Kashmere Gate | |
| Style: | Delhi Metro |
| Address: | Lothian Rd, Kashmere Gate, Delhi |
| Owned: | Delhi Metro |
| Platforms: | Island platform (Yellow Line) Platform-1 → Platform-2 → Side platform (Red Line) Island platform (Violet Line) |
| Tracks: | 6 |
| Structure: | Elevated (Red Line) Underground (Yellow Line) Underground (Violet Line) |
| Levels: | 3 |
| Parking: | Available |
| Accessible: | Yes |
| Opened: | 25 December 2002 (Red Line) 20 December 2004 (Yellow Line) 28 May 2017 (Violet Line) |
| Electrified: | through overhead catenary |
| Mpassengers: | |
| Map State: | collapsed |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Marker: | rail |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
Kashmere Gate, also known as Kashmiri Gate, is a key metro station on the Delhi Metro network. It features a unique design with an elevated structure for the Red Line and underground facilities for both the Yellow and Violet Lines. As a transfer station, it connects the Red Line at the highest upper level with the Yellow Line at the lowest underground level and the Violet Line on a parallel underground level, facilitating seamless inter-line connectivity.[1]
Kashmere Gate is the busiest metro station in India. It was inaugurated on December 25, 2002. During peak hours, it functions as an alternate northern terminus for the Yellow Line, alongside Vishwavidyalaya station.[2]
The Kashmere Gate station serves the historic Kashmiri Gate area of Delhi, and is the largest metro station within the Delhi Metro network, spanning a carpet area of about [3] . It is also the only metro station in India to function as an interchange for three lines: the Red Line, Yellow Line, and Violet Line.[4] This large station has over 6 levels.
Under the Delhi Metro Phase III plan, the Violet Line was extended from its current terminus to meet the Yellow and Red Lines at Kashmere Gate station. This provided an alternative route between Central Secretariat and Kashmere Gate, alleviating crowds on the crowded Yellow Line.It was inaugurated on May 28, 2017 by the then Union minister Venkaiah Naidu.[5]
Station layout
| P | Side platform | Doors will open on the left | |||
| Platform 3 Westbound | Towards ← Next Station: | ||||
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||||
| Platform 4 Eastbound | Towards → Next Station: | ||||
| valign=top | C | valign=top | Concourse | valign=top | Fare control, station agent, token vending and automatic vending machines, crossover |
| G | Street Level | Gates |
| G | Street Level | Gates |
| C | Concourse | Fare control, station agent, token vending and automatic vending machines, crossover |
| P | Platform 1 Southbound | Towards → Next Station: |
| Island platform | Doors will open on the right | |
| Platform 2 Northbound | Towards ← Next Station: |
| G | Street Level | Gates |
| C | Concourse | Fare control, station agent, token vending and automatic vending machines, crossover |
| P | Platform 5 Southbound | Towards ← Next Station: |
| Island platform | Doors will open on the right | |
| Platform 6 Northbound | Towards → Train Terminates Here |
bus services between Delhi and the neighbouring states and UTs of Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand operate from here.[7]
The station is located at a distance of around 1.5km (00.9miles) from the Old Delhi railway station of the Indian Railways network.