Janakpuri West जनकपुरी पश्चिम
Delhi Metro station
General information
Location	Shivaji Marg, Janakpuri District Center, Janakpuri, New Delhi, 110058
Coordinates	28°37′46.2″N 77°4′41.5″E / 28.629500°N 77.078194°E / 28.629500; 77.078194
Owned by	Delhi Metro
Operated by	Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
Line(s)	Blue Line Magenta Line
Platforms	Side platform (Blue Line) Platform-1 → Noida Electronic City / Vaishali Platform-2 → Dwarka Sector 21 Island platform (Magenta Line) Platform-3 → Botanical Garden Platform-4 → Train Terminates
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Elevated (Blue Line) Underground (Magenta Line)
Platform levels	2
Parking	[1] Multi-Level Parking in Metro's Unity One Mall
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	JPW
History
Opened	31 December 2005; 18 years ago (2005-12-31) (Blue Line) 29 May 2018; 5 years ago (2018-05-29) (Magenta line)
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Passengers
Jan 2015	21,262/day 659,120/ Month average [2]
Services
Preceding station Delhi Metro Following station Uttam Nagar East towards Dwarka Sector 21 Blue Line Janakpuri East towards Noida Electronic City or Vaishali Terminus Magenta Line Dabri Mor - Janakpuri South towards Botanical Garden Future service Krishna Park Extension towards Ramakrishna Ashram Marg Magenta Line (extension by 2025) Dabri Mor - Janakpuri South towards Botanical Garden
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 under construction Ramakrishna Ashram Marg Nabi Karim Sadar Bazar Pul Bangash Ghanta Ghar Derawal Nagar Ashok Vihar Azadpur Majlis Park Bhalswa Haiderpur Badli Mor North Pitampura Pitampura Madhuban Chowk Deepali Chowk Pushpanjali West Enclave Mangolpuri Peeragarhi Paschim Vihar Keshopur Krishna Park Extension Janakpuri West Blue Line Dabri Mor - Janakpuri South Dashrath Puri Palam Sadar Bazaar Cantonment Terminal 1-IGI Airport Golden Line Delhi–Gurgaon Expressway Shankar Vihar Vasant Vihar Munirka R. K. Puram IIT Delhi Hauz Khas Yellow Line Panchsheel Park Chirag Delhi Greater Kailash Nehru Enclave Kalkaji Mandir Violet Line Okhla NSIC NH 19 / Mathura Road Sukhdev Vihar Jamia Millia Islamia Okhla Vihar Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh Kalindi Kunj Yamuna River Delhi Uttar Pradesh border Okhla Bird Sanctuary Botanical Garden Blue Line
Location

The Janakpuri West metro station is an interchange station between the Blue Line and Magenta Line of Delhi Metro.^[3]

History

Phase III

Under Phase III, Janakpuri West station has become an interchange station with the Magenta line (Janakpuri West – Botanical Garden). From here, passengers can connect to South Delhi and Noida via. Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 1, Hauz Khas and Kalkaji Mandir.^[4]

The section was inaugurated on 28 May 2018 by Honorable Chief Minister, Mr. Arvind Kejriwal & Union Minister, Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri. Commercial operations began started 29 May 2018.

India's Highest Escalators

The escalators installed at the new Janakpuri West Metro station have the highest elevation for any escalator in India. These escalators have a height of 15.65 meters, equal to a five-story building, that surpasses the height of the escalators installed at the Kashmere Gate metro station, which are 14.575 meters tall. The horizontal length of the escalators is 35.32 meters. The weight of each escalator was 26 tonnes and a 250-tonne crane was specially planted for the installation of these escalators.^[5]

The station

Station layout

P	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
	Platform 1 Eastbound	Towards → Noida Electronic City / Vaishali next station is Janakpuri East
	Platform 2 Westbound	Towards ← Dwarka Sector 21 next station is Uttam Nagar East
	Side platform | Doors will open on the left
UC	Upper Concourse	Fare collection gates, station agent, Ticket vending machines
G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
		Fare collection gates, station agent, Ticket vending machines
LC	Lower Concourse	Fare collection gates, station agent, Ticket vending machines
P	Platform 3 Eastbound	Towards → Botanical Garden next station is Dabri Mor - Janakpuri South
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 4 Westbound	Towards ← Train Terminates Here

Facilities

Facilities: Escalator (for going up only) on both sides.

Nearby attractions (within walking distance): Janak Palace Shopping complex, Inox Theatre (Earlier: Satyam Cineplex), Sagar Ratna Restaurant, Piccadilly Hotel (earlier known as Hotel Hilton). This station also serves to the people of Vikaspuri.

Entry/Exit

Connections

Janakpuri West metro station serves as an interchange between Blue Line and Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro.

Bus

Delhi Transport Corporation bus routes number 588, 810, 813, 813CL, 816, 816A, 816EXT, 817, 817A, 817B, 818, 819, 822, 823, 824, 824SSTL, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829, 833, 834, 835, 836, 838, 838A, 845, 847, 861A, 871, 871A, 872, 873, 876, 878, 891STL, 972A, 972BSPL and By Pass Express serve the station.^[6]

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