Ashram metro station

Ashram
Delhi Metro station
General information
Location	Block A, Friends Colony East, New Friends Colony, Ashram, New Delhi, Delhi, 110065
Coordinates	28°34′19.9474″N 77°15′30.5082″E
Owned by	Delhi Metro
Operated by	Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
Line(s)	Pink Line
Platforms	Island platform Platform-1 → Shiv Vihar Platform-2 → Majlis Park
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double-track
Platform levels	3
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Staffed, Operational
Station code	AHRM
History
Opened	31 December 2018; 6 years ago (2018-12-31)
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Delhi Metro Following station Vinobapuri towards Majlis Park Pink Line Sarai Kale Khan - Nizamuddin towards Shiv Vihar
Route map 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 Magenta Line Ring Road Azadpur Yellow Line Magenta 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
Location

The Ashram metro station is located on the Pink Line of the Delhi Metro and situated between Vinobapuri and Sarai Kale Khan - Nizamuddin metro station.

History

As part of Phase III of Delhi Metro, Ashram Metro Station was opened for public use from 31 December 2018.[1]

Construction

The station is just 151.6 metres against an average of 265 metres which makes Ashram Metro Station to be the smallest metro station in the system. Unlike usual two level metro stations, Ashram has 3 levels. Apart from the Concourse and Platform levels, another level called mezzanine floor has been added.[2]

The station

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
C	Concourse	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
M	Mezzanine
P	Platform 1 Southbound	Towards → Shiv Vihar Next Station: Sarai Kale Khan - Nizamuddin
	Island platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards ← Majlis Park Next Station: Vinobapuri

Entry/Exit

Ashram metro station Entry/exits
Gate No-1	Gate No-2	Gate No-3
Hari Nagar Ashram	NAFED	Maharani Bagh and New Friends colony
Fire Station Mathura Road (Damkal kendra)	Siddharth Enclave and DESU colony	CSIR Apartments
Bhogal	Jeewan Nagar and Village Kilokari	Mathura Road

Connections

Bus

Delhi Transport Corporation bus routes number 274, 306, 400, 402CL, 403, 403CL, 403STL, 404, 404LinkSTL, 405, 405A, 405ASTL,410, 418A, 418ALnkSTL, 460, 460CL, 460STL, 473, 473A, 473CL, 479, 479CL, 479STL, 507CL, 507STL, 894, 894CL, 894STL, AC-479, AC-724A, Ballabgarh Bus Stand – Panipat, Ballabgarh Bus Stand – Sonipat, serves the station.[3]

See also

• Delhi
• List of Delhi Metro stations
• Transport in Delhi
• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
• Delhi Suburban Railway
• Inner Ring Road, Delhi
• Delhi Monorail
• Delhi Transport Corporation
• South Delhi
• Lajpat Nagar
• New Delhi
• National Capital Region (India)
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of metro systems

References

1. "DMRC – Majlis Park – Shiv Vihar". Retrieved 24 September 2016.
2. "Ashram Metro Station". Retrieved 29 December 2018.
3. "Delhi Transport Corporation". Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.

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.
• "Ashram metro station" (Map). Google Maps.