Harkesh Nagar Okhla metro station

Harkesh Nagar Okhla is a Delhi Metro station in Delhi. It is located between Govind Puri and Jasola Apollo stations on the Violet Line. The station was opened with the first section of the Line on 3 October 2010 in time for the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on the same day.[3] It was earlier known as Okhla, and was renamed in December 2014.[4]

Harkesh Nagar Okhla
Delhi Metro station
Location	Okhla Phase II, Okhla Industrial Area, New Delhi, Delhi 110020
Coordinates	28°32′34.42″N 77°16′29.06″E
Owned by	Delhi Metro
Operated by	Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
Line(s)	Violet Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Escorts Mujesar Platform-2 → Kashmere Gate
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double-track
Platform levels	2
Parking	Available [1]
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed, Operational
Station code	OK
History
Opened	October 3, 2010
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Passengers
Jan 2015	6,303/day 195,386/ Month average [2]
Services
Preceding station   Delhi Metro   Following station Govind Puri toward Kashmere Gate Violet Line Jasola Apollo toward Raja Nahar Singh
Route map  Red Line  Kashmere Gate  Yellow Line  Lal Qila Jama Masjid Delhi Gate ITO Mandi House  Blue Line  Janpath Central Secretariat  Yellow Line  Khan Market Lodi Road Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Ring Railway Jangpura Lajpat Nagar  Pink Line  Ring Road Moolchand Kailash Colony Nehru Place Kalkaji Mandir  Magenta Line  Outer Ring Road Govind Puri Harkesh Nagar Okhla Indian Railways Jasola Apollo Sarita Vihar Mohan Estate Tughlakabad Station Badarpur Border Delhi Haryana border Sarai Mathura Road / NH-2 NHPC Chowk Mewla Maharajpur Sector 28 Badkhal Mor Old Faridabad Neelam Chowk Ajronda Bata Chowk Escorts Mujesar Sant Surdas (Sihi) Mathura Road / NH-2 Raja Nahar Singh
Location
Harkesh Nagar Okhla Location within Delhi

The station

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2	Side platform No- 1, doors will open on the left
	Southbound	Towards →Raja Nahar Singh
	Northbound	→Towards ←Kashmere Gate
	Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left
L2

Facilities

List of available ATM at Harkesh Nagar Okhla metro station are HDFC Bank [5]

Entry/Exit

Harkesh Nagar Okhla metro station Entry/exits
Gate No-1	Gate No-2	Gate No-3

Connections

See also

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

References

1. "Parking_Details". Delhi Metro Rail.
2. "Ridership_Details" (PDF). Delhi Metro Rail.
3. http://www.delhimetrorail.com/press_reldetails.aspx?id=OZixKt2MNIslld
4. "10 Metro stations renamed - Times of India". The Times of India. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
5. "ATM Details". Delhi Metro Rail.

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.
• Google. "Harkesh Nagar Okhla metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.