Dwarka Sector 21 द्वारका सेक्टर 21
Delhi Metro station
Left and Right side view of Dwarka Sector 21 metro station.
General information
Location	Sector 21, Dwarka, New Delhi
Coordinates	28°33′8.4564″N 77°3′29.0354″E / 28.552349000°N 77.058065389°E / 28.552349000; 77.058065389
Line(s)	Blue Line Airport Express
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	7.07 meters
Platform levels	2
Parking	2 Parking lots
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	DSTO
History
Opened	30 October 2010; 13 years ago (2010-10-30) (Blue Line) 23 February 2011; 13 years ago (2011-02-23) (Airport Express)
Services
Preceding station Delhi Metro Following station Terminus Blue Line Dwarka Sector 8 towards Noida Electronic City or Vaishali Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector - 25 Terminus Airport Express IGI Airport towards New Delhi
Route map Legend 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 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 Indian Railways New Delhi Yellow Line Shivaji Stadium Delhi Ring Railway Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus Pink Line Dhaula Kuan Delhi–Gurgaon Expressway Delhi Aerocity Golden Line IGI Airport Dwarka Sector 21 Depot Dwarka Sector 21 Blue Line Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector - 25
Location

The Dwarka Sector 21 metro station, on the Blue Line and Orange Line (Airport Express Line) of the Delhi Metro, is a major metro and multimodal interchange station with adjacent Dwarka ISBT Bus Terminal in the west and Bijwasan railway station in the east.^[1]

History

This station was built as an extension together with Dwarka Sector 8 in order to serve Dwarka residents better and provide interchange with the Delhi Airport Express. It was designed by Absolute Architecture. The station was inaugurated on 30 October 2010 after the completion of successful trials and approval from the railway inspector.^[1][2]

Passenger facilities

This station has the platform screen doors on the Airport Express line.

There are several bank ATMs at Dwarka Sector 21 metro station, including HDFC Bank, Yes Bank, Canara Bank.^[3]

Besides serving as a metro interchange for the Delhi Metro, the upper levels of the building has been rented out and converted into the a mall, called Pacific D21 Mall. The building consists of the station on the underground levels and the mall and commercials activities on the remaining upper two levels including the ground floor which largely consist of the station premises with the remaining space being covered by mall rent-outs. It is also be the first Delhi Metro station to have hotel rooms within the complex.^[4]

As of August 2014, with installed capacity of 500 kW, it had the largest rooftop solar plant in the city which produces enough power for all operations at Dwarka Sector 21 station.^[5]

Connectivity

Dwarka Inter State Bus Terminus, on 27 acres opposite Dwarka Sector 21 metro station, construction by DTC started in 2022. Catering for 150,000 passengers per day it will have the air conditioned waiting halls, modern washrooms, airport style lounges, a five star hotel, multilevel car parking, underground parking for buses, pick up and drop off area for taxis and autorickshaws. It will cater for buses from Punjab and Haryana, and decongest the Maharana Pratap Inter State Bus Terminus at Kashmere Gate in central Delhi and Sarai Kale Khan Inter-State Bus Terminus at Sarai Kale Khan in South East Delhi.^[6]

Bijwasan railway station has been upgraded to act as a major railway hub for the nearby IGI airport.