Karkarduma metro station

The Karkarduma or Karkardooma metro station is an interchange station located on both the Blue Line and the Pink Line of Delhi Metro that was opened on 6 January 2010.^[1][2] While the Blue Line station is at a height of 14.5 m, the Pink Line station, part of the Majilis Park-Shiv Vihar corridor of the Phase III of Delhi Metro, is the second highest station of the Delhi Metro network with a platform height of 20m from ground level.^[3]

Karkarduma
Delhi Metro station
General information
Location	Bhartendu Harish Chandra Marg, Arya Nagar, Karkardooma, New Delhi 110092
Coordinates	28°38′55″N 77°18′20″E / 28.648539°N 77.305560°E / 28.648539; 77.305560
Owned by	Delhi Metro
Operated by	Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
Line(s)	Blue Line   Pink Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Vaishali Platform-2 → Dwarka Sector 21 Platform-3 → Shiv Vihar Platform-4 → Majlis Park
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double-track
Platform levels	2
Parking	Available
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed, Operational
Station code	KKDA
History
Opened	6 January 2010; 13 years ago (2010-01-06) (Blue Line) 31 October 2018; 4 years ago (2018-10-31) (Pink Line)
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Delhi Metro Following station Anand Vihar towards Vaishali Blue Line Preet Vihar towards Dwarka Sector 21 Anand Vihar towards Majlis Park Pink Line Karkarduma Court towards Shiv Vihar
Route map Legend Noida Electronic City Noida Sector 62 Noida Sector 59 Noida Sector 61 Noida Sector 52  Noida Metro  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 Ring Road Indian Railways Supreme Court Tilak Marg/ITO Mandi House Violet Line Barakhamba Road Rajiv Chowk Yellow Line Ramakrishna Ashram Marg 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 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 Gokulpuri Delhi Uttar Pradesh border Johri Enclave Shiv Vihar
Location
Karkarduma Location within Delhi

The station is named after the Karkardooma locality in East Delhi, around its historic twin village named Karkari.^[4] The area also has the district court of Delhi, the Karkardooma District Court in Karkardooma Courts Complex built in 1997–98.^[5]

Station

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1 Eastbound	Towards → Vaishali next station is Anand Vihar Change at the next station for  Pink Line
	Platform 2 Westbound	Towards ← Dwarka Sector 21 next station is Preet Vihar
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 3 Northeast bound	Towards → Shiv Vihar next station is Karkarduma Court
	Platform 4 Northwest bound	Towards ← Majlis Park next station is Anand Vihar Change at the next station for  Blue Line
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L2

Facilities

List of available ATMs at Karkarduma metro station – Punjab National Bank, HDFC Bank, Andhra Bank, Yes Bank and IndusInd Bank.^[6]

Exits

Karkarduma station Entry/exits
Gate No-1	Gate No-2

Connections

Bus

Delhi Transport Corporation bus routes number 39A, 473, 473CL, 623A serves the station from nearby Saini Enclave bus stop.^[7][8]

See also

• Delhi
• List of Delhi Metro stations
• Transport in Delhi
• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
• Delhi Suburban Railway
• Delhi Monorail
• Anand Vihar Terminal railway station
• Delhi Transport Corporation
• East Delhi
• New Delhi
• National Capital Region (India)
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of metro systems

References

1. "Station Information". Delhi Metro. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
2. . Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
3. Roy, Sidharatha (1 January 2020). "Delhi: Metro station as tall as a 7-floor building". Times of India. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
4. Nivedita Khandekar (3 August 2013). . Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
5. "Karkardooma Courts Complex". Karkardooma Courts Complex website. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
6. "ATM Details". Delhi Metro Rail.
7. . Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
8. . Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2018.

External links

 

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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Delhi.

• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)
• Delhi Metro Annual Reports
• . 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. "Karkarduma metro station" (Map). Google Maps. Google.