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
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 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

The Red Line (Line 1) is a metro rail line of the Delhi Metro, a rapid transit system in Delhi, India. It is an entirely elevated line and has 29 stations that runs from Rithala to Shaheed Sthal with a total distance of 34.55 km. 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 Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh and the districts of Shahdara, Central Delhi and North West Delhi in Delhi.

The Red Line has interchanges with the Yellow Line and Violet line at Kashmere Gate, the Pink Line at Welcome and Netaji Subhash Place, and the Green Line at Inderlok. It is the third most heavily used line of the Delhi Metro network as it acts as a link for those who reside in West Delhi and North West Delhi and travel towards Central Delhi, Shahdara and East Delhi and vice versa.

History

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. 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.

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.

Red Line
Phase	Extension date	Termini		Length	Stations
I	25 December 2002	Shahdara	Tis Hazari	8.35 kilometers (5.19 mi)	6
	3 October 2003	Tis Hazari	Inderlok	4.87 kilometers (3.03 mi)	4
	31 March 2004	Inderlok	Rithala	8.84 kilometers (5.49 mi)	8
II	4 June 2008	Shahdara	Dilshad Garden	2.86 kilometers (1.78 mi)	3
III	8 March 2019	Dilshad Garden	Shaheed Sthal	9.63 kilometers (5.98 mi)	8
Total		Shaheed Sthal	Rithala	34.55 kilometers (21.47 mi)	29

Phase IV

Under the Phase IV of the Delhi Metro, the Red Line will be extended towards Narela (21.73 km) with 19 proposed stations at Rohini Sector 25, Rohini Sector 26, Rohini Sector 31, Rohini Sector 32, Rohini Sector 36, Rohini Sector 37, Barwala, Pooth Khurd, Bawana Industrial Area – 1, Bawana Industrial Area – 2, Bawana, Bawana JJ Colony, Sanoth, New Sanoth Colony, Sanoth Depot Station, Bhorgarh Village, Anaj Mandi Narela, DDA Sports Complex Narela and Narela.

List of stations

Main article: List of Delhi Metro stations

Delhi Metro currently has parking facilities at 20 metro stations of the Red line.

Red Line
No.	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		Elevated	Side	None	None
2	Hindon River	हिंडन रिवर	3	8 March 2019		Elevated	Side	None	None
3	Arthala	अर्थला	3	8 March 2019		Elevated	Side	None	None
4	Mohan Nagar	मोहन नगर	3	8 March 2019		Elevated	Side	None	None
5	Shyam Park	श्याम पार्क	3	8 March 2019		Elevated	Side	None	None
6	Major Mohit Sharma Rajendra Nagar	मे‌‌जर मोहित शर्मा राजेन्द्र नगर	3	8 March 2019		Elevated	Side	None	None
7	Raj Bagh	राज बाग़	3	8 March 2019		Elevated	Side	None	None
8	Shaheed Nagar	शहीद नगर	3	8 March 2019		Elevated	Side	None	None
9	Dilshad Garden	दिलशाद गार्डन	2	4 June 2008		Elevated	Side	None	None
10	Jhilmil	झिलमिल कॉलोनी	2	4 June 2008		Elevated	Side	None	None
11	Mansarovar Park	मानसरोवर पार्क	2	4 June 2008		Elevated	Side	None	None
12	Shahdara	शाहदरा	1	25 December 2002	Shahdara railway station	At Grade	Side	None	None
13	Welcome	वेलकम	1	25 December 2002	Pink Line	At Grade	Island	None	None
14	Seelampur	सीलमपुर	1	25 December 2002		At Grade	Island	None	None
15	Shastri Park	शास्त्री पार्क	1	25 December 2002		At Grade	Side	Shastri Park Depot	At Grade
16	Kashmere Gate	कश्मीरी गेट	1	25 December 2002	Yellow Line   Violet Line  Kashmere Gate ISBT	Elevated	Side	None	None
17	Tis Hazari	तीस हज़ारी	1	25 December 2002	Sadar Bazar railway station	Elevated	Side	None	None
18	Pul Bangash	पुल बंगश	1	3 October 2003	Magenta Line  (Phase 4 - Under Construction)	Elevated	Side	None	None
19	Pratap Nagar	प्रताप नगर	1	3 October 2003	Subzi Mandi railway station	Elevated	Side	None	None
20	Shastri Nagar	शास्त्री नगर	1	3 October 2003	Sarai Rohilla railway station	Elevated	Side	None	None
21	Inderlok	इन्दरलोक	1	3 October 2003	Green Line	Elevated	Side	None	None
22	Kanhaiya Nagar	कन्हैया नगर	2	31 March 2004		Elevated	Side	None	None
23	Keshav Puram	केशव पुरम	2	31 March 2004		Elevated	Side	None	None
24	Netaji Subhash Place	नेताजी सुभाष प्लेस	2	31 March 2004	Pink Line	Elevated	Side	None	None
25	Kohat Enclave	कोहाट एन्क्लेव	2	31 March 2004		Elevated	Side	None	None
26	Pitampura	पीतमपुरा	2	31 March 2004	Magenta Line  (Phase 4 - Under Construction)	Elevated	Side	None	None
27	Rohini East	रोहिणी पूर्व	2	31 March 2004		Elevated	Side	None	None
28	Rohini West	रोहिणी पश्चिम	2	31 March 2004		Elevated	Side	None	None
29	Rithala	रिठाला	2	31 March 2004		Elevated	Side	None	None

Train Info

Red Line
Rakes	Mitsubishi	Hyundai Rotem	BEML
Train Length	6
Train Gauge	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification	25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary OHE
Train's Maximum Speed	100 Km/hr
Train Operation	Delhi Metro

See also

• List of Delhi Metro stations
• Transport in Delhi
• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
• Delhi Suburban Railway
• List of rapid transit systems in India
• Delhi Transport Corporation
• List of Metro Systems
• National Capital Region (India)
• Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh

External links

• 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.