Blue Line (Delhi Metro)

Blue Line
The Blue Line Platform, Rajiv Chowk station
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Delhi Metro
Termini	Noida City Centre Dwarka Sector 9
Stations	Main Line: 44, Branch: 6
Operation
Opened	Main Line: December 31, 2005, Branch: January 6, 2010
Operator(s)	Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Character	At-grade, underground, and elevated
Technical
Line length	Main Line: 50.56 kilometers (31.42 mi), Branch: 6.25 kilometers (3.88 mi)
Track gauge	Broad gauge
Electrification	25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary

The Blue Line of the Delhi Metro system in Delhi consists of 44 metro stations from Dwarka Sector 21 to Noida City Centre (Sector 32) with a length of 50.56 km and a branch line consisting of 8 stations from Vaishali from Yamuna Bank, with a length of 6.25 km. ^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Stations 2.1 Main Line 2.2 Branch Line 3 Extensions 3.1 New construction 3.2 Planned extensions 4 References

History

The Dwarka-Barakhamba section of the line was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh on December 31 2005. It was opened to the public on 31 December 2005.

History
Extension date	Termini		Length	Stations
December 31, 2005	Dwarka	Barakhamba Road	22.9 kilometers (14.2 mi)	22
April 1, 2006		Dwarka Sector 9	6.5 kilometers (4.0 mi)	6
November 11, 2006	Barakhamba Road	Indraprastha	2.8 kilometers (1.7 mi)	3
November 12, 2009	Yamuna Bank	Noida City Centre	13.1 kilometers (8.1 mi)[2]	10
July 14,2011		Vaishali	6.25 kilometers (3.88 mi)[3]	6
October 30, 2010	Dwarka Sector 9	Dwarka Sector 21	2.76 kilometers (1.71 mi)[4]	2
Total	Noida City Centre	Dwarka Sector 21	56.4 kilometers (35.0 mi)	50

Stations

Delhi Metro Blue Line

Legend Noida City Centre Noida Golf Course Botanical Garden Noida Sector 18 Noida Sector 16 Noida Sector 15 Vaishali Delhi-UP border Kaushambi New Ashok Nagar Anand Vihar Mayur Vihar Extension Karkarduma Mayur Vihar-I Preet Vihar Nizamuddin bridge/NH 24 Nirman Vihar Akshardham Laxmi Nagar Yamuna Bank River Yamuna Indraprastha Ring Road Pragati Maidan Tilak Marg/ITO Mandi House Barakhamba Road (⇄ yellow line) Rajiv Chowk RK Ashram Marg Jhandewalan Ridge Road Karol Bagh Rajendra Place Patel Nagar Shadipur (⇄ green line) Kirti Nagar Satguru Ram Singh Marg Moti Nagar Ramesh Nagar Ring Road Rajouri Garden Tagore Garden Subhash Nagar Janakpuri East Outer Ring Road Janakpuri West Uttam Nagar East Uttam Nagar West Nawada Dwarka Mor Dwarka Dwarka Sector 14 Dwarka Sector 13 Dwarka Sector 12 Dwarka Sector 11 Dwarka Sector 10 Dwarka Sector 9 Dwarka Sector 8 (⇄ Airport Express) Dwarka Sector 21

Karkardooma station on Anand Vihar branch is the highest station of Delhi metro with a platform height of 19 meters. Rajouri Garden station on the main line is the second highest station with a height of 17 metres.^[5]

