Jama Masjid metro station

Jama Masjid is a station on the Delhi Metro system.[1] The Heritage Line stretch of the Delhi Metro was flagged off by Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on 28-May-2017. The corridor will be operational from 28-May-2017, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) announced on 26-May-2017.

Jama Masjid
Delhi Metro station
Location	Meena Bazar, Jama Masjid, Delhi 110006
Coordinates	28.650157°N 77.237577°E
Owned by	Delhi Metro
Operated by	Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
Line(s)	Violet Line
Platforms	Island platform Platform-1 → Escorts Mujesar Platform-2 →Kashmere Gate via Lal Qila
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double-track
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	May 28, 2017
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station   Delhi Metro   Following station Lal Qila toward Kashmere Gate Violet Line Delhi Gate 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
Jama Masjid Location within Delhi

An extension of the Violet Line (ITO-Escort Mujeser), this entirely underground section comprises four stations—Kashmere Gate, Dilli Gate, Jama Masjid and Lal Qila.[2]

History

The ITO-Kashmere Gate line was thrown open for public on Sunday. With its launch, the Metro makes inroads into old Delhi or the ‘Walled City’ with four stations—Delhi Gate, Jama Masjid, Red Fort and Delhi Gate.[3]

The station

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/ Entrance
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P	Southbound	Platform 1 → Toward Raja Nahar Singh
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	Platform 2 Toward ← Kashmere Gate

Connections

Bus

Delhi Transport Corporation bus routes number 19B, 26, 118EXT, 120B, 171, 172, 185, 210, 213, 213A, 214, 214CL, 246, 246CL, 258SPL, 261, 347, 348, 402CL, 403, 403CL, 404, 405, 405A, 405STL, 411, 419, 425, 425CL, 429, 429CL, 429LSTL, 429STL2, 449CL, 502, 605, 632, 729, 753, 807A, 838, 838A, 901, 901CL, serves the station from Jama Masjid stop.[4]

Entry/Exit

Jama Masjid metro station Entry/exits
Gate No-1	Gate No-2	Gate No-3	Gate No-4

See also

• Delhi
• List of Delhi Metro stations
• Transport in Delhi
• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
• Delhi Suburban Railway
• Delhi Monorail
• Delhi Transport Corporation
• Central Delhi
• Old Delhi
• Chandni Chowk
• National Capital Region (India)
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of metro systems

References

1. "Phase III Corridors" (PDF). Delhi Metro.
2. "Heritage Line". India Today.
3. "Delhi Metro Heritage Line". Hindustan Times.
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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. "Jama Masjid metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.