Blue Line (Delhi Metro)

Blue Line
Fleets of Blue line manufactured by Mitsubishi-ROTEM.
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Delhi Metro
Termini	Noida City Centre Dwarka Sector 9
Stations	Main Line: 44, Branch: 7
Operation
Opened	Main Line: 1 January 2006, Branch: 8 January 2010
Operator(s)	Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Character	At-grade, underground, and elevated
Technical
Line length	Main Line: 51.35 kilometers (31.91 mi), Branch: 8.85 kilometers (5.50 mi)
Track gauge	Indian gauge
Electrification	25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary

Fleets of Blue Line manufuctured by Bombardier.

The Blue Line of the Delhi Metro system in Delhi consists of 44 metro stations from Dwarka Sector 21 to Noida City Centre (Sector 32) with a length of 51.35 km and a branch line consisting of 7 stations from Yamuna Bank to Vaishali, with a length of 8.85 km.^[1]

History

The Dwarka-Barakhamba Road section of the line was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh and opened to the public on New Year's Day of 2006. It is the longest line currently running on the Delhi Metro network.

History
Extension date	Termini		Length	Stations
1 January 2006	Dwarka	Barakhamba Road	22.9 kilometers (14.2 mi)	22
1 April 2006		Dwarka Sector 9	6.5 kilometers (4.0 mi)	6
11 November 2006	Barakhamba Road	Indraprastha	4.0 kilometers (2.5 mi)	3
10 May 2009	Indraprastha	Yamuna Bank	2.1 kilometers (1.3 mi)	1
13 November 2009	Yamuna Bank	Noida City Centre	13.1 kilometers (8.1 mi)[2]	10
8 January 2010		Anand Vihar	6.25 kilometers (3.88 mi)[3]	5
30 October 2010	Dwarka Sector 9	Dwarka Sector 21	2.75 kilometers (1.71 mi)[4]	2
14 July 2011	Anand Vihar	Vaishali	2.6 kilometers (1.6 mi)	2
Total			60.2 kilometers (37.4 mi)	51

Map

Stations

Delhi Metro Blue Line
Legend
Noida Electronic City Noida Sector 62 Noida Sector 59 Noida Sector 61 Noida Sector 52 Noida Sector 34 Noida City Centre Noida Golf Course Botanical Garden Noida Sector 18 Noida Sector 16 Noida Sector 15 Uttar Pradesh Delhi border New Ashok Nagar Mayur Vihar Extension Mayur Vihar-I Nizamuddin Bridge over National Highway 24 Akshardham Vaishali Kaushambi Uttar Pradesh Delhi border Anand Vihar Karkarduma Preet Vihar Nirman Vihar Laxmi Nagar Yamuna Bank Yamuna River Indraprastha Ring Road Indian Railways Pragati Maidan Tilak Marg/ITO Mandi House  Violet Line  Barakhamba Road Rajiv Chowk  Yellow Line  Ramakrishna Ashram Marg Jhandewalan Ridge Road Karol Bagh Rajendra Place Patel Nagar Shadipur Indian Railways Kirti Nagar  Green Line  Satguru Ram Singh Marg Moti Nagar Ramesh Nagar Ring Road Rajouri Garden Tagore Garden Subhash Nagar Tilak Nagar Janakpuri East Outer Ring Road Janakpuri West Uttam Nagar East Uttam Nagar West Nawada Dwarka Mor Dwarka 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

Karkardooma station on Anand Vihar branch is the highest station of Delhi metro with a platform height of 19 meters. Rajouri Garden station on the main line is the second highest station with a height of 17 metres.^[5]

