Kashmere Gate metro station
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.
Kashmere Gate is the busiest metro station in India. It was inaugurated on 25 December 2002. During peak hours, it functions as an alternate northern terminus for the Yellow Line, alongside Vishwavidyalaya station.
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. 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. This large station has over 6 levels.
Phase III connections
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 28 May 2017 by the then Union minister Venkaiah Naidu.
Station layout
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Connections
Bus
- Kashmere Gate ISBT: 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.
- Delhi Metro feeder buses:
- *Feeder bus service MC-127 starts from Kashmere Gate metro station and ends at Harsh Vihar in North-East Delhi. The service passes through the following bus stops: Shastri Park metro station, Shyam Giri Mata mandir, Delhi IT Park, Zero Pushta, New Usmanpur, Usmanpur, Doosra Pushta, Teesra Pushta, Kartar Nagar, Gamri Extension, Jagram Vatika, Garhi Mendu, Khajuri Chowk, Bhajanpura, Yamuna Vihar, Gokulpuri metro station, Gokulpuri village, Loni roundabout, Meet Nagar and Gagan Cinema.