ITO metro station

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ITO – Income Tax Office
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General information
LocationBahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi, Delhi - 110002
Coordinates 28°37′45.7370″N77°14′28.7513″E / 28.629371389°N 77.241319806°E / 28.629371389; 77.241319806
Owned by Delhi Metro
Operated by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
Line(s) Violet Line
Platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground, Double-track
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes Wheelchair symbol.svg
Other information
Station codeITO
History
Opened8 June 2015;9 years ago (2015-06-08)
Electrified 25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Delhi Metro logo.svg Delhi Metro Following station
Delhi Gate
towards Kashmere Gate
Violet Line Mandi House
Location
ITO metro station

The ITO metro station is a station on the Violet Line of Delhi Metro serving the busy ITO intersection of New Delhi. It was inaugurated on 8 June 2015 by the then urban development minister M. Venkaiah Naidu and Delhi's chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. [1]

Contents

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 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 – Delhi Gate metro station, Jama Masjid metro station, Lal Qila metro station and Kashmere Gate metro station.

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 Faridabad, the metro station will connect ITO to South Delhi, East Delhi and the satellite city of Faridabad. 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. [2]

The station

Station layout

GStreet levelExit/ Entrance
CConcourseFare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
PPlatform 1
Southbound
Towards → Raja Nahar Singh
Next Station: Mandi House Change at the next station for Blue Line
Island platform | Doors will open on the right Wheelchair symbol.svg
Platform 2
Northbound
Towards ← Kashmere Gate
Next Station: Delhi Gate

Facilities

Entry/Exit

ITO metro station Entry/exits [3]
Gate No-1Gate No-2Gate No-3Gate No-4Gate No-5Gate No-6
Andhra Education Society School Mata Sundari college India Post - AGCR SO Shankar's International Dolls Museum School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi Income Tax Office (ITO)
Gandhi Peace Foundation Towards Daryaganj Passport office (Herald House) PwD Headquarters Indian Medical Association
Delhi Gate MILAP BhawanDelhi Police headquartersVikas Bhawan
UGC LIC Institution of Town Planning
CAG LNJP Hospital
Bureau of Indian Standards (Manak Bhawan) INSA
Feroz Shah Kotla fort

Nearby locations

Apart from the Income Tax Office and Delhi Police 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.

Connections

Bus

Delhi Transport Corporation 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. [4]

Delhi Transport Corporation 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

Tilak Bridge of Indian Railways situated nearby.

See also

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References

  1. "Delhi Metro opens ITO station". India Today. Delhi. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  2. "Delhi Metro Phase 3 Document" (PDF). Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  3. "ITO: Gates". DMRC. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  4. "Delhi Transport Corporation". Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.