Line 3 and 4 (Delhi Metro)

Delhi Metro Blue / Line 3 and 4
Gauge :	1676 mm ( colonial track )
Noida Electronic City Noida Sector 62 Noida Sector 59 Noida Sector 61 Noida Sector 52 Aqua line Noida Sector 34 Noida City Center Golf course Botanical Garden Magenta / Line 8 Noida Sector 18 Vaishali Noida Sector 16 Kaushambi Noida Sector 15 State border Uttar Pradesh / Delhi Anand Vihar Pink / Line 7 New Ashok Nagar Karkarduma Pink / Line 7 Mayur Vihar Extension Preet Vihar Mayur Vihar-I Pink / Line 7 Nirman Vihar National Highway 24 Akshardham Laxmi Nagar Yamuna Bank Yamuna river Indraprastha Ring Road Indian Railways Pragati Maidan Tilak Marg / ITO Mandi House Violet / Line 6 Barakhamba Road Rajiv Chowk Yellow / Line 2 Ramakrishna Ashram Marg Jhandewalan Ridge Road Karol Bagh Rajendra Place Patel Nagar Shadipur Indian Railways Kirti Nagar Green / Line 5 Satguru Ram Singh Marg Moti Nagar Ramesh Nagar Ring Road Rajouri Garden Pink / Line 7 Tagore Garden Subhash Nagar Tilak Nagar Janakpuri East Outer Ring Road Janakpuri West Magenta / Line 8 Uttam Nagar East Uttam Nagar West Nawada Dwarka Mor Dwarka gray / line 9 Dwarka Sector 14 Dwarka Sector 13 Dwarka Sector 12 Dwarka Sector 11 Dwarka Sector 10 Dwarka Sector 9 Dwarka Sector 8 Dwarka Sector 21 Airport Express

Lines 3 and 4 (“Blue Line”) of the Delhi Metro belong to the metro system of the Indian capital Delhi . Line 4 is a branch of line 3 and therefore has the same color code. Line 3 consists of 44 metro stations from Dwarka Sector 21 to Noida Electronic City on the border with Ghaziabad with a length of 56.4 kilometers. Line 4 as a branch consists of seven other stations from Yamuna Bank to Vaishali with a length of 6.25 kilometers.

history

The first section of the main line from Dwarka to Barakhamba Road opened on December 31, 2005. The main line is the second longest line on the Delhi Metro network after Line 7.

opening	section		length	Stations
December 31, 2005	Dwarka	Barakhamba Road	22.9 km	22nd
April 1, 2006		Dwarka Sector 9	6.5 km	6th
November 11, 2006	Barakhamba Road	Indraprastha	2.8 km	3
November 12, 2009	Yamuna Bank	Noida City Center	13.1 km	10
July 14, 2011		Vaishali	6.25 km	6th
October 30, 2010	Dwarka Sector 9	Dwarka Sector 21	2.76 km	2
March 8, 2019	Noida City Center	Noida Electronic City	6.6 km	6th
Total	Noida City Center	Dwarka Sector 21	62.6 km	50

Stations

The Karkardooma station on Line 4 is the highest station on the Delhi Metro with a platform height of 19 meters above the ground. Rajouri Garden station on Line 3 is the second tallest at 17 meters high.

Line 3 (main line)

Line 3 / blue line
#	Station name		opening	Transfer possibility	location
	English	Hindi
1	Noida Electronic City	नोएडा इलैक्ट्रौनिक सिटी	March 8, 2019	no	Elevated railway
2	Noida Sector 62	नोएडा सेक्टर ६२	March 8, 2019	no	Elevated railway
3	Noida Sector 59	नोएडा सेक्टर ५ ९	March 8, 2019	no	Elevated railway
4th	Noida Sector 61	नोएडा सेक्टर ६१	March 8, 2019	no	Elevated railway
5	Noida Sector 52	नोएडा सेक्टर ५२	March 8, 2019	approx. 300 m to Sector 51 Aqua line	Elevated railway
6th	Noida Sector 34	नोएडा सेक्टर ३४	March 8, 2019	no	Elevated railway
7th	Noida City Center	नोएडा सिटी सेंटर	November 12, 2009	no	Elevated railway
8th	Golf course	गोल्फ कोर्स	November 12, 2009	no	Elevated railway
9	Botanical Garden	बॉटानिकल गार्डन	November 12, 2009	Magenta / line 8	Elevated railway
10	Noida Sector 18	नोएडा सेक्टर १८	November 12, 2009	no	Elevated railway
11	Noida Sector 16	नोएडा सेक्टर १६	November 12, 2009	no	Elevated railway
12	Noida Sector 15	नोएडा सेक्टर १५	November 12, 2009	no	Elevated railway
13	New Ashok Nagar	नया अशोक नगर	November 12, 2009	no	Elevated railway
14th	Mayur Vihar Extension	मयूर विहार विस्तार	November 12, 2009	no	Elevated railway
15th	Mayur Vihar - I.	मयूर विहार -१	November 12, 2009	Pink / line 7	Elevated railway
16	Akshardham	अक्षरधाम	November 12, 2009	no	Elevated railway
17th	Yamuna Bank	यमुना किनारा	May 10, 2009	Blue / line 4	On the ground
18th	Indraprastha	इंद्रप्रस्थ	November 11, 2006	no	Elevated railway
19th	Pragati Maidan	प्रगति मैदान	November 11, 2006	Delhi Ring Railways	Elevated railway
20th	Mandi House	मंडी हाउस	November 11, 2006	Purple / line 6	Underground
21st	Barakhambha Road	बाराखम्भा मार्ग	December 31, 2005	no	Underground
22nd	Rajiv Chowk	राजीव चौक	December 31, 2005	Yellow / line 2	Underground
23	Ramakrishna Ashram Marg	रामकृष्ण आश्रम मार्ग	December 31, 2005	no	Elevated railway
24	Jhandewalan	झंडेवालान	December 31, 2005	no	Elevated railway
25th	Karol Bagh	क़रोल बाग़	December 31, 2005	no	Elevated railway
26th	Rajendra Place	राजेंद्र प्लेस	December 31, 2005	no	Elevated railway
27	Patel Nagar	पटेल नगर	December 31, 2005	Northern Suburban Railways	Elevated railway
28	Shadipur	शादीपुर	December 31, 2005	no	Elevated railway
29	Kirti Nagar	कीर्ति नगर	December 31, 2005	Green / Line 5 and Delhi Ring Railways	Elevated railway
30th	Moti Nagar	मोती नगर	December 31, 2005	no	Elevated railway
31	Ramesh Nagar	रमेश नगर	December 31, 2005	no	Elevated railway
32	Rajouri Garden	राजौरी गार्डन	December 31, 2005	Pink / line 7	Elevated railway
33	Tagore Garden	टैगोर गार्डन	December 31, 2005	no	Elevated railway
34	Subhash Nagar	सुभाष नगर	December 31, 2005	no	Elevated railway
35	Tilak Nagar	तिलक नगर	December 31, 2005	no	Elevated railway
36	Janakpuri East	जनकपुरी पूर्व	December 31, 2005	no	Elevated railway
37	Janakpuri West	जनकपुरी पश्चिम	December 31, 2005	Magenta / line 8	Elevated railway
38	Uttam Nagar East	उत्तम नगर पूर्व	December 31, 2005	no	Elevated railway
39	Uttam Nagar West	उत्तम नगर पश्चिम	December 31, 2005	no	Elevated railway
40	Nawada	नवादा	December 31, 2005	no	Elevated railway
41	Dwarka Mor	द्वारका मोड़	December 31, 2005	no	Elevated railway
42	Dwarka	द्वारका	December 31, 2005	Gray / Line 9 (under construction)	Elevated railway
43	Dwarka Sector 14	द्वारका सैक्टर १४	April 1, 2006	no	Elevated railway
44	Dwarka Sector 13	द्वारका सैक्टर १३	April 1, 2006	no	Elevated
45	Dwarka Sector 12	द्वारका सैक्टर १२	April 1, 2006	no	Elevated railway
46	Dwarka Sector 11	द्वारका सैक्टर ११	April 1, 2006	no	Elevated railway
47	Dwarka Sector 10	द्वारका सैक्टर १०	April 1, 2006	no	Elevated railway
48	Dwarka Sector 9	द्वारका सैक्टर ९	April 1, 2006	no	Elevated railway
49	Dwarka Sector 8	द्वारका सैक्टर ८	October 30, 2010	no	Elevated railway
50	Dwarka Sector 21	द्वारका सैक्टर २१	October 30, 2010	Airport Express	Underground

A pedestrian bridge is to be used between Line 3 and the Aqua Line. The construction of the crossing will be delayed and will only be started after the Noida Sector 52 and Noida Sector 51 stations have opened.

Line 4 (Vaishali branch)

Line 4 / branch of the blue line
#	Station name		opening	Transfer possibility	location
	English	Hindi
1	Yamuna Bank	यमुना किनारा	May 10, 2009	Blue / line 3	Elevated railway
2	Laxmi Nagar	लक्ष्मी नगर	January 6, 2010	no	Elevated railway
3	Nirman Vihar	निर्माण विहार	January 6, 2010	no	Elevated railway
4th	Preet Vihar	प्रीत विहार	January 6, 2010	no	Elevated railway
5	Karkarduma	कड़कड़ डूमा	January 6, 2010	Pink / line 7	Elevated railway
6th	Anand Vihar	आनंद विहार	January 6, 2010	Pink / Line 7 Anand Vihar	Elevated railway
7th	Kaushambi	कौशाम्बी	July 14, 2011	no	Elevated railway
8th	Vaishali	वैशाली	July 14, 2011	no	Elevated railway

Extensions in phase III

Branch to Najafgarh (line 9)

A branch line is being created as new line 9 from Dwarka station to Najafgarh. The line was planned as part of Phase III and will comprise three stations, one station being built underground. The work began in September 2013. The opening is scheduled for the end of 2018 and will have the color code gray.

Extension to Noida

In April 2014, the Delhi government approved an extension eastwards in the direction of Noida to Noida Electronic City. The new section will include six new stations and be approximately six kilometers long. The line was opened to traffic on March 8, 2019. Furthermore, there will be an extension towards Greater Noida , which will be operated as a separate line. For this purpose, Noida Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. founded. The junction was created in sector 52 and bears the color code Aqua in the Delhi Metro network, even if the line does not formally belong to the DMRC.

Further expansions in Ghaziabad

In order to improve the connections in Ghaziabad in the "Trans-Hindon" area, the DMRC submitted plans to extend the two branches to the Ghaziabad City Development Authority (GDA) in February 2018. They are formally not part of Phase IV, as the expansion will take place within Ghaziabad, which is in the state of Uttar Pradesh and not in Delhi. The extensions are referred to as Ghaziabad Phases 3 and 4.

As part of this expansion, Line 3 from Noida Electronic City is originally to be expanded by five stations to Sahibabad. Planned stops are Vaibhav Khand, Indirapuram, Shakti Khand, Sector 5 Vasudhara and Sahibabad. Line 4 was to be extended by four stations to Mohan Nagar to form the extended line 1. Vaishali's planned stops are Prahlad Garhi, Sector 14 Vsudhara, Sahibabad and Mohan Nagar. The expansion should improve the development within Ghaziabad and create a connection from Ghaziabad to Noida and Greater Noida. The route will be adjusted again in 2019 to create a better connection between Ghaziabad and Noida within Uttar Pradesh. Line 4 will be shortened to enable a direct connection between Line 3 and Line 1 of the metro. The direct changeover to the planned RRTS line Delhi – Meerut will be abandoned.

Planned expansion of line 3
#	Station name		opening	Transfer possibility	location
	English	Hindi
1	Vaibhav Khand		approx. 2022	no	Elevated railway
2	Indirapuram	इंदिरापुरम	approx. 2022	no	Elevated railway
3	Shakti Khand	शक्ति खण्ड	approx. 2022	no	Elevated railway
4th	Sector 5 Vasundhara	सेक्टर ५ वसुंधरा	approx. 2022	no	Elevated railway
5	Sector 2 Vasundhara	सेक्टर २ वसुंधरा	approx. 2022	Blue / Line 4 (planned)	Elevated railway
6th	Mohan Nagar	मोहन नगर	approx. 2022	Red / Line 1	Elevated railway

Planned expansion of line 4 (Vaishali branch)
#	Station name		opening	Transfer possibility	location
	English	Hindi
1	Prahlad Garhi		approx. 2023	no	Elevated railway
2	Sector 14 Vasudhara	सेक्टर १४ वसुंधरा	approx. 2023	no	Elevated railway
3	Sahibabad	साहिबाबाद	approx. 2023	planned RRTS line Delhi – Meerut	Elevated railway
4th	Sector 2 Vasundhara	सेक्टर २ वसुंधरा	approx. 2023	Blue / Line 3 (planned)	Elevated railway

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sweta Dutta: Metro rolls into Noida . Indian Express. November 13, 2009.
2. ^ Delhi Metro reaches Noida . In: Railway Gazette , November 13, 2009. 
3. ↑ Anand Vihar line opens on Wednesday . In: The Times Of India , January 6, 2010. 
4. ↑ Metro reaches Dwarka Sec 21 . In: The Times Of India , October 31, 2010. 
5. ↑ 60 feet above ground, Delhi Metro to run over flyover , Thaindian.com. Retrieved July 24, 2008. 
6. ↑ Skywalk to Blue Line not any time soon - Times of India . In: The Times of India . ( indiatimes.com [accessed August 11, 2018]).
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Anand Vihar Metro line flagged off , Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2009. 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Day One: 30,000 hop on to Vaishali Metro . In: The Times Of India , July 15, 2011. 
9. ↑ Part Design and Construction of Elevated Viaduct and 4 Elevated Stations viz. Dwarka, Najafgarh Depot, Municipal Corporation and Najafgarh Stations including architectural finishing, water supply, sanitary installation and drainage works on Dwarka - Najafgarh Corridor of Phase - III Delhi MRTS. . DMRC. Archived from the original on August 2, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 11, 2013. 
10. ↑ PM Modi flags off Noida City Center-Electronic City section of Delhi Metro's Blue Line. Retrieved March 16, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Jung wants better access to all Metro stations . Indian Express (April 24, 2014). Retrieved April 24, 2014.
12. ↑ DMRC submits plan to extend metro from Noida to Ghaziabad - Times of India . In: The Times of India . ( indiatimes.com [accessed March 26, 2018]).
13. ^ Noida-Ghaziabad metro link costlier by Rs 280 crore as land added - Times of India . In: The Times of India . ( indiatimes.com [accessed March 26, 2018]).
14. ↑ DMRC submits revised project reports of Metro extensions in Ghaziabad. March 20, 2019, accessed March 27, 2019 .