Kalkaji Mandir metro station

The Kalkaji Mandir metro station is an interchange station between the Violet Line and the Magenta Line of Delhi Metro.^[2] It serves the area of Kalkaji in South-East Delhi, and provides access to many tourist sites such as Kalkaji Mandir, Lotus Temple, Prachin Bhairav Mandir and ISKCON Temple.^[3] The station was opened along with the first section of the Violet Line from Central Secretariat - Sarita Vihar on 3 October 2010, in time for the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on the same day.^[4] Its interchange with the Magenta Line was opened on 25 December 2017.^[5]

Kalkaji Mandir
Delhi Metro station
General information
Location	Block 9, Kalkaji, South-East Delhi, Delhi - 110019
Coordinates	28°32′57.1″N 77°15′32.4″E / 28.549194°N 77.259000°E / 28.549194; 77.259000
Owned by	Delhi Metro
Line(s)	Violet Line Magenta Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Raja Nahar Singh Platform-2 → Kashmere Gate Platform-3 → Botanical Garden Platform-4 → Janakpuri West
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Violet Line - Elevated Magenta Line - Underground
Depth	17 m (56 ft) (Magenta Line)
Platform levels	2
Parking	Available
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	KJMD
History
Opened	Violet Line - 3 October 2010; 13 years ago (2010-10-03) Magenta Line - 25 December 2017; 6 years ago (2017-12-25)
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Passengers
October 2019 91,595[1] October 2023 108,633[1]  18.6%
Services
Preceding station Delhi Metro Following station Nehru Place towards Kashmere Gate Violet Line Govindpuri towards Raja Nahar Singh Nehru Enclave towards Janakpuri West Magenta Line Okhla NSIC towards Botanical Garden
Route map Legend Kashmere Gate Red Line Yellow Line Lal Qila Jama Masjid Delhi Gate ITO Mandi House Blue Line Janpath Central Secretariat Yellow Line Khan Market Lodi Road Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Ring Railway Jangpura Lajpat Nagar Pink Line Ring Road Moolchand Kailash Colony Nehru Place Kalkaji Mandir Magenta Line Outer Ring Road Govindpuri Harkesh Nagar Okhla Indian Railways Jasola Apollo Sarita Vihar Mohan Estate Tughlakabad Golden Line Badarpur Border Delhi Haryana border Sarai NH 19 / Mathura Road NHPC Chowk Mewla Maharajpur Sector 28 Badkhal Mor Old Faridabad Neelam Chowk Ajronda Bata Chowk Escorts Mujesar Sant Surdas (Sihi) NH 19 / Mathura Road Raja Nahar Singh Legend under construction Ramakrishna Ashram Marg Nabi Karim Sadar Bazar Pul Bangash Ghanta Ghar Derawal Nagar Ashok Vihar Azadpur Majlis Park Bhalswa Haiderpur Badli Mor North Pitampura Pitampura Madhuban Chowk Deepali Chowk Pushpanjali West Enclave Mangolpuri Peeragarhi Paschim Vihar Keshopur Krishna Park Extension Janakpuri West Blue Line Dabri Mor - Janakpuri South Dashrath Puri Palam Sadar Bazaar Cantonment Terminal 1-IGI Airport Golden Line Delhi–Gurgaon Expressway Shankar Vihar Vasant Vihar Munirka R. K. Puram IIT Delhi Hauz Khas Yellow Line Panchsheel Park Chirag Delhi Greater Kailash Nehru Enclave Kalkaji Mandir Violet Line Okhla NSIC NH 19 / Mathura Road Sukhdev Vihar Jamia Millia Islamia Okhla Vihar Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh Kalindi Kunj Yamuna River Delhi Uttar Pradesh border Okhla Bird Sanctuary Botanical Garden Blue Line
Location

The Violet Line station is elevated while the Magenta Line station is underground. Both of these are connected by a 260 m (850 ft) long pedestrian bridge.^[6] The underground station is situated at a depth of 17 m (56 ft) and both of its tracks pass through a single-tube twin tunnel, which was constructed using the New Austrian tunneling method (NATM). This had to be done because the station had to pass beneath the operational Violet Line.^[7]