Dwarka Sector 21 metro station

The Dwarka Sector 21