Violet Line (Line 6)
Fleets of Violet line supplied by Mitsubishi. Here, a train leaves from JLN Stadium metro station.
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	DMRC
Locale	Delhi and Faridabad
Termini	Kashmere Gate Raja Nahar Singh
Stations	34
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Delhi Metro
Operator	Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Rolling stock	Mitsubishi–Hyundai Rotem–BEML standard gauge
Daily ridership	602,919 (May 2026)[1]
History
Opened	3 October 2010; 15 years ago (3 October 2010)
Last extension	19 November 2018
Technical
Line length	46.34 kilometres (28.79 mi)
Character	Underground and Elevated
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC from overhead catenary
Route map Legend Kashmere Gate Yellow Line Red Line Indian Railways Lal Qila Jama Masjid Delhi Gate Magenta Line ITO Indian Railways Mandi House Blue Line Janpath Central Secretariat Yellow Line Magenta Line Kartavya Path Khan Market Lodi Road Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Ring Railway Jangpura Lajpat Nagar Pink Line Golden Line Ring Road Moolchand Kailash Colony Nehru Place Kalkaji Mandir Magenta Line Outer Ring Road Govindpuri Harkesh Nagar Okhla Indian Railways Jasola Apollo Sarita Vihar Mohan Estate Sarita Vihar Depot Tughlakabad Station Golden Line Badarpur Border Delhi Haryana border Sarai NH 19 / Mathura Road NHPC Chowk Mewla Maharajpur Sector 28 Badkhal Mor Old Faridabad Neelam Chowk Ajronda Depot Neelam Chowk Ajronda Bata Chowk Escorts Mujesar Sant Surdas (Sihi) NH 19 / Mathura Road Raja Nahar Singh (Ballabhgarh)

The Violet Line (Line 6) is a rapid transit metro line of the Delhi Metro in Delhi, India. The line connects Kashmere Gate station in New Delhi with Raja Nahar Singh in Ballabhgarh via Faridabad.^[2] The line consists of 34 metro stations with a total length of 46.34 kilometres (28.79 mi).^[3]

This line acts as a parallel link for those who travel in the heavily used Yellow Line and connects the interior parts of South Delhi, and a little of Central Delhi to the satellite town of Faridabad.^[4] The stretch between ITO metro station and Kashmere Gate metro station is popularly known as the Heritage Line.^[5]: 16

History

The Violet Line was originally planned to open in March 2010.^[6] On 12 July 2009, a portion of an under-construction bridge collapsed when its cantilever pier collapsed on load of launching girder at Zamrudpur, near East of Kailash, on the Central Secretariat – Badarpur corridor. Six people were killed and 15 others injured.^[7] The day after, on 13 July 2009, a crane that was removing the debris collapsed, and with a bowling pin effect knocking down two other nearby cranes, injuring six.^[8]

An extension from the Badarpur metro station of the line was opened on 6 September 2015 to provide connectivity to the neighbouring satellite city of Faridabad. This is the second line to cross the Delhi-Haryana border after the Yellow Line to Gurgaon. This extension runs fully elevated for 13.87 km (8.62 mi) and has 9 stations.^[9]

A further extension to Ballabhgarh (Raja Nahar Singh metro station) was opened on 19 November 2018.^[10]
The following dates represent the dates the section opened to the public, not the private inauguration.

The depot is in Sarita Vihar adjacent to Mohan Estate metro station as a part of Phase-II of the Delhi Metro Network of the Violet Line, and in Ajronda adjacent to Neelam Chowk Ajronda metro station as a part of Phase-III of the Delhi Metro Network of the Violet Line.^[11]

Stations

Violet Line
#	Station Name		Phase	Opening	Interchange Connection	Station Layout	Platform Level Type
	English	Hindi
1	Kashmere Gate	कश्मीरी गेट	III	28 May 2017	Red Line Yellow Line Kashmere Gate ISBT	Underground	Island
2	Lal Qila	लाल क़िला			None
3	Jama Masjid	जामा मस्जिद
4	Delhi Gate	दिल्ली गेट			Magenta Line (Phase IV - Under Construction)
5	ITO	आईटीओ		8 June 2015	None
6	Mandi House	मण्डी हाउस		26 June 2014	Blue Line
7	Janpath	जनपथ			None
8	Central Secretariat	केन्द्रीय सचिवालय	II	3 October 2010	Yellow Line Magenta Line (Phase V(A) – Approved)		Side
9	Khan Market	ख़ान मार्किट			None		Island
10	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	जवाहर लाल नेहरू स्टेडियम
11	Jangpura	जंगपुरा			Delhi-Meerut RRTS
12	Lajpat Nagar	लाजपत नगर			Pink Line Golden Line (Phase IV - Under Construction)	Elevated	Side
13	Moolchand	मूलचन्द			None
14	Kailash Colony	कैलाश कॉलोनी
15	Nehru Place	नेहरू प्लेस
16	Kalkaji Mandir	कालकाजी मंदिर			Magenta Line
17	Govindpuri	गोविन्दपुरी			None
18	Harkesh Nagar Okhla	हरकेश नगर ओखला
19	Jasola Apollo	जसोला अपोलो
20	Sarita Vihar	सरिता विहार
21	Mohan Estate	मोहन एस्टेट		14 January 2011
22	Tughlakabad Station	तुग़लकाबाद स्टेशन			Golden Line (Phase IV - Under Construction) Tughlakabad
23	Badarpur Border	बदरपुर बॉर्डर			None
24	Sarai	सराय	III	6 September 2015
25	NHPC Chowk	एनएचपीसी चौक
26	Mewla Maharajpur	मेवला महाराजपुर
27	Sector 28	सेक्टर 28
28	Badkal Mor	बड़कल मोड़
29	Old Faridabad	ओल्ड फ़रीदाबाद			Faridabad
30	Neelam Chowk Ajronda	नीलम चौक अजरौन्दा			None
31	Bata Chowk	बाटा चौक
32	Escorts Mujesar	एस्कॉर्ट्स मुजेसर
33	Sant Surdas - Sihi	संत सूरदास - सिहि		19 November 2018
34	Raja Nahar Singh	राजा नाहर सिंह			Ballabhgarh

Train info

Infrastructure

The Violet Line is equipped with Bombardier CITYFLO 350 signalling.^[12]

Future extensions

Under Delhi Metro's Phase 5, there is no extension planned for the Violet Line. However, it will have an interchange with the upcoming Central Secretariat-Kishangarh corridor at Central Secretariat and the upcoming Jor Bagh-Mithapur corridor at Lajpat Nagar and Jasola Apollo.^[14]

See also

• List of Delhi Metro stations
• Transport in Delhi

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Delhi Metro.

• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)
• Delhi Metro Annual Reports