Mandi House metro station


Mandi House
मंडी हाउस
Delhi Metro station
Coordinates 28°37′33″N 77°14′05″E / 28.625816°N 77.234724°E / 28.625816; 77.234724
Line(s)      Blue Line
     Violet Line
Platforms side platform ( blue line )
Island (Violet Line)
Construction
Structure type Underground
History
Opened 11 November 2006 (Blue line)
26 June 2014 (Violet line - towards Badarpur)
8 June 2015 (Violet line - towards ITO )
Services
Preceding station   Delhi Metro   Following station
Blue Line
Terminus
Violet Line

The Mandi House (Hindi: मंडी हाउस) Metro Station is located on the Blue Line and Violet Line of the Delhi Metro[1] in Delhi, India. It services the cultural hub of Delhi, the Mandi House area which has National School of Drama, Ravindra Bhavan, home of Sangeet Natak Akademi and Sahitya Akademi, Ferozeshah Kotla, Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts and Triveni Kala Sangam, besides the Bengali Market and the nearby residential areas.

As part of Phase III of the extension of Delhi Metro, Mandi House will be expanded into an interchange station in order to reduce pressure on Rajiv Chowk station.[2][3] A new 6.8-km line is expected to come up from Central Secretariat to a new station at Kashmere Gate by the end of 2015. The new line will be developed on standard gauge and integrated with the Badarpur corridor, which too runs on standard gauge. As the existing Mandi House station has broad gauge tracks, Metro officials are now working on plans to develop a parallel station at the same site.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Station Information". Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "Delhi Metro flags off trial run on Phase III - The Times of India". The Times Of India.
  3. ↑ "Delhi Metro third phase trial run begins Monday - The Economic Times". The Times Of India.
  4. ↑ "Mandi House to be new Metro hub". The Times of India (Bennett, Coleman & Co.). 12 November 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  5. ↑ Dutta, Sweta (11 November 2010). "Metro plans Mandi House as new hub". The Indian Express. Retrieved 21 September 2011.


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