Janakpuri West metro station
The Janakpuri West Metro Station is an interchange station between the Blue Line and Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro.[3]
HistoryEdit
Phase IIIEdit
Under Phase III, Janakpuri West station has become an interchange station with the Magenta line (Janak Puri West – Botanical Garden). From here, passengers will be able to connect to South Delhi and Noida via. Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 1, Hauz Khas and Kalkaji Mandir.[4]
The section was inaugurated on 28 May 2018 by Honorable Chief Minister, Mr. Arvind Kejriwal & Union Minister, Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri. Commercial operations began started 29 May 2018.
India's Highest EscaltorsEdit
The escalators installed at the new Janakpuri West Metro station have the highest elevation for any escalator in India. These escalators have a height of 15.65 meters which surpasses the escalators installed at the Kashmere Gate Metro station which have a height of 14.575 meters. The horizontal length of the escalators is 35.32 meters. The height of these escalators is equal to a five-story building. The weight of each escalator was 26 tonnes and a 250-tonne crane was specially planted for the installation of these escalators.[5]
The stationEdit
Station layoutEdit
| 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 →Noida City Centre /Vaishali | |
| Westbound | →Towards ←Dwarka Sector 21 | |
| Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left
| ||
| L2 | ||
FacilitiesEdit
Facilities: Escalator (for going up only) on both sides.
Nearby attractions (within walking distance): Janak Palace Shopping complex, Inox Theatre (Earlier: Satyam Cineplex), Sagar Ratna Restaurant, Piccadilly Hotel (earlier known as Hotel Hilton). This station also serves to the people of Vikaspuri.
Entry/ExitEdit
| Janakpuri West metro station Entry/exits | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gate No-1 | Gate No-2 | Gate No-3 | ||
ConnectionsEdit
Janak Puri West Metro Station serves as an interchange between Blue Line and Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro.
BusEdit
Delhi Transport Corporation bus routes number 588, 810, 813, 813CL, 816, 816A, 816EXT, 817, 817A, 817B, 818, 819, 822, 823, 824, 824SSTL, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829, 833, 834, 835, 836, 838, 838A, 845, 847, 861A, 871, 871A, 872, 873, 876, 878, 891STL, 972A, 972BSPL, By Pass Express, serves the station from outside metro station stop.[6]
GalleryEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Parking_Details". Delhi Metro Rail.
- ↑ "Ridership_Details" (PDF). Delhi Metro Rail.
- ↑ "Station Information". Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
- ↑ "Kalkaji Mandir - Janakpuri West Metro Corridor Inaugurated for Passenger Services".
- ↑ http://www.delhimetrorail.com/PressReleaseDocuments/pressinfoeng_25518.pdf
- ↑ "Department of Delhi Transport Corporation". Govt.of NCT of Delhi. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
External linksEdit
- 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.
- Google. "Janakpuri West metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.
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