Pink Line (Delhi Metro)

Pink Line
(Line 7)
Pink Line near Anand Vihar Station
Overview
StatusOperational
OwnerDelhi Metro
LocaleDelhi
Termini
Stations38
Service
TypeRapid Transit
SystemDelhi Metro
Operator(s)Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Rolling stockHyundai-ROTEM
History
Opened
Technical
Line length59.24 km (36.81 mi)
CharacterUnderground and Elevated
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map

Maujpur - Babarpur
Yamuna Vihar
Bhajanpura
Khajuri Khas
Sonia Vihar
Yamuna River
Soorghat
Jagatpur Village
Jharoda Majra
Burari
Outer Ring Road
Mukundpur Depot
Majlis Park
Ring Road
Azadpur
Shalimar Bagh
Netaji Subhash Place
Shakurpur
Rohtak Road
Punjabi Bagh West
ESI - Basaidarapur
Rajouri Garden
Najafgarh Road
Mayapuri
Naraina Vihar
Delhi Cantonment
Dhaula Kuan
Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus
Sir M. Vishweshwaraiah Moti Bagh
Bhikaji Cama Place
Sarojini Nagar
Dilli Haat - INA
South Extension
Lajpat Nagar
Vinobapuri
Ashram
Sarai Kale Khan - Nizamuddin
Ring Road
Yamuna River
Mayur Vihar-I
Mayur Vihar Pocket I
Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake
East Vinod Nagar - Mayur Vihar-II
Mandawali - West Vinod Nagar
IP Extension
Anand Vihar
Karkarduma
Karkarduma Court
Krishna Nagar
East Azad Nagar
Welcome
Grand Trunk Road
Jaffrabad
Maujpur - Babarpur
Gokulpuri
Johri Enclave
Shiv Vihar

The Pink Line (Line 7) is a metro rail line of the Delhi Metro, a rapid transit system in Delhi, India.[1] It consists of 38 metro stations from Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar, both in North Delhi.

At 59.24 kilometres (36.81 mi), the Pink Line is the longest individual line in the Delhi Metro and in India, exceeding the length of the operational Blue Line (excluding its branch line). It is mostly elevated and covers Delhi in a Circle. The Pink Line is also known as the Ring Road Line, as the line passes mostly alongside the Ring Road in Delhi.

The Pink Line has interchanges with most of the operational lines of the network, such as the Red Line at Netaji Subhash Place & Welcome, Yellow Line at Azadpur & Dilli Haat - INA, Green Line at Punjabi Bagh West, Blue Line at Rajouri Garden, Mayur Vihar Phase-I, Anand Vihar & Karkarduma, Dhaula Kuan of Airport Express (Orange Line) at Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus, Violet Line at Lajpat Nagar, as well as with Hazrat Nizamuddin and Anand Vihar Terminal (Indian Railways / Namo Bharat) and the ISBTs at Anand Vihar and Sarai Kale Khan.

The Pink Line has the highest point of the Delhi Metro at Dhaula Kuan with a height of 23.6 metres (77 ft), passing over the Dhaula Kuan grade separator flyovers and the Airport Express Line.[2] It also possesses the country's smallest metro station, Ashram, with a size of just 151.6 metres (497 ft) against the usual 265 metres (869 ft).[3]: 93  The usual platform length for a six-coach train on this route is 140 metres (459 ft) but it has been reduced to 135 metres (443 ft) in the Ashram station.

As of September 2025, main services run between Majlis Park and Maujpur-Babarpur. The further route towards Shiv Vihar acts as a feeder line with separate services, for which passengers have to change platforms. This is because the line will be extended from Maujpur - Babarpur to Majlis Park via areas in North Delhi, effectively creating a circular metro which would be one of the world's longest circular railway lines. Once it happens, trains will run in anti-clockwise and clockwise directions in the main loop. Construction is complete, although full service trials on the whole circular route are being done since August 2025.[4]

History

The line was initially put on table as a metro route that would run almost along the Delhi's busy Ring Road, on the lines of the existing Delhi Circular Railway. A route length of 59.24 kilometres (36.81 mi)[5] was proposed from Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar, that would cut through all the existing lines at various interchanges as part of Phase 3's expansion plans. There are 38 stations in the Pink Line, out of which 26 are elevated and 12 are underground.

The line was opened in stages from 2018 to 2021. The first section on the Pink Line become operational from 14 March 2018 between Majlis Park to Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus, it was then extended to Lajpat Nagar on 6 August 2018. A separate section between Shiv Vihar to Trilokpuri-Sanjay Lake was opened on 31 October 2018 and the initial section was extended to Mayur Vihar Pocket I on 31 December 2018.

The section between Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake and Mayur Vihar Pocket I was not completed as construction of a 1.5 km (0.93 mi) viaduct began late due to land acquisition issues at Trilokpuri.[6] This had rendered the Pink Line into two independent lines and forced DMRC to convert the Mayur Vihar Pocket-1 station into a terminating station with reversal facilities so that trains from Majlis Park would terminate there. On the eastern section, trains would run in separate loops - Shiv Vihar to Maujpur-Babarpur, Maujpur-Babarpur to IP Extension/Trilokpuri-Sanjay Lake. Every third train from Maujpur-Babarpur would move beyond IP Extension to Trilokpuri-Sanjay Lake as the latter has no reversal facilities and single line movement took place in that section. Both disjoint sections were finally bridged on 6 August 2021.[7]

In December 2024, trial runs were initiated on the Phase 4 extension from Majlis Park to Jagatpur Village stations which were gradually done till Sonia Vihar and finally Maujpur-Babarpur by August 2025.

Stations

The stations of the Pink Line are:[8]

Pink Line
# Station Name Opening Interchange Connection Station Layout Platform Layout
English Hindi
1 Maujpur - Babarpur मौजपुर - बाबरपुर 2025 Pink Line Elevated Side
2 Yamuna Vihar यमुना विहार 2025 None Elevated Side
3 Bhajanpura भजनपुरा 2025 None Elevated Side
4 Khajuri Khas खजूरी ख़ास 2025 None Elevated Side
5 Sonia Vihar सोनिया विहार 2025 None Elevated Side
6 Soorghat सूरघाट 2026 None Elevated Side
7 Jagatpur Village जगतपुर गांव 2025 None Elevated Side
8 Jharoda Majra झड़ौदा माजरा 2025 None Elevated Side
9 Burari बुराड़ी 2025 None Elevated Side
10 Majlis Park मजलिस पार्क 14 March 2018 Magenta Line
(Under Construction)
Elevated Side
11 Azadpur आज़ादपुर 14 March 2018 Yellow Line
Magenta Line
(Under Construction)
Underground Island
12 Shalimar Bagh शालीमार बाग़ 14 March 2018 None Underground Island
13 Netaji Subhash Place नेताजी सुभाष प्लेस 14 March 2018 Red Line Underground Side
14 Shakurpur शकूरपुर 14 March 2018 None Elevated Island
15 Punjabi Bagh West पंजाबी बाग़ पश्चिम 14 March 2018 Green Line
Elevated Side
16 ESI - Basaidarapur ईएसआई - बसईदारापुर 14 March 2018 None Elevated Side
17 Rajouri Garden राजौरी गार्डन 14 March 2018 Blue Line Elevated Side
18 Mayapuri मायापुरी 14 March 2018 None Elevated Side
19 Naraina Vihar नारायणा विहार 14 March 2018 None Underground Island
20 Delhi Cantonment दिल्ली छावनी 14 March 2018 None Elevated Side
21 Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus दुर्गाबाई देशमुख साउथ कैम्पस 14 March 2018 Airport Express Elevated Side
22 Sir M. Vishweshwaraiah Moti Bagh सर एम. विश्वेश्वरय्या मोती बाग़ 6 August 2018 None Elevated Side
23 Bhikaji Cama Place भीकाजी कामा प्लेस 6 August 2018 None Underground Island
24 Sarojini Nagar सरोजिनी नगर 6 August 2018 None Underground Island
25 Dilli Haat - INA दिल्ली हाट - आईएनए 6 August 2018 Yellow Line Underground Island
26 South Extension साउथ एक्सटेंशन 6 August 2018 None Underground Island
27 Lajpat Nagar लाजपत नगर 6 August 2018 Violet Line
Golden Line
(Under Construction)
Underground Island
28 Vinobapuri विनोबापुरी 31 December 2018 None Underground Island
29 Ashram आश्रम 31 December 2018 None Underground Island
30 Sarai Kale Khan Nizamuddin सराय काले ख़ान - निज़ामुद्दीन 31 December 2018 Sarai Kale Khan
Hazrat Nizamuddin
Sarai Kale Khan ISBT
Underground Island
31 Mayur Vihar-I मयूर विहार-१ 31 December 2018 Blue Line Elevated Side
32 Mayur Vihar Pocket I मयूर विहार पॉकेट १ 31 December 2018 None Elevated Side
33 Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake त्रिलोकपुरी संजय झील 31 October 2018 None Elevated Side
34 East Vinod Nagar - Mayur Vihar-II पूर्व विनोद नगर - मयूर विहार-२ 31 October 2018 None Elevated Side
35 Mandawali - West Vinod Nagar मंडावली - वेस्ट विनोद नगर 31 October 2018 None Elevated Side
36 IP Extension आईपी एक्सटेंशन 31 October 2018 None Elevated Side
37 Anand Vihar आनंद विहार 31 October 2018 Blue Line
Anand Vihar
Anand Vihar Terminal
Anand Vihar ISBT
Elevated Side
38 Karkarduma कड़कड़डूमा 31 October 2018 Blue Line Elevated Side
39 Karkarduma Court कड़कड़डूमा कोर्ट 31 October 2018 None Elevated Side
40 Krishna Nagar कृष्णा नगर 31 October 2018 None Elevated Side
41 East Azad Nagar आज़ाद नगर पूर्व 31 October 2018 None Elevated Side
42 Welcome वेलकम 31 October 2018 Red Line Elevated Side
43 Jaffrabad जाफ़राबाद 31 October 2018 None Elevated Side
44 Maujpur - Babarpur मौजपुर - बाबरपुर 31 October 2018 Pink Line Elevated Side
Pink Line (Branch)
# Station Name Opening Interchange Connection Station Layout Platform Layout
English Hindi
1 Maujpur - Babarpur मौजपुर - बाबरपुर 31 October 2018 Pink Line Elevated Side
2 Gokulpuri गोकुलपुरी 31 October 2018 None Elevated Side
3 Johri Enclave जौहरी एनक्लेव 31 October 2018 None Elevated Side
4 Shiv Vihar शिव विहार 31 October 2018 None Elevated Side

Train Info

Pink Line
Rakes Hyundai Rotem Alstom Metropolis
Train Gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
OHE
Train's Maximum Speed 100 km/h
Train Operation Majlis Park - Maujpur-Babarpur

Maujpur-Babarpur - Shiv Vihar

Planned extension

Gokulpuri-Hindon Airport-Arthala Pink Line Extension: In September 2024, the DMRC proposed a branch of 13 km from Trans-Yamuna North-East Delhi (existing Gokulpuri metro station of Pink Line) to the west Ghaziabad (existing Arthala metro station of Red Line) via Hindon Airport connecting 2 existing Red Line metro stations with 10 new Pink Line stations namely Gol Chakkar, DLF, Shalimar Garden, Hindon Airport, Bhopura, Tulsi Niketan, Rajendra Nagar, New Karhaira Colony, Karhaira, and Loni Road Industrial Area.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Metro comes to north-east Delhi, but it won't be straight line". Times of India. 30 October 2018.
  2. ^ "New high for Metro with track at 24m". The Indian Express. 26 September 2014.
  3. ^ Dayal, Anuj (5 April 2018). Delhi Metro - Phase 3 Challenges. New Delhi: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
  4. ^ "First section of Delhi Metro phase-IV to open by July 2024, says DMRC chief". TimesNow. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Delhi Metro Map". www.delhimetrorail.com. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  6. ^ Roy, Sidharatha (4 May 2018). "Delhi Metro: Missing link at Mayur Vihar-1 in Metro's longest line finally set to be bridged". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Delhi Metro Pink Line's Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake-Mayur Vihar Pocket-1 stretch inaugurated". The Hindu. 6 August 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Metro Network Phase I, II, III & NCR" (PDF). Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (DMR). February 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  9. ^ New Metro Line To Connect North-East Delhi With Trans Hindon Area In Ghaziabad, timesnownews.com, 11 Sept 2024.