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The ITO metro station is a station on the Violet Line of
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serving the busy ITO intersection of
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. It was inaugurated on 8 June 2015 by the then urban development minister M. Venkaiah Naidu and Delhi's chief minister
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. The ITO metro station was one of the most awaited stations of the Delhi Metro under Phase III expansion. Whereas the opening of the Mandi House metro station, which is also an interchange station now, took a chunk of the load off the
Rajiv Chowk metro station The Rajiv Chowk Metro station serves as an interchange station between the Blue and Yellow Lines of the Delhi Metro. As of October 2023, it is the second busiest station on the network, with a daily ridership of approximately 216,000 passengers ...
. The ITO metro station is expected to take some of the surface traffic off the ITO intersection, which witnesses heavy traffic jams due to a number of private and commercial vehicles, coming from South and East Delhi, which is the main arterial road for the people residing in those areas. According to Delhi Police, the ITO intersection is one of the most congested areas in the city, with the entire flow of traffic from east Delhi to the rest of the city and vice versa. going through this intersection. Over 1.75 lakh vehicles use the ITO intersection every day. With the opening of the ITO metro station, a number of commuters whose offices are located in the ITO area as expected to switch to the metro. As per estimates of the Delhi Metro, around 25,000 commuters are expected to use the station by 2016. The number will go up to over 35,000 by 2021, said a Delhi Metro official.


History

The ITO metro station is the last station to be opened individually before the entire corridor is commissioned in 2016. Part of the 'Heritage Line', the station is followed by stations –
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, Jama Masjid metro station, Lal Qila metro station and
Kashmere Gate metro station Kashmere Gate, also known as Kashmiri Gate, is a key metro station on the Delhi Metro network. It features a unique design with an elevated structure for the Red Line and underground facilities for both the Yellow and Violet Lines. As a trans ...
. The station was finished in September 2014 and trial runs began in December 2014. However, operations on the 971-metre section between Mandi House and ITO were not started as safety inspection could not be carried out as per provisions of the Metro Railway General Rules. The Urban Development Ministry had amended and notified changes to the Metro Railway General Rules, 2013, to allow operations on single-line sections, which was a major stumbling block in operationalising the line. Originally scheduled to open in March 2015, it was opened for public use on 8 June 2015. For now being the new terminus of the Violet Line, going uptill
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, the metro station will connect ITO to South Delhi, East Delhi and the satellite city of
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. It will also provide easy connectivity to thousands coming from rest of the city through interchange stations on the Violet Line. From ITO, commuters can access the Blue Line (Dwarka Sector 21 to Noida City Centre/Vaishali) as well as the Yellow Line (HUDA City Centre to Badli). In fact, it will also provide accessibility to all the lines of the Delhi Metro network through the various interchange stations on the corridor.


The station


Station layout


Facilities


Entry/Exit


Nearby locations

Apart from the Income Tax Office and
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headquarters, the area is home to scores of administrative buildings, offices of prominent media houses and other locations that commuters at the ITO station reach every day. * Media establishments : ''
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, Economic Times,
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,
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,
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,
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, The Pioneer'', MBD Publications, Veer Arjun, ''
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'' * Leisure : Bal Bhawan,
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* Arts and culture : Hindi Bhawan,
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, Pearey Lal Bhawan auditorium,
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* Government offices :
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, University Grants Commission,
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,
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,
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* Offices of other national bodies :
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,
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,
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* Offices of political organizations :
Centre of Indian Trade Unions The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) is a national level trade union in India. It is associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist). It has presence mostly in the Indian state of Tripura, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnatak ...
* Hospital :
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* Historical monument :
Feroz Shah Kotla The Feroz Shah Kotla or Kotla ("fortress", "citadel") was a fortress built circa 1354 by Feroz Shah Tughlaq to house his version of Delhi called Firozabad. A pristine polished sandstone Topra Ashokan pillar from the 3rd century BC rises from ...


Connections


Bus

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bus routes number 26, 135, 173, 274, 402CL, 403, 403CL, 404, 405, 405A, 405STL, 411, 419, 419LSTL, 423, 425CL, 429, 429CL, 447, 501, 502, 503, 621, 632, 722, 790, GL-22 serves the station from Lala R.C. Agarwal Chowk stop.
Delhi Transport Corporation The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) is a public sector passenger road transport corporation that manages bus services in Delhi, India. It was incorporated in November 1971 as a wholly-owned corporation of the Government of India to provide ...
bus routes number 73, 85, 85EXT, 85Ext, 135, 281, 310, 313, 317, 335, 336A, 340, 349, 349A, 375, 378, 390, 391, 418A, 418EXT, 623, 623A, 623B, 623EXT, 624ACL, 624BLnkSTL, 720, 723, 740, 740A, 740B, 740EXT, 770A, 910, 943, GL-22 serves the station from ITO bus stop.


Rail

of
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situated nearby.


See also

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Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...
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List of Delhi Metro stations This is a list of all stations of the Delhi Metro, a rapid transit system serving Delhi and its satellite cities in the National Capital Region of India. The network consists of 10 colour-coded lines serving 257 stations with a total length o ...
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Transport in Delhi Delhi has significant reliance on its transport infrastructure. The city has developed a highly efficient public transport system with the introduction of the Delhi Metro, which is undergoing a rapid modernization and expansion since 2006. Th ...
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Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is a centre-state joint venture that operates the Delhi Metro and Noida Metro. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is also involved in the planning and implementation of metro rail, monorail, and high-speed r ...
*
Delhi Suburban Railway Delhi Suburban Railway is a suburban rail service operated by Northern Railway for the National Capital Region (NCR). Originating in 1975 with the Delhi Ring Railway, the network of this local railway service has expanded to covers Delhi, al ...
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Delhi Monorail Delhi has significant reliance on its transport infrastructure. The city has developed a highly efficient public transport system with the introduction of the Delhi Metro, which is undergoing a rapid modernization and expansion since 2006. Th ...
*
Delhi Transport Corporation The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) is a public sector passenger road transport corporation that manages bus services in Delhi, India. It was incorporated in November 1971 as a wholly-owned corporation of the Government of India to provide ...
*
Central Delhi Central Delhi is an administrative district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India. It is bounded by the Yamuna River on the east and by the districts of North Delhi to the north, West Delhi and North West Delhi to the west, New Del ...
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National Capital Region (India) The National Capital Region (NCR; ) is a region centred upon the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi in India. It encompasses Delhi and several districts surrounding it from the states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. The NCR and ...
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List of rapid transit systems These lists of urban rail transit systems are sorted by the type of system: * List of tram and light rail transit systems * List of town tramway systems * Medium-capacity rail system * List of premetro systems * List of metro systems * List o ...
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List of metro systems This list of metro systems includes electrified rapid transit train systems worldwide. In some parts of the world, metro systems are referred to as subways, undergrounds, tubes, mass rapid transit (MRT), metrô or U-Bahn. 204 cities in 65 cou ...


References


External links


Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)

Delhi Metro Annual Reports
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''UrbanRail.Net''
– descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations. * {{Delhi & NCR Metro stations, violet line=yes Delhi Metro stations Railway stations in India opened in 2015 2015 establishments in Delhi Railway stations in New Delhi district