Mandi House metro station


Mandi House
मंडी हाउस
Delhi Metro station
Coordinates 28°37′33″N 77°14′05″E / 28.625816°N 77.234724°E
Line(s)      Blue Line
     Violet Line
Platforms Island (Violet Line)
Construction
Structure type Underground
History
Opened November 11, 2006 (Blue line)
June 26, 2014 (Violet line)
Services
Preceding station   Delhi Metro   Following station
Blue Line
Barakhambha Road
toward Mandi House
Violet Line
toward Badarpur

The Mandi House (Hindi: मंडी हाउस) Metro Station is located on the Blue Line and Violet Line of the Delhi Metro[1] in Delhi, India. It services the cultural hub of Delhi, the Mandi House area which has National School of Drama, Ravindra Bhavan, home of Sangeet Natak Akademi and Sahitya Akademi, Ferozeshah Kotla, Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts and Triveni Kala Sangam, besides the Bengali Market and the nearby residential areas.

As part of Phase III of the extension of Delhi Metro, Mandi House will be expanded into an interchange station in order to reduce pressure on Rajiv Chowk station.[2][3] A new 6.8-km line is expected to come up from Central Secretariat to a new station at Kashmere Gate by the end of 2015. The new line will be developed on standard gauge and integrated with the Badarpur corridor, which too runs on standard gauge. As the existing Mandi House station has broad gauge tracks, Metro officials are now working on plans to develop a parallel station at the same site.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Station Information". Retrieved June 26, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Delhi Metro flags off trial run on Phase III - The Times of India". The Times Of India.
  3. ↑ "Delhi Metro third phase trial run begins Monday - The Economic Times". The Times Of India.
  4. ↑ "Mandi House to be new Metro hub". The Times of India (Bennett, Coleman & Co.). November 12, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
  5. ↑ Dutta, Sweta (November 11, 2010). "Metro plans Mandi House as new hub". The Indian Express. Retrieved September 21, 2011.