Main Line

Blue Line
#	Station Name		Opening	Connections	Layout
	English	Hindi
1	Noida City Centre	नोएडा सिटी सेंटर	November 12, 2009	Elevated
2	Noida Golf Course	नोएडा गोल्फ कोर्स	November 12, 2009	None	Elevated
3	Botanical Garden	बॉटानिकल गार्डन	November 12, 2009	None	Elevated
4	Noida Sector 18	नोएडा सेक्टर १८	November 12, 2009	None	Elevated
5	Noida Sector 16	नोएडा सेक्टर १६	November 12, 2009	None	Elevated
6	Noida Sector 15	नोएडा सेक्टर १५	November 12, 2009	None	Elevated
7	New Ashok Nagar	नया अशोक नगर	November 12, 2009	None	Elevated
8	Mayur Vihar Extension	मयूर विहार विस्तार	November 12, 2009	None	Elevated
9	Mayur Vihar - I	मयूर विहार-१	November 12, 2009	None	Elevated
10	Akshardham	अक्षरधाम	November 12, 2009	None	Elevated
11	Yamuna Bank	यमुना किनारा	May 10, 2009	Blue Line branch	At grade
12	Indraprastha	इंद्रप्रस्थ	November 11, 2006	None	Elevated
13	Pragati Maidan	प्रगति मैदान	November 11, 2006	None	Elevated
14	Mandi House	मंडी हाउस	November 11, 2006	None	Underground
15	Barakhambha Road	बाराखम्भा मार्ग	December 31, 2005	None	Underground
16	Rajiv Chowk	राजीव चौक	December 31, 2005	Yellow Line	Underground
17	Ramakrishna Ashram Marg	रामकृष्ण आश्रम मार्ग	December 31, 2005	None	Elevated
18	Jhandewalan	झंडेवालान	December 31, 2005	None	Elevated
19	Karol Bagh	करौल बाग	December 31, 2005	None	Elevated
20	Rajendra Place	राजेंद्र पैलेस	December 31, 2005	None	Elevated
21	Patel Nagar	पटेल नगर	December 31, 2005	None	Elevated
22	Shadipur	शादीपुर	December 31, 2005	None	Elevated
23	Kirti Nagar	कीर्ति नगर	December 31, 2005	Green Line branch (Under construction)	Elevated
24	Moti Nagar	मोती नगर	December 31, 2005	None	Elevated
25	Ramesh Nagar	रमेश नगर	December 31, 2005	None	Elevated
26	Rajouri Garden	राजौरी गार्डन	December 31, 2005	None	Elevated
27	Tagore Garden	टैगोर गार्डन	December 31, 2005	None	Elevated
28	Subhash Nagar	सुभाष नगर	December 31, 2005	None	Elevated
29	Tilak Nagar	तिलक नगर	December 31, 2005	None	Elevated
30	Janakpuri East	जनकपुरी पूर्व	December 31, 2005	None	Elevated
31	Janakpuri West	जनकपुरी पश्चिम	December 31, 2005	None	Elevated
32	Uttam Nagar East	उत्तम नगर पूर्व	December 31, 2005	None	Elevated
33	Uttam Nagar West	उत्तम नगर पश्चिम	December 31, 2005	None	Elevated
34	Nawada	नवादा	December 31, 2005	None	Elevated
35	Dwarka Morh	द्वारका मोड़	December 31, 2005	None	Elevated
36	Dwarka	द्वारका	December 31, 2005	None	Elevated
37	Dwarka Sector 14	द्वारका सैक्टर १४	April 1, 2006	None	Elevated
38	Dwarka Sector 13	द्वारका सैक्टर १३	April 1, 2006	None	Elevated
39	Dwarka Sector 12	द्वारका सैक्टर १२	April 1, 2006	None	Elevated
40	Dwarka Sector 11	द्वारका सैक्टर ११	April 1, 2006	None	Elevated
41	Dwarka Sector 10	द्वारका सैक्टर १०	April 1, 2006	None	Elevated
42	Dwarka Sector 9	द्वारका सैक्टर ९	April 1, 2006	None	Elevated
43	Dwarka Sector 8	द्वारका सैक्टर ८	October 30, 2010	None	Elevated
44	Dwarka Sector 21	द्वारका सैक्टर २१	October 30, 2010	Airport Express	Underground

Branch Line

Blue Line Branch
#	Station Name		Opening	Connections	Layout
	English	Hindi
1	Yamuna Bank†	यमुना किनारा	May 10, 2009	Blue Line	At Grade
2	Laxmi Nagar	लक्ष्मी नगर	January 6, 2010[6]	None	Elevated
3	Nirman Vihar	निर्माण विहार	January 6, 2010[6]	None	Elevated
4	Preet Vihar	प्रीत विहार	January 6, 2010[6]	None	Elevated
5	Karkarduma	कड़कड़ डूमा	January 6, 2010[6]	None	Elevated
6	Anand Vihar	आनंद विहार	January 6, 2010[6]	Anand Vihar Terminal (Indian Railways), Anand Vihar ISBT	Elevated
7	Kaushambi	कौशाम्बी	July 14, 2011[7]	None	Elevated
8	Vashali	वैशाली	July 14, 2011[8]	None	Elevated
†- Branch Line starts at Yamuna Bank (Station Number 11 in Blue Line)

Extensions

New construction

A small extension of length 2.57 km has been recently constructed and opened on July 14, 2011 ^[8] connecting Anand Vihar station of the Blue Line branch with Vashali Metro station in Ghaziabad, a satellite city of Delhi. The extension was to be inaugurated by March 2011.^[9]

Planned extensions

Several extensions of Line 3 are envisioned. Since the line has extended to the satellite city of Noida, the Uttar Pradesh government has expressed interest in extending the network further into the city of Noida.^[10] It has also shown interest in a metro connection to the proposed new airport in Jewar near Greater Noida.^[11] The other part of the eastern extension of this line from Vashali Metro station in Ghaziabad is also proposed to be extended further East to connect more areas in Ghaziabad to the network.

References

Delhi Metro Red Line Dilshad Garden - Rithala Yellow Line Jahangirpuri - HUDA City Centre Blue Line Noida City Centre - Dwarka Sector 21 Blue Line branch Yamuna Bank - Vaishali Green Line Inderlok - Mundka Green Line branch Ashok Park Main - Kirti Nagar Violet Line Central Secretariat - Badarpur Airport Express New Delhi - IGI Airport - Dwarka Sector 21