Kashmere Gate, also known as Kashmiri Gate, is an important metro station on Delhi Metro in Delhi, which is elevated for the Red Line and underground for both the Yellow Line and Violet Line. It is a transfer station between the Red Line on the highest upper level, the Yellow Line on the lowest underground level and Violet Line on the parallel underground level.[2] It is the busiest metro station in India. It was named on 25 December 2002. During peak hours, it serves as an alternate Northern Terminus for the yellow line along with Vishwa Vidyalaya.[3]
The Kashmere Gate Metro station services the historic Kashmiri Gate area of Delhi, and is currently the largest metro station within the Delhi metro with area of about 118,400 square feet (11,000 m2)[4] and the only 3 line interchange metro station in India.[5] The giant station has over 6 floors. It has facilities like restaurants, fast food centres, McDonald's, Burger King, water vending machines, 3 toilet complexes, over 35 escalators, Ticket vending machines etc.
Under the Delhi Metro Phase III plan, the Violet Line was extended from its current terminus to meet the Yellow and Red Lines at Kashmere Gate station. This provided an alternative route between Central Secretariat and Kashmere Gate, alleviating crowds on the heavily used Yellow Line. It was inaugurated on 28 May 2017 by the then Union minister Sh. Venkaiah Naidu.[6]
Red Line Station layout
P | Side platform | Doors will open on the left | |
Platform 3 Westbound |
Towards ← Rithala next station is Tis Hazari | |
Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||
Platform 4 Eastbound |
Towards → Shaheed Sthal next station is Shastri Park | |
C | Concourse | Fare control, station agent, token vending and automatic vending machines, crossover |
G | Street Level | Gates |
Yellow Line Station layout
G | Street Level | Gates |
C | Concourse | Fare control, station agent, token vending and automatic vending machines, crossover |
P | Platform 1 Southbound |
Towards ← HUDA City Centre next station is Chandni Chowk |
Island platform | Doors will open on the right | ||
Platform 2 Northbound |
Towards ← Samaypur Badli next station is Civil Lines |
Violet Line Station layout
G | Street Level | Gates |
C | Concourse | Fare control, station agent, token vending and automatic vending machines, crossover |
P | Platform 5 Southbound |
Towards ← Raja Nahar Singh next station is Lal Qila |
Island platform | Doors will open on the right | ||
Platform 6 Northbound |
Train terminates here |
Kashmere Gate metro station: Entry/Exits[7] | |||||||
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Gate No-1 | Gate No-2 | Gate No-3 | Gate No-4 | Gate No-5 | Gate No-6 | Gate No-7 | Gate No-8 |
Mori Gate | — | Lala Hardev Sahai Marg | Lala Hardev Sahai Marg | Lala Hardev Sahai Marg | Lala Hardev Sahai Marg | ISBT Kashmere Gate | ISBT Kashmere Gate |
The station is located at a distance of around 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) from the Old Delhi railway station.