The Red Line (Line 1) is a metro rail line of the

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, a

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system in

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. It is an entirely elevated line and has 29 stations that runs from Rithala to Shaheed Sthal with a total distance of 34.55 km. The

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– Shahdara section of this line was the first stretch of the Delhi Metro that was constructed and commissioned. The line connects the areas of

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and the districts of Shahdara,

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and

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. The Red Line has interchanges with the Yellow Line and Violet line at Kashmere Gate, the Pink Line at

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and Netaji Subhash Place, and the Green Line at Inderlok. It is the third most heavily used line of the Delhi Metro network as it acts as a link for those who reside in

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and North West Delhi and travel towards Central Delhi, Shahdara and

East Delhi East Delhi is an administrative district of Delhi in India. It is bounded by the Yamuna River on the west, North East Delhi to the north, Ghaziabad District of Uttar Pradesh state to the east, and Gautam Buddha Nagar District of Uttar Prades ...

and vice versa.

History

The Red Line was the first line of the Delhi Metro to be constructed and opened. The Tis Hazari – Shahdara section of the line was inaugurated by the then Prime Minister of India, Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on 25 December 2002 and opened to the public on the same day. Subsequent sections opened between Tis Hazari – Inderlok on 3 October 2003, Inderlok – Rithala on 31 March 2004 and Shahdara – Dilshad Garden on 4 June 2008. As part of the Phase III of Delhi Metro, an eastward extension of 9.5 km from Dilshad Garden to

ISBT (New Bus Adda) was approved by DMRC and

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in January 2014. Construction began in early 2015 and commercial operations started on 8 March 2019, thereby providing commuters another link to travel to Ghaziabad along with the Blue Line branch that connects to Kaushambi and Vaishali.

Phase IV

Under the Phase IV of the

, the Red Line will be extended towards Narela (21.73 km) with 19 proposed stations at Rohini Sector 25, Rohini Sector 26, Rohini Sector 31, Rohini Sector 32, Rohini Sector 36, Rohini Sector 37, Barwala, Pooth Khurd, Bawana Industrial Area – 1, Bawana Industrial Area – 2, Bawana, Bawana JJ Colony, Sanoth, New Sanoth Colony, Sanoth Depot Station, Bhorgarh Village, Anaj Mandi Narela, DDA Sports Complex Narela and Narela.

List of stations

currently has parking facilities at 20 metro stations of the Red line.

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