Tughlakabad Station metro station

28°30′9.2380″N 77°17′57.8339″E / 28.502566111°N 77.299398306°E / 28.502566111; 77.299398306Owned byDelhi MetroOperated byDelhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)Line(s)Violet Line Golden LinePlatformsTracks2ConstructionStructure typeElevated, Double-trackPlatform levels2Parking Available ^[1]AccessibleYes Other informationStatusStaffed, OperationalStation codeTKDSHistoryOpenedJanuary 14, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-01-14)Electrified25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenaryPassengers20159,880/day
306,266/ Month average ^[2] Services

Preceding station	Delhi Metro			Following station
Mohan Estate towards Kashmere Gate		Violet Line		Badarpur Border towards Raja Nahar Singh
Future service
Tughlakabad Railway Colony towards Delhi Aerocity		Golden Line		Terminus

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 Terminal 1-IGI Airport Magenta Line Delhi Aerocity Airport Express Delhi–Gurgaon Expressway Mahipalpur Vasant Kunj Vasant Kunj Depot Kishangarh Chhatarpur Yellow Line NH 148A (Mehrauli-Gurgaon Highway) Chhatarpur Mandir IGNOU Neb Sarai Saket G-Block Brown Line Ambedkar Nagar Khanpur Sangam Vihar-Tigri Maa Anandmayee Marg Pul Pehladpur Indian Railways Tughlakabad Station Violet Line Sarita Vihar Depot

Location

Tughlakabad Station is an elevated station on the Violet Line of the Delhi Metro. It is located between Mohan Estate and Badarpur Border stations.

History

The station finally received safety clearance and opened as part of the Sarita Vihar—Badarpur section on 14 January 2011.^[3] It was earlier known as Tughlakabad, and was renamed in December 2014.^[4]

The station

Station layout

L2	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1 Southbound	Towards → Raja Nahar Singh next station is Badarpur Border
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards ← Kashmere Gate next station is Mohan Estate
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L1	Concourse	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance

Facilities

The station also houses several ATMs, food kiosks and a book store run by WH Smith. List of available ATM at Tughlakabad metro station are IndusInd Bank ^[5]

Entry/Exit

Tughlakabad metro station Entry/exits
Gate No-1	Gate No-2
Tughlakabad Railway Station	Jaitpur Crossing
Surajkund, Faridabad	Badarpur Village

Connections

The Tughlakabad Station metro station is situated opposite the Badarpur SBI Main Branch. It connects with the Escort Mujesar metro station in the south and the Central Secretariat Metro Station in the north direction.

Bus

Delhi Transport Corporation bus routes number 8, 34, 34A, 405, 405A, 405ASTL, 460, 460CL, 460STL, 473, 473CL, 479ACL, 479CL, 479STL, 724A, CS-12, CS-13A, CS-13B, CS-14A, CS-14B from outside metro station stop.^[6]

Rail

The Tughlakabad railway station of Indian Railways is situated nearby.

See also

References

External links

• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)
• Delhi Metro Annual Reports
• "Station Information". Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC). Archived from the original on 19 June 2010.
• UrbanRail.Net – Descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
• Google. "Tughlakabad metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.