Lajpat Nagar is an interchange station between
Violet Line and
Pink Line of the
Delhi Metro
The Delhi Metro is a mass rapid transit (MRT) system serving Delhi and its satellite cities of Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Noida, Bahadurgarh and Ballabhgarh, in the National Capital Region of India. The network consists of 10 colour-cod ...
in
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
. It is located between
Jangpura
Jangpura is a neighbourhood in South East Delhi district of Delhi. Beginning from the east and moving clockwise, it is bordered by the Mathura Road, Ring Railway line, Silver Oak Park beyond the Defence Colony Flyover, and the Barapulla Nullah. ...
and
Moolchand on the
Violet Line in
Lajpat Nagar. The station was opened with the first section of the Violet Line on 3 October 2010, in time for the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on the same day.
It became an interchange station with the opening of the Pink Line on 6 August 2018. The station on the Pink Line is underground, whereas the Violet line station is elevated. However, both the lines are seamlessly connected, without commuters having to exit the ticketed area to interchange from one line to another.
Lajpat Nagar Market is one of the famous shopping market in Delhi which is famous for women's clothes, artificial jewelry, Footwear, household electronics and Home Decor items. This market is walking distance from Lajpat Nagar Metro Station and rickshaws can be hired easily for traveling back and forth. Timings of this market is 11:00 AM to 08:00 PM
The station
Facilities
HDFC Bank, SBI, RBL Bank
ATMs,food court are available at Lajpat Nagar metro station.
Station Layout
Nearby
Lajpat Nagar Central Market,
Amar Colony
Lajpat Nagar is a residential and commercial neighborhood in the South East Delhi district of Delhi. It was named in honor of Lala Lajpat Rai and is today most known for the Lajpat Nagar Central Market. This area is not to be confused with the ...
,
Defence Colony
Defence Colony is a neighbourhood in Delhi. It was built in the 1960s for veterans of the Indian Armed Forces. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the South East Delhi district of Delhi.
It is popular for being centrally located to a ...
, Acharya Munir Ashram,
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing is a public funded institute administratively governed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. It is a constituent college of University of Delhi. The college ranked second in In ...
,
Haldiram's, The Japan Foundation, Guru Nanak Market, Ziyyara Edutech Private Limited, RPVV Lajpat Nagar, GCoSSS lajpat nagar.
See also
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Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
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List of Delhi Metro stations
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Transport in Delhi
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Delhi Monorail
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South Delhi
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New Delhi
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National Capital Region (India)
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References
External links
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)
Delhi Metro Annual Reports*
''UrbanRail.Net''– Descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
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Delhi Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 2010
Railway stations in South Delhi district
Memorials to Lala Lajpat Rai
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