Line 6 (Delhi Metro)

Delhi Metro Purple / Line 8
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Kashmere Gate Red / Line 1 Yellow / line 2 Lal Qila Jama Masjid Delhi Gate ITO Mandi House Blau / Line 3 Janpath Central Secretariat Yellow / Line 2 Khan Market Lodi Road Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Ring Railway Jangpura Lajpat Nagar Pink / Line 7 Ring Road Moolchand Kailash Colony Nehru Place Kalkaji Mandir Magenta / Line 8 Outer Ring Road Govind Puri Harkesh Nagar Okhla Indian Railways Jasola Apollo Sarita Vihar Mohan Estate Tughlakabad Badarpur Border State border Delhi / Haryana Sarai Mathura Road / NH-2 NHPC Chowk Mewla Maharajpur Sector 28 Badkhal Mor Faridabad Old Neelam Chowk Ajronda Bata Chowk Escorts Mujesar Sant Surdas (Sihi) Mathura Road / NH-2 Raja Nahar Singh

The line 6 ( "Violet line") of the Metro Delhi connects Kashmere gate in New Delhi with escorts Mujesar in Faridabad . The route has 32 stations over a length of 37.1 kilometers. The first section from Central Secretariat to Sarita Vihar was opened on October 3, 2010 and extended to Badarpur on January 14, 2011.

In the next phase, the line was expanded in small sections: on June 26, 2014 initially from Central Secretariat to Mandi House and on June 8, 2015 by one station further to ITO. The last expansion was on May 28, 2017 to the Kashmere Gate transfer station along the old town and the main attractions of Delhi. This section is also known as the “Heritage Line”. It runs parallel to the busy line 2 (yellow line) . The section south towards Faridabad to Escorts Mujesar was opened on September 6, 2015. The further route to Ballabhgarh is scheduled to open in October 2018. A test operation was started for the approval process on August 25, 2018. The extension to Ballabhgarh will open on November 19, 2018.

history

Line 6 is part of the Delhi Metro's Phase II project. It was originally scheduled to open in March 2010. A major accident occurred on July 12, 2009 when part of a bridge collapsed while a bridge segment was being lifted into position. The accident occurred east of Kailash in the Central Secretariat - Badarpur section. Six workers were killed and another fifteen injured. The following day, when the rubble was about to be cleared, another accident occurred. Six workers were injured when three cranes collapsed one after the other with a loud noise while attempting to lift a bridge segment. One of the cranes fell on a row of shops.

As part of Phase III, the line was extended in a southerly direction to neighboring Faridabad in the state of Haryana in order to connect the satellite city to Delhi. This happened on September 6, 2015. The route is the second line across the border to Haryana after line 2 to Gurgaon. The southern extension comprises nine stations and runs completely over 13.9 kilometers as an elevated railway.

The line's depot is located in Ajronda near Neelam Chowk Ajronda station.

Opening dates
opening	section		length	Stations
October 3, 2010	Central Secretariat	Sarita Vihar	13.6 km	13
January 14, 2011	Sarita Vihar	Badarpur	4.2 km	3
June 26, 2014	Mandi House	Central Secretariat	3.03 km	2
June 8, 2015	Mandi House	ITO	0.97 km	1
September 6, 2015	Badarpur	Escorts Mujesar	13.88 km	9
May 28, 2017	Kashmere Gate	ITO	5.17 km	4th
19th November 2018	Escorts Mujesar	Raja Nahar Singh (Ballabhgarh)	3.21 km	2
Total	Kashmere Gate	Escorts Mujesar	40.35 km	32

Stations

The line starts in the center of Delhi at Kashmere Gate underground to Jangpura, passing under Khan Market and the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium . The subsequent section runs as an elevated railway via Lajpat Nagar , Kailash Colony , Nehru Place , Harkesh Nagar Okhla , Sarita Vihar , to Escorts Mujesar in Faridabad. You can change to line 1 and 2 at Kashmere Gate or at the Central Secretariate and line 3 to Mandi House. The platform length is 140 meters with a width of 6.5 meters.

Line 6 / purple
#	Station name		opening	Transfer options	location
	English	Hindi
1	Kashmere Gate	कश्मीरी गेट	December 25, 2002 and May 28, 2017 (platform line 6)	Red / Line 1 Yellow / Line 2 Kashmere Gate ISBT	Underground
2	Lal Qila	लाल किला	May 28, 2017		Underground
3	Jama Masjid	जामा मस्जिद	May 28, 2017		Underground
4th	Delhi Gate	दिल्ली गेट	May 28, 2017		Underground
5	ITO	आई टी ओ	June 8, 2015		Underground
6th	Mandi House	मण्डी हाऊस	June 26, 2014	Blue / line 3	Underground
7th	Janpath	जनपथ	June 26, 2014		Underground
8th	Central Secretariat	केन्द्रीय सचिवालय	July 3, 2005	Yellow / line 2	Underground
9	Khan Market	खान मार्किट	October 3, 2010		Underground
10	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	जवाहरलाल नेहरू स्टेडियम	October 3, 2010		Underground
11	Jangpura	जंगपुरा	October 3, 2010		Underground
12	Lajpat Nagar	लाजपत नगर	October 3, 2010	Pink / Line 7 and Delhi Ring Railways	Elevated railway
13	Moolchand	मूलचन्द	October 3, 2010		Elevated railway
14th	Kailash Colony	कैलाश कॉलोनी	October 3, 2010		Elevated railway
15th	Nehru Place	नेहरू प्लेस	October 3, 2010		Elevated railway
16	Kalkaji Mandir	कालकाजी मंदिर	October 3, 2010	Magenta / line 8	Elevated railway
17th	Govind Puri	गोविन्दपुरी	October 3, 2010		Elevated railway
18th	Harkesh Nagar Okhla	ओखला	October 3, 2010	Northern Suburban Railways	Elevated railway
19th	Jasola Apollo	जसोला अपोलो	October 3, 2010		Elevated railway
20th	Sarita Vihar	सरिता विहार	October 3, 2010		Elevated railway
21st	Mohan Estate	मोहन एस्टेट	January 14, 2011		Elevated railway
22nd	Tughlakabad	तुगलकाबाद	January 14, 2011	Northern Suburban Railways	Elevated railway
23	Badarpur Border	बदरपुर	January 14, 2011	Badarpur Bus Terminal	Elevated railway
24	Sarai	सराय	September 6, 2015		Elevated railway
25th	NHPC Chowk	एन एच पी सी चौक	September 6, 2015		Elevated railway
26th	Mewla Maharajpur	मेवला महाराजपुर	September 6, 2015		Elevated railway
27	Sector 28	सेक्टर 28	September 6, 2015		Elevated railway
28	Badkhal Mor	बड़खल मोङ	September 6, 2015		Elevated railway
29	Old Faridabad	पुराना फरीदाबाद	September 6, 2015	Northern Suburban Railways	Elevated railway
30th	Neelam Chowk Ajronda	नीलम चौक अजरौन्दा	September 6, 2015		Elevated railway
31	Bata Chowk	बाटा चौक	September 6, 2015		Elevated railway
32	Escorts Mujesar	ऐस्काॅर्ट्स मुजेसर	September 6, 2015		Elevated railway
33	Sant Surdas (Sihi)		19th November 2018		Elevated railway
34	Raja Nahar Singh (Ballabhgarh)	(बल्लभगढ़)	19th November 2018	Northern Suburban Railways and Ballabhgarh Bus Terminal	Elevated railway

Fleet

The line is constructed in standard gauge. The trains were built by a consortium of Mitsubishi-ROTEM-BEML. A total of 196 cars were ordered, which run in both a four-car configuration (46 trains) and a six-car configuration (2 trains). The trains will be used on lines 5 and 6. One train was produced by Changwon in South Korea and the remaining trains by BEML's production facility in Bangalore.

Extensions

The existing route is currently being extended by 3.2 kilometers and another two stations to Ballabhgarh. The opening is scheduled for October 2018.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DMRC opens Sarita Vihar-Badarpur section , The Hindu . January 14, 2011. 
2. ↑ Metro finally at Badarpur , The Times of India . January 14, 2011. 
3. ↑ Badarpur to be linked to Metro network today , The Indian Express . January 14, 2011. 
4. ↑ DMRC opens Sarita Vihar-Badarpur section , Hindustan Times . January 14, 2011. 
5. ^ Delhi Metro's Mandi House-Central Secretariat line opens . June 26, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014. 
6. ↑ ^{a b} PM modes set to launch Faridabad corridor on September 6 , IBN Live. August 27, 2015. Accessed August 31, 2015. 
7. ^ ^{A b} Delhi Metro's fourth foray in Haryana . In: The Times of India . ( indiatimes.com [accessed August 25, 2018]).
8. ↑ Delhi Metro's fourth foray in Haryana . In: The Times of India . ( indiatimes.com [accessed August 28, 2018]).
9. ↑ Escorts Mujesar-Ballabgarh section ready for passenger operations: DMRC . In: The Indian Express . November 18, 2018 ( indianexpress.com [accessed November 18, 2018]).
10. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
11. ^ A chronology of Delhi Metro accidents . In: http://www.hindustantimes.com/ . July 12, 2009 ( hindustantimes.com [accessed January 5, 2018]).
12. ↑ Megha Suri: Day 2: 3 cranes fall, Metro image takes beating , The Times of India. July 14, 2009. Retrieved January 6, 2010. 
13. ^ Five injured in second day of Delhi Metro accident . In: http://www.hindustantimes.com/ . July 13, 2009 ( hindustantimes.com [accessed January 5, 2018]).
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15. ↑ Central Secretariat to become an interchange station soon . In: The Hindu , December 21, 2009. 
16. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Metro to JLN Stadium rolls out , Hindustan Times . October 3, 2010. 
17. ↑ http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/03/18/stories/2009031850811500.htm
18. ↑ http://www.delhimetrorail.com/press_reldetails.aspx?id=4q8IfnclpVGbglld