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]
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 edit
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 edit
Red Line Station layout
| P | Side platform | Doors will open on the left 
| |
| Platform 3 Westbound |
Towards ← Rithala next station is Tis Hazari | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left
| ||
| Platform 4 Eastbound |
Towards → Shaheed Sthal next station is Shastri Park | |
| C | Concourse | Fare control, station agent, token vending and automatic vending machines, crossover |
| G | Street Level | Gates |
Yellow Line Station layout
| G | Street Level | Gates |
| C | Concourse | Fare control, station agent, token vending and automatic vending machines, crossover |
| P | Platform 1 Southbound |
Towards ← HUDA City Centre next station is Chandni Chowk |
| Island platform | Doors will open on the right
| ||
| Platform 2 Northbound |
Towards ← Samaypur Badli next station is Civil Lines | |
Violet Line Station layout
| 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 is Lal Qila |
| Island platform | Doors will open on the right
| ||
| Platform 6 Northbound |
Train terminates here | |
Entry/Exits edit
| 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 edit
Bus edit
- 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 edit
The station is located at a distance of around 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) from the Old Delhi railway station.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Station Information". Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
- ^ Kashmere Gate Delhi Metro Station
- ^ "Delhi: Kashmere Gate Metro station to be double the size of Rajiv Chowk". 7 May 2017.
- ^ "Heritage Line takes some pressure off Rajiv Chowk". The Hindu. 30 May 2017.
- ^ "First Tunnel Breakthrough Of Phase - III At Janpath Metro Station". Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ^ "Kashmere Gate". delhimetrorail.com. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
- ^ "Welcome to the Maharana Pratap ISBT, Kashmere Gate". dtidc.co.in. DTIDC. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "Delhi Metro: Feeder buses". delhimetrorail.com. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
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