13 km, 8 stations: Upcoming Metro line promises major relief for East Delhi commuters

The proposal for the project will now be sent to the Central government for approval.

All about the corridor

The proposed Shastri Park-Mayur Vihar Phase III corridor will span 13.197 km and include eight stations.

According to details shared by the Delhi government, the East Delhi corridor will consist of both underground and elevated stretches, with 8.99 km underground and 4.207 km elevated.

The line will function as an independent corridor and is expected to connect areas such as Geeta Colony, Gandhi Nagar market, Kailash Nagar, Patparganj, New Kondli and Mayur Vihar Phase III.

Three interchange stations

Interchange stations have been proposed at Shastri Park on the Red Line, Nirman Vihar on the Blue Line and Trilokpuri on the Pink Line, potentially improving East-West and North-South connectivity for commuters travelling across different parts of Delhi.

Who will benefit?

The corridor is expected to ease travel for residents in several congested East Delhi neighbourhoods that currently rely heavily on road-based transport. Areas such as Gandhi Nagar and Geeta Colony witness significant daily movement of office-goers and traders, while stretches around Patparganj and Mayur Vihar have seen rapid residential growth over the last decade.

The proposed line is also expected to improve connectivity between trans-Yamuna areas and Central Delhi by reducing dependence on interchange-heavy routes currently used by commuters travelling through Rajiv Chowk or Yamuna Bank.

The six other corridors

Apart from the East Delhi corridor, the Phase V (B) plan includes new routes such as Dhansa Bus Stand-Nangloi; Central Secretariat-Kishangarh; Samaypur Badli-Narela; Kirti Nagar-Palam; Jor Bagh-Mithapur; and Keshavpuram-Rohini Sector 34.

Four corridors have been identified as priority projects out of the seven corridors, and are targeted for completion by 2029, though the government has not yet publicly specified whether the Shastri Park-Mayur Vihar Phase III corridor is among the priority stretches.

Last December, the Cabinet had approved Phase V (A), a 16-km expansion, which primarily focuses on providing connectivity to the Central Vista corridor.

“The complete length of Phase V will be around 200 km across Delhi-NCR,” DMRC MD Vikas Kumar had told The Indian Express in an interview earlier this year. These remaining corridors seek to expand metro coverage into the NCR states.