Janakpuri West metro station

The Janakpuri West metro station is an interchange station between the Blue Line and Magenta Line of Delhi Metro.

Janakpuri West जनकपुरी पश्चिम
Delhi Metro station
General information
Location	Shivaji Marg, Janakpuri District Center, Janakpuri, New Delhi, 110058
Coordinates	28°37′46.2″N 77°4′41.5″E
Owned by	Delhi Metro
Operated by	Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
Line(s)	Blue Line Magenta Line
Platforms	Side platform (Blue Line)|Platform-1 → Noida Electronic City / Vaishali|Platform-2 → Dwarka Sector 21|Island platform (Magenta Line)|Platform-3 → Botanical Garden|Platform-4 → Janakpuri West
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Elevated (Blue Line) Underground (Magenta Line)
Platform levels	2
Parking	Multi-Level Parking in Metro's Unity One Mall
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	JPW
History
Opened	31 December 2005 (2005-12-31) (Blue Line) 29 May 2018 (2018-05-29) (Magenta line)
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Passengers
Jan 2015	21,262/day 659,120/ Month average
Services
Preceding station Delhi Metro Following station Uttam Nagar East towards Dwarka Sector 21 Blue Line Janakpuri East towards Noida Electronic City or Vaishali Krishna Park Extension towards Janakpuri West Magenta Line Dabri Mor - Janakpuri South towards Botanical Garden Future service Krishna Park Extension towards Ramakrishna Ashram Marg Magenta Line (extension by 2025) Dabri Mor - Janakpuri South towards Botanical Garden
Route map Sahibabad Vasundhara Sector 5 Shakti Khand DPS Indirapuram Vaibhav Khand Noida Electronic City Noida Sector 62 Noida Sector 59 Noida Sector 61 Noida Sector 52 Aqua Line Noida Sector 34 Noida City Centre Golf Course Botanical Garden Magenta Line Noida Sector 18 Vaishali Noida Sector 16 Kaushambi Noida Sector 15 Uttar Pradesh Delhi border Pink Line Anand Vihar New Ashok Nagar Pink Line Karkarduma Mayur Vihar Extension Preet Vihar Mayur Vihar-I Pink Line Nirman Vihar Nizamuddin Bridge over National Highway 24 Laxmi Nagar Akshardham Yamuna Bank Yamuna River Indraprastha Green Line Ring Road Indian Railways Supreme Court Tilak Marg/ITO Mandi House Violet Line Barakhamba Road Rajiv Chowk Yellow Line Ramakrishna Ashram Marg Magenta Line Jhandewalan Ridge Road Karol Bagh Rajendra Place Patel Nagar Shadipur Indian Railways Kirti Nagar Green Line Satguru Ram Singh Marg Moti Nagar Ramesh Nagar Ring Road Rajouri Garden Pink Line Tagore Garden Subhash Nagar Tilak Nagar Janakpuri East Outer Ring Road Janakpuri West Magenta Line Uttam Nagar East Uttam Nagar West Nawada Dwarka Mor Dwarka Grey Line Dwarka Sector 14 Dwarka Sector 13 Dwarka Sector 12 Dwarka Sector 11 Dwarka Sector 10 Dwarka Sector 9 Dwarka Sector 8 Dwarka Sector 21 Airport Express under construction Ramakrishna Ashram Marg Blue Line Nabi Karim Green Line Sadar Bazar Pul Bangash Red Line Ghanta Ghar Derawal Nagar Ashok Vihar Azadpur Yellow Line Pink Line Majlis Park Pink Line Bhalswa Haiderpur Badli Mor Yellow Line North Pitampura Prashant Vihar Pitampura Red Line Deepali Chowk Pushpanjali West Enclave Mangolpuri Peeragarhi Green Line Paschim Vihar Keshopur Krishna Park Extension Janakpuri West Blue Line Dabri Mor - Janakpuri South Dashrathpuri Palam Sadar Bazar Cantonment Terminal 1 IGI Airport Golden Line Delhi–Gurgaon Expressway Shankar Vihar Vasant Vihar Munirka R. K. Puram IIT Hauz Khas Yellow Line Panchsheel Park Chirag Delhi Golden Line Greater Kailash Nehru Enclave Kalkaji Mandir Violet Line Okhla NSIC NH 19 / Mathura Road Sukhdev Vihar Jamia Millia Islamia Okhla Vihar Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh Kalindi Kunj Yamuna River Delhi Uttar Pradesh border Okhla Bird Sanctuary Botanical Garden Blue Line
Location

History

Phase III

Under Phase III, Janakpuri West station has become an interchange station with the Magenta line (Janakpuri West – Botanical Garden). From here, passengers can connect to South Delhi and Noida via. Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 1, Hauz Khas and Kalkaji Mandir.

The section was inaugurated on 28 May 2018 by Honorable Chief Minister, Mr. Arvind Kejriwal & Union Minister, Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri. Commercial operations began started 29 May 2018.

India's Highest Escalators

The escalators installed at the new Janakpuri West Metro station have the highest elevation for any escalator in India. These escalators have a height of 15.65 meters, equal to a five-story building, that surpasses the height of the escalators installed at the Kashmere Gate metro station, which are 14.575 meters tall. The horizontal length of the escalators is 35.32 meters. The weight of each escalator was 26 tonnes and a 250-tonne crane was specially planted for the installation of these escalators.

The station

Station layout

P	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1 Eastbound	Towards → Noida Electronic City / Vaishali Next Station: Janakpuri East
	Platform 2 Westbound	Towards ← Dwarka Sector 21 Next Station: Uttam Nagar East
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
UC	Upper Concourse	Fare collection gates, station agent, Ticket vending machines
G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
		Fare collection gates, station agent, Ticket vending machines
LC	Lower Concourse	Fare collection gates, station agent, Ticket vending machines
P	Platform 3 Eastbound	Towards → Botanical Garden Next Station: Dabri Mor - Janakpuri South
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 4 Westbound	Towards ← Krishna Park Extension Train Terminus

Facilities

Facilities: Escalator (for going up only) on both sides.

Nearby attractions (within walking distance): Janak Palace Shopping complex, Inox Theatre (Earlier: Satyam Cineplex), Sagar Ratna Restaurant, Piccadilly Hotel (earlier known as Hotel Hilton). This station also serves to the people of Vikaspuri.

Entry/Exit

Janakpuri West metro station Entry/exits
Gate No-1	Gate No-2	Gate No-3

Connections

Janakpuri West metro station serves as an interchange between Blue Line and Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro.

Bus

Delhi Transport Corporation bus routes number 588, 810, 813, 813CL, 816, 816A, 816EXT, 817, 817A, 817B, 818, 819, 822, 823, 824, 824SSTL, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829, 833, 834, 835, 836, 838, 838A, 845, 847, 861A, 871, 871A, 872, 873, 876, 878, 891STL, 972A, 972BSPL and By Pass Express serve the station.

Gallery

See also

• Delhi
• List of Delhi Metro stations
• Transport in Delhi
• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
• Delhi Suburban Railway
• Delhi Monorail
• Delhi Transport Corporation
• West Delhi
• New Delhi
• National Capital Region (India)
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of metro systems

External links

• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)
• Delhi Metro Annual Reports
• "Station Information". Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC). Archived from the original on 19 June 2010.
• UrbanRail.Net – Descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
• "Janakpuri West metro station" (Map). Google Maps.