Main Line

Blue Line
#	Station Name		Opening	Connections	Layout
	English	Hindi
1	Noida Electronic City	नोएडा इलैक्ट्रौनिक सिटी		None	Elevated
2	Noida Sector 62	नोएडा सेक्टर ६२		None	Elevated
3	Noida Sector 59	नोएडा सेक्टर ५९		None	Elevated
4	Noida Sector 61	नोएडा सेक्टर ६१		None	Elevated
5	Noida Sector 52	नोएडा सेक्टर ५२		None	Elevated
6	Noida Sector 34	नोएडा सेक्टर ३४		None	Elevated
7	Noida City Centre	नोएडा सिटी सेण्टर	12 November 2009	none	Elevated
8	Noida Golf Course	नोएडा गोल्फ कोर्स	12 November 2009	None	Elevated
9	Botanical Garden	बॉटानिकल गार्डन	12 November 2009	Magenta Line (Under Construction)	Elevated
10	Noida Sector 18	नोएडा सेक्टर १८	12 November 2009	None	Elevated
11	Noida Sector 16	नोएडा सेक्टर १६	12 November 2009	None	Elevated
12	Noida Sector 15	नोएडा सेक्टर १५	12 November 2009	None	Elevated
13	New Ashok Nagar	नया अशोक नगर	12 November 2009	None	Elevated
14	Mayur Vihar Extension	मयूर विहार विस्तार	12 November 2009	None	Elevated
15	Mayur Vihar - I	मयूर विहार-१	12 November 2009	Pink Line (Under Construction)	Elevated
16	Akshardham	अक्षरधाम	12 November 2009	None	Elevated
17	Yamuna Bank	यमुना किनारा	10 May 2009	Blue Line branch	At grade
18	Indraprastha	इन्द्रप्रस्थ	11 November 2006	None	Elevated
19	Pragati Maidan	प्रगति मैदान	11 November 2006	None	Elevated
20	Mandi House	मण्डी हाउस	11 November 2006	Violet Line	Underground
21	Barakhambha Road	बाराखम्भा मार्ग	1 January 2006	None	Underground
22	Rajiv Chowk	राजीव चौक	1 January 2006	Yellow Line	Underground
23	Ramakrishna Ashram Marg	रामकृष्ण आश्रम मार्ग	1 January 2006	None	Elevated
24	Jhandewalan	झण्डेवालाँ	1 January 2006	None	Elevated
25	Karol Bagh	क़रोल बाग	1 January 2006	None	Elevated
26	Rajendra Place	राजेन्द्र प्लेस	1 January 2006	None	Elevated
27	Patel Nagar	पटेल नगर	1 January 2006	None	Elevated
28	Shadipur	शादीपुर	1 January 2006	None	Elevated
29	Kirti Nagar	कीर्ति नगर	1 January 2006	Green Line	Elevated
30	Moti Nagar	मोती नगर	1 January 2006	None	Elevated
31	Ramesh Nagar	रमेश नगर	1 January 2006	None	Elevated
32	Rajouri Garden	राजौरी गार्डन	1 January 2006	Pink Line (Under Construction)	Elevated
33	Tagore Garden	टैगोर गार्डन	1 January 2006	None	Elevated
34	Subhash Nagar	सुभाष नगर	1 January 2006	None	Elevated
35	Tilak Nagar	तिलक नगर	1 January 2006	None	Elevated
36	Janakpuri East	जनकपुरी पूर्व	1 January 2006	None	Elevated
37	Janakpuri West	जनकपुरी पश्चिम	1 January 2006	Magenta Line (Under Construction)	Elevated
38	Uttam Nagar East	उत्तम नगर पूर्व	1 January 2006	None	Elevated
39	Uttam Nagar West	उत्तम नगर पश्चिम	1 January 2006	None	Elevated
40	Nawada	नवादा	1 January 2006	None	Elevated
41	Dwarka Mor	द्वारका मोड़	1 January 2006	None	Elevated
42	Dwarka	द्वारका	1 January 2006	None	Elevated
43	Dwarka Sector 14	द्वारका सैक्टर १४	1 April 2006	None	Elevated
44	Dwarka Sector 13	द्वारका सैक्टर १३	1 April 2006	None	Elevated
45	Dwarka Sector 12	द्वारका सैक्टर १२	1 April 2006	None	Elevated
46	Dwarka Sector 11	द्वारका सैक्टर ११	1 April 2006	None	Elevated
47	Dwarka Sector 10	द्वारका सैक्टर १०	1 April 2006	None	Elevated
48	Dwarka Sector 9	द्वारका सैक्टर ९	1 April 2006	None	Elevated
49	Dwarka Sector 8	द्वारका सैक्टर ८	30 October 2010	None	Elevated
50	Dwarka Sector 21	द्वारका सैक्टर २१	30 October 2010	Airport Express	Underground

Branch Line

Blue Line Branch
#	Station Name		Opening	Connections	Layout
	English	Hindi
1	Yamuna Bank*	यमुना किनारा	10 May 2009	Blue Line	At Grade
2	Laxmi Nagar	लक्ष्मी नगर	6 January 2010[6]	None	Elevated
3	Nirman Vihar	निर्माण विहार	6 January 2010[6]	None	Elevated
4	Preet Vihar	प्रीत विहार	6 January 2010[6]	None	Elevated
5	Karkarduma	कड़कड़डूमा	6 January 2010[6]	Pink Line (Under Construction)	Elevated
6	Anand Vihar	आनन्द विहार	6 January 2010[6]	Pink Line (Under Construction) Anand Vihar Terminal (Indian Railways), Anand Vihar ISBT	Elevated
7	Kaushambi	कौशाम्बी	14 July 2011[7]	None	Elevated
8	Vaishali	वैशाली	14 July 2011[7]	None	Elevated
*- Branch Line starts at Yamuna Bank (Station Number 11 in Blue Line)

Extensions

Vaishali extension
A small extension of length 2.57 km has been constructed and opened on 14 July 2011^[7] connecting Anand Vihar station of the Blue Line branch with Vashali Metro station in Ghaziabad, a satellite city near Delhi.

Najafgarh extension
A branch line from Dwarka station to Najafgarh is planned under Phase III and has received approval. The extension will see 3 new stations being added to the blue line. Construction work on this extension started in September 2013.^[8]

Noida extension
In April 2014 the Delhi Government approved extension of extension of line eastwards from Noida City Centre to Sec-62. The extended line would have 5 new stations in a distance of 6 kilometers. Later, the Govt. approved the line to be extended till Greater Noida.^[9]

References

1. Sweta Dutta (2009-11-13). "Metro rolls into Noida". Indian Express.. The Blue Line is the longest route in Delhi Metro
2. "Delhi Metro reaches Noida". Railway Gazette. 13 November 2009.
3. "Anand Vihar line opens on Wednesday". The Times Of India. 6 January 2010.
4. "Metro reaches Dwarka Sec 21". The Times Of India. 31 October 2010.
5. "60 feet above ground, Delhi Metro to run over flyover". Thaindian.com. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
6. "Anand Vihar Metro line flagged off". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
7. "Day One: 30,000 hop on to Vaishali Metro". The Times Of India. 15 July 2011.
8. "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 ." (PDF). DMRC. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
9. Jung wants better access to all Metro stations. Indian Express (2014-24-4). Retrieved on 2013-24-4.