The Pink Line (Line 7) or Pink Circular Line is a line of the Delhi Metro, a rapid transit system in Delhi, India. It consists of 46 stations out of which 43 stations are on the main line (Circular line) and 3 stations on the branch line with Maujpur - Babarpur as the common interchange station for both the lines. Spanning a total length of , It is Delhi Metro's — and India's — longest metro line. The Pink Line is India's first operational ring metro. It is also informally known as the Ring Road Line, as it mostly passes alongside the city's Inner Ring Road.

The Pink Line has interchanges with most of the operational lines of the network, such as the Red Line at Netaji Subhash Place & Welcome, Yellow Line at Azadpur & Dilli Haat - INA, Green Line at Punjabi Bagh West, Blue Line at Rajouri Garden, Mayur Vihar Phase-I, Anand Vihar & Karkarduma, Dhaula Kuan of Airport Express (Orange Line) at Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus, Violet Line at Lajpat Nagar, and Magenta Line at Majlis Park. It also has connections with Hazrat Nizamuddin and Anand Vihar Terminal railway stations, Sarai Kale Khan and Anand Vihar Namo Bharat (RRTS) stations, and the ISBTs at Sarai Kale Khan and Anand Vihar.

The Pink Line has the second highest point above ground on the Delhi Metro at Dhaula Kuan with a height of , passing over the Dhaula Kuan grade separator flyovers and the Airport Express Line. It possesses the country's smallest metro station, Ashram, with a size of just against the usual . The usual platform length for a six-coach train on this route is but it has been reduced to in Ashram station.

The service operating on the ring in the clockwise direction is also known as Circular Line(+) while the service in the anti-clockwise direction is also known as Circular Line(-). The branch line to Shiv Vihar has separate services; passengers have to change platforms at Maujpur - Babarpur to continue on the main route. Unlike the Blue Line, it does not have a designated line number assigned. Stations on the circular line mention the service name as Circular Line(+) or (-), via the next station in the moving direction. Eg.: In Rajouri Garden metro station, the train on Circular Line(-) goes via Mayapuri.

Currently, only the Hyundai Rotem trains ply on the whole route. All new Alstom Metropolis trains have arrived at the Mukundpur Depot and have not been deployed fully in service although as of September 2026 some of them were spotted in normal operation especially on the Maujpur - Shiv Vihar branch.

History The line was initially put on table as a metro route that would run almost along the Delhi's busy Ring Road, on the lines of the existing Delhi Circular Railway. A route length of was proposed from Majlis Park to Shiv Vihar, that would cut through all the existing lines at various interchanges as part of Phase 3's expansion plans.

Currently, there are 46 stations in the Pink Line, out of which 34 are elevated and 12 are underground.

The line was opened in stages from 2018 to 2026. The first section on the Pink Line become operational from 14 March 2018 between Majlis Park to Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus, it was then extended to Lajpat Nagar on 6 August 2018. A separate section between Shiv Vihar to Trilokpuri - Sanjay Lake was opened on 31 October 2018 and the initial section was extended to Shree Ram Mandir Mayur Vihar (formerly known as Mayur Vihar Pocket-1) on 31 December 2018.

The section between Trilokpuri - Sanjay Lake and Shree Ram Mandir Mayur Vihar was not completed as construction of a viaduct began late due to land acquisition issues at Trilokpuri. This had rendered the Pink Line into two independent lines and forced DMRC to convert the Shree Ram Mandir Mayur Vihar (formerly known as Mayur Vihar Pocket-1) station into a terminating station with reversal facilities so that trains from Majlis Park would terminate there. On the eastern section, trains would run in separate loops - Shiv Vihar to Maujpur - Babarpur and Maujpur - Babarpur to IP Extension/Trilokpuri - Sanjay Lake. Every third train from Maujpur - Babarpur would move beyond IP Extension to Trilokpuri - Sanjay Lake as the latter has no reversal facilities and single line movement took place in that section. Both disjoint sections were finally bridged on 6 August 2021.

In December 2024, trial runs were initiated on the Phase 4 extension from Majlis Park to Jagatpur Village stations which were gradually done till Sonia Vihar, and, finally, Maujpur - Babarpur, by August 2025. The Majlis Park to Maujpur - Babarpur stretch was opened on 8 March 2026, making this line India’s first ring metro line.India's Prime Minister opens two metro extensions in Delhi Tramways & Urban Transit issue 1061 May 2026 page 164 The Soorghat station has not been opened yet due to land issues with DDA therefore the trains bypass the station, although platforms have been built.

Stations

The stations of the Pink Line are: Pink Line#Station NamePhaseOpeningInterchangeStation LayoutPlatform LayoutEnglishHindi1मौजपुर - बाबरपुर IV8 March 2026ElevatedSide2यमुना विहारNone3भजनपुरा4खजूरी ख़ास5Nanaksar - Sonia Viharनानकसर - सोनिया विहार6सूरघाटUnder-Construction7Jagatpur - Wazirabadजगतपुर - वज़ीराबाद8 March 20268झड़ौदा माजरा9बुराड़ी10मजलिस पार्क III14 March 201811आज़ादपुर (Phase IV - Under Construction)UndergroundIsland12शालीमार बाग़NoneIsland13नेताजी सुभाष प्लेसSide14शकूरपुरNoneElevatedIsland15पंजाबी बाग़ पश्चिमSide16ESI - Basaidarapurईएसआई - बसईदारापुरNone17राजौरी गार्डन18MayapuriमायापुरीNone19Naraina Viharनारायणा विहारUnderground Island20Delhi Cantt.दिल्ली कैन्ट.Elevated Side21दुर्गाबाई देशमुख साउथ कैम्पस22सर एम. विश्वेश्वरय्या मोती बाग6 August 2018None23भीकाजी कामा प्लेसUnderground Island24सरोजिनी नगर25Dilli Haat - INA दिल्ली हाट - आईएनए26साउथ एक्सटेंशनNone27लाजपत नगर(Phase IV - Under Construction)28विनोबापुरी31 December 2018None29आश्रम30सराय काले ख़ान - निज़ामुद्दीन Hazrat Nizamuddin Sarai Kale Khan ISBT31मयूर विहार-IElevatedSide32श्री राम मंदिर मयूर विहारNone33त्रिलोकपुरी–संजय लेक34East Vinod Nagar - Mayur Vihar II ईस्ट विनोद नगर–मयूर विहार-II35Mandawali - West Vinod Nagarमण्डावली - वेस्ट विनोद नगर36इन्द्रप्रस्थ एक्सटेंशन37आनंद विहार Anand Vihar Terminal Anand Vihar ISBT38कड़कड़डूमा39कड़कड़डूमा कोर्टNone40कृष्णा नगर41ईस्ट आज़ाद नगर42वेलकम43जाफ़राबादNone44मौजपुर–बाबरपुर

Pink Line (Branch)#Station NamePhaseOpeningInterchange Station LayoutPlatform LayoutEnglishHindi1मौजपुर–बाबरपुर III31 October 2018ElevatedSide2गोकुलपुरीNone3जोहरी एन्क्लेव4शिव विहार

Train Info Pink LineRakesHyundai RotemAlstom MetropolisTrain GaugeElectrification (nominal) from overhead catenaryTrain's Maximum Speed100 km/hTrain OperationCircular Line(+) & (-) Maujpur - Babarpur ⇄ Shiv Vihar

Planned extension

Gokulpuri-Hindon Airport-Arthala Pink Line Extension: In September 2024, the DMRC proposed a branch of 13 km from Trans-Yamuna North-East Delhi (existing Gokulpuri metro station of Pink Line) to the west Ghaziabad (existing Arthala metro station of Red Line) via Hindon Airport connecting 2 existing Red Line metro stations with 10 new Pink Line stations namely Gol Chakkar, DLF, Shalimar Garden, Hindon Airport, Bhopura, Tulsi Niketan, Rajendra Nagar, New Karhaira Colony, Karhaira, and Loni Road Industrial Area.New Metro Line To Connect North-East Delhi With Trans Hindon Area In Ghaziabad, timesnownews.com, 11 Sept 2024. It is also officially proposed in delhi metro phase 5 corridors, among the 4 metro corridors of phase 5 in ghaziabad.

See also List of Delhi Metro stations Transport in Delhi Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Delhi Suburban Railway

References

External links

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site) Delhi Metro Annual Reports

Delhi Metro Pink Line Details