Lajpat Nagar metro station

Lajpat Nagar is an interchange station between Violet Line and Pink Line of the Delhi Metro in Delhi. It is located between Jangpura and Moolchand on the Violet Line in Lajpat Nagar. The station was opened with the first section of the Violet Line on 3 October 2010, in time for the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on the same day.[1] It became an interchange station with the opening of the Pink Line on 6 August 2018. The station on the Pink Line is underground, whereas the Violet line station is elevated. However, both the lines are seamlessly connected, without the commuters having to exit the ticketed area to interchange from one line to another.


Lajpat Nagar
Delhi Metro station
Lajpat Nagar Metro Station Platform
LocationLala Lajpat Rai Marg, New Delhi 110024, India
Coordinates28.570607°N 77.236474°E / 28.570607; 77.236474
Owned byDelhi Metro
Operated byDelhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
Line(s)     Violet Line      Pink Line
PlatformsSide platform
Platform-1 → Escorts Mujesar
Platform-2 →Kashmere Gate via Lal Qila
Platform-3 → Shiv Vihar
Platform-4 → Majlis Park
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeElevated, Underground
Platform levels2
Parking Available
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeLJPN
History
OpenedViolet Line- October 3, 2010 (2010-10-03)
Pink Line- August 6, 2018 (2018-08-06)
Electrified25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station   Delhi Metro   Following station
Violet Line
toward Majlis Park
Pink Line
toward Shiv Vihar
Location
Lajpat Nagar metro station
Location in Delhi

Lajpat Nagar Market is one of the famous shopping market in Delhi which is famous for women clothes, artificial jewelry, Footwear and Home Decor items. This market is just 200-300 meter away from Lajpat Nagar Metro Station. Timings of this market is 11:00 AM to 08:00 PM

The station

Station layout

Elevated Violet Line

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
Southbound Towards →Escorts Mujesar
Northbound →Towards ←Kashmere Gate
Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left
L2

Station layout

Underground Pink Line

G Street Level Exit/ Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P Southbound Platform 3 → Shiv Vihar
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound Platform 4 Toward ← Majlis Park

Facilities

List of available ATM at Lajpat Nagar metro station are HDFC Bank, SBI, RBL Bank.[2]

Entry/Exit

Gate Number 1 - Metro Parking

Gate Number 2 - 3Cs Cinema

Gate Number 3 - Defence Colony

Nearby

Defence Colony, Acharya Munir Ashram, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing, Haldiram, The Japan Foundation, Guru Nanak Market, Ziyyara Edutech Private Limited

Connections

Bus

Delhi Transport Corporation bus routes number 374, 404, 419, 419LSTL, 423, 425, 425CL, 425STL, 445, 445A, 445STL, 449CL, 490, 521, 727 serves the station.[3]

Rail

Lajpat Nagar railway station of Delhi Suburban Railway is situated at 1.5 km on Sardar Inderjit Singh Bhatia Rd.

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See also

References
  1. "Central Secretariat – Sarita Vihar Corridor Opens for Commuter Operations Tomorrow" (Press release). Delhi Metro.
  2. http://www.delhimetrorail.com/ATM_details.aspx
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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