Lajpat Nagar metro station

Tracks4ConstructionStructure typeElevated, UndergroundPlatform levels2Parking AvailableAccessibleYes Other informationStation codeLJPNHistoryOpenedElectrified25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenaryPassengers

October 2019	65,330[1]
October 2023	78,218[1]  19.73%

Services

Preceding station	Delhi Metro			Following station
Jangpura towards Kashmere Gate		Violet Line		Moolchand towards Raja Nahar Singh
South Extension towards Majlis Park		Pink Line		Vinobapuri towards Shiv Vihar

Route map

Legend Kashmere Gate Red Line 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 Govindpuri Harkesh Nagar Okhla Indian Railways Jasola Apollo Sarita Vihar Mohan Estate Tughlakabad 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 Bata Chowk Escorts Mujesar Sant Surdas (Sihi) NH 19 / Mathura Road Raja Nahar Singh Legend under construction Maujpur - Babarpur Yamuna Vihar Bhajanpura Khajuri Khas Sonia Vihar Yamuna River Soorghat Jagatpur Village Jharoda Majra Burari Outer Ring Road Mukundpur Depot Majlis Park Ring Road Azadpur Yellow Line Shalimar Bagh Netaji Subhash Place Red Line Shakurpur Rohtak Road Punjabi Bagh West Green Line ESI - Basaidarapur Rajouri Garden Blue Line Najafgarh Road Mayapuri Naraina Vihar Delhi Cantonment Delhi–Gurgaon Expressway Dhaula Kuan Airport Express Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus Sir M. Vishweshwaraiah Moti Bagh Bhikaji Cama Place Sarojini Nagar Dilli Haat - INA Yellow Line South Extension Lajpat Nagar Violet Line Vinobapuri Ashram Sarai Kale Khan - Nizamuddin Ring Road Yamuna River Mayur Vihar-I Blue Line Mayur Vihar Pocket I Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake East Vinod Nagar - Mayur Vihar-II Mandawali - West Vinod Nagar IP Extension Anand Vihar Blue Line Karkarduma Blue Line Karkarduma Court Krishna Nagar East Azad Nagar Welcome Red Line Grand Trunk Road Jaffrabad Maujpur - Babarpur Pink Line Gokulpuri Delhi Uttar Pradesh border Johri Enclave Shiv Vihar Legend Violet Line Lajpat Nagar Pink Line Andrews Ganj Greater Kailash-1 Outer Ring Road Chirag Delhi Magenta Line Pushpa Bhawan Saket District Centre Pushp Vihar Saket G Block Golden Line

Location

Lajpat Nagar is an interchange station between Violet Line and Pink Line of the Delhi Metro in Delhi. It is located between Jangpura 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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Station layout

L2	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1 Southbound	Towards → Raja Nahar Singh next station is Moolchand
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards ← Kashmere Gate next station is Jangpura
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L1	Concourse	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
UG Level-1	Concourse	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
UG Level-2	Platform 3 Southbound	Towards → Shiv Vihar next station is Vinobapuri
	Island platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 4 Northbound	Towards ← Majlis Park next station is South Extension

Nearby

Lajpat Nagar Central Market, Amar Colony, Defence Colony, Acharya Munir Ashram, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing, Haldiram's, The Japan Foundation, Guru Nanak Market, Ziyyara Edutech Private Limited, RPVV Lajpat Nagar, GCoSSS lajpat nagar.

See also

References

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. "Lajpat Nagar metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.