	Underground
5	Sadar Bazaar Cantonment	सदर बाजार	29 May 2018	None	Elevated
6	Terminal 1 IGI Airport	टर्मिनल 1 इन्दिरा गाँधी अंतर्राष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डा	29 May 2018	None	Underground
7	Shankar Vihar	शंकर विहार	29 May 2018	None	Elevated
8	Vasant Vihar	वसन्त विहार	29 May 2018	None	Underground
9	Munirka	मुनिरका	29 May 2018	None	Underground
10	R.K Puram	राम कृष्ण पुरम	29 May 2018	None	Underground
11	IIT Delhi	आईआईटी दिल्ली	29 May 2018	None	Underground
12	Hauz Khas	हौज़ खास	29 May 2018	Yellow Line	Underground
13	Panchsheel Park	पंचशील पार्क	29 May 2018	None	Underground
14	Chirag Delhi	चिराग दिल्ली	29 May 2018	None	Underground
15	Greater Kailash	ग्रेटर कैलाश	29 May 2018	None	Underground
16	Nehru Enclave	नेहरू एन्क्लेव	29 May 2018	None	Underground
17	Kalkaji Mandir	कालकाजी मंदिर	25 Dec 2017
18	Okhla NSIC	ओखला एन एस आई सी	25 Dec 2017	None	Elevated		Violet Line	Underground
19	Sukhdev Vihar	सुखदेव विहार	25 Dec 2017	None	Elevated
20	Jamia Millia Islamia	जामिया मिलिया इस्लामिया	25 Dec 2017	None	Elevated
21	Okhla Vihar	ओखला विहार	25 Dec 2017	None	Elevated
22	Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh	जसोला विहार शाहीन बाग	25 Dec 2017	None	Elevated
23	Kalindi Kunj	कालिन्दी कुंज	25 Dec 2017	None	Elevated
24	Okhla Bird Sanctuary	ओखला पक्षी अभयारण्य	25 Dec 2017	None	Elevated
25	Botanical Garden	बॉटैनिकल गार्डन	25 Dec 2017	Blue Line	Elevated	28°33′51″N 77°20′05″E

See also

• Delhi
• List of Delhi Metro stations
• Delhi Metro
• Delhi Monorail
• Delhi Suburban Railway
• Transport in Delhi
• Urban rail transit in India
• List of metro systems

External links

• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)
• Delhi Metro Annual Reports
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.