Karkarduma metro station
The Karkardumaor Karkardooma metro station is an interchange station located on both the Blue Line and the Pink Line of the Delhi Metro and opened on 6 January 2010.[1][2] It is at a height of 14.5 m, but the interchange station, part of the Mukundpur-Shiv Vihar corridor in Phase III of Delhi Metro, is the highest station of the Delhi Metro network with a platform height of 22m from ground level.[3][4]
The station is named after the Karkardooma locality in East Delhi, around its historic twin village named Karkari.[5] The area also has the district court of Delhi, the Karkardooma District Court in Karkardooma Courts Complex built in 1997–98.[6]
Station
Station layout
G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
L2 | Side platform No- 1, doors will open on the left | |
Eastbound | Towards →Vaishali | |
Westbound | →Towards ←Dwarka Sector 21 | |
Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left | ||
L2 |
G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
L2 | Side platform No- 3, doors will open on the left | |
Northeast bound | Towards →Shiv Vihar | |
Northwest bound | →Towards ←Majlis Park | |
Side platform No- 4, doors will open on the left | ||
L2 |
Track Layout
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Station with two tracks and two side platforms
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Facilities
List of available ATMs at Karkarduma metro station – Punjab National Bank, HDFC Bank, Andhra Bank, Yes Bank and IndusInd Bank.[7]
Exits
align="center" colspan="5" style="background:#Template:Delhi Metro color;"| Karkarduma station Entry/exits | |
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Gate No-1 | Gate No-2 |
Connections
Bus
Delhi Transport Corporation bus routes number 39A, 473, 473CL, 623A serves the station from nearby Saini Enclave bus stop.[8][9]
See also
References
- ^ "Station Information". Delhi Metro. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "Anand Vihar Metro line flagged off". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "60 feet above ground, Delhi Metro to run over flyover". Thaindian.com. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
- ^ "At Karkardooma, Metro's tall feat". The Times of India. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Nivedita Khandekar (3 August 2013). "The 'evolution' of the twin villages". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "Karkardooma Courts Complex". Karkardooma Courts Complex website. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ "ATM Details". Delhi Metro Rail.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
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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.
- "Karkarduma metro station" (Map). Google Maps.