Red Line (Delhi Metro)

Red Line (Line 1)
Red Line
Overview
Status	Partly Operational
Owner	DMRC
Locale	Delhi and Ghaziabad
Termini	Shaheed Sthal Rithala
Stations	29
Service
Type	Rapid Transit
System	Delhi Metro
Operator(s)	Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Daily ridership	374,516[1]
History
Opened	25 December 2002 (Shahdara – Tis Hazari) 3 October 2003 (Tis Hazari – Inderlok) 31 March 2004 (Inderlok – Rithala)
Technical
Line length	34.55 km (21.47 mi)
Character	At-grade and Elevated
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map Legend Shaheed Sthal Hindon River Arthala Mohan Nagar Shyam Park Major Mohit Sharma Rajendra Nagar Raj Bagh Shaheed Nagar Uttar Pradesh Delhi border Dilshad Garden Jhilmil Mansarovar Park Shahdara Junction Shahdara Swami Dayanand Marg Welcome Pink Line Seelampur Shastri Park Yamuna River Kashmere Gate Yellow Line Violet Line Tis Hazari Rani Jhansi Road Pul Bangash Subzi Mandi Kishanganj Pratap Nagar Swami Narayan Marg Shastri Nagar Inderlok Green Line Kanhaiya Nagar Keshav Puram Ring Road Netaji Subhash Place Pink Line Kohat Enclave Pitampura Outer Ring Road Rohini East Rohini West Rithala

The Red Line (Line 1) is a metro rail line of the Delhi Metro, a rapid transit system in Delhi, India. It is mostly an elevated line and has 29 stations that runs from Rithala to Shaheed Sthal with a total distance of 34.55 km.^[2] The Tis Hazari – Shahdara section of this line was the first stretch of the Delhi Metro that was constructed and commissioned. The line connects the areas of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh and the districts of Shahdara,^[3][4] Central Delhi^[5][6] and North West Delhi^[7][8] in Delhi.

The Red Line has interchanges with the Yellow Line and Violet line at Kashmere Gate, the Pink Line at Welcome and Netaji Subhash Place, and the Green Line at Inderlok. It is the third most heavily used line of the Delhi Metro network as it acts as a link for those in West Delhi and North West Delhi traveling towards Central Delhi, Shahdara, East Delhi, and Ghaziabad, and vice versa.