Akshardham metro station

Akshardham
Delhi Metro station
General information
Location	Noida Link Rd, Patparganj, New Delhi, Delhi 110092
Coordinates	28°37′4.480″N 77°16′45.894″E
Owned by	Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC)
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Noida Electronic City Platform-2 → Dwarka Sector 21
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	2
Parking	Available
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	ASDM
History
Opened	12 November 2009; 15 years ago (2009-11-12)
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Passengers
2015	Average 17,076 /day 529,341 (Month of Jan)
Services
Preceding station Delhi Metro Following station Yamuna Bank towards Dwarka Sector 21 Blue Line Mayur Vihar-I towards Noida Electronic City
Route map Sahibabad Vasundhara Sector 5 Shakti Khand DPS Indirapuram Vaibhav Khand Noida Electronic City Noida Sector 62 Noida Sector 59 Noida Sector 61 Noida Sector 52 Aqua Line 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 Green Line Ring Road Indian Railways Supreme Court Tilak Marg/ITO Mandi House Violet Line Barakhamba Road Rajiv Chowk Yellow Line Ramakrishna Ashram Marg Magenta Line 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
Location

The Akshardham metro station is a Delhi Metro station on the Blue Line operated by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited. The station lies between Pandav Nagar on one side and the Akshardham Mandir and the Commonwealth Games Village on the other. It was designed to be a complement of the Akshardham Mandir located nearby.^[1] When it was completed on 12 November 2009, the station was the tallest metro station within the Delhi Metro system (the record is currently held by the Mayur Vihar-I metro station on the Pink Line).^[2] The station serves commuters travelling to the mandir and provided transport for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.^[3]

Station layout

L2	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1 South East bound	Towards → Noida Electronic City Next Station: Mayur Vihar-I Change at the next station for Pink Line
	Platform 2 Westbound	Towards ← Dwarka Sector 21 Next Station: Yamuna Bank (Passengers heading towards Vaishali may alight at the next station)
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
L1	Concourse	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
G	Street level	Exit/Entrance

Facilities

ATMs are available at Akshardham metro station are HDFC Bank, Punjab National Bank, Yes Bank.^[4]

See also

• List of Delhi Metro stations
• Transport in Delhi
• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
• Delhi Suburban Railway

References

1. "News of BAPS - Inauguration of Akshardham metro station". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
2. Roy, Sidharatha (1 January 2020). "Delhi: Metro station as tall as a 7-floor building". Times of India. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
3. "Akshardham Metro station pretty tall". Hindustan Times. New Delhi. 25 October 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
4. "DMRC : ATM Details".

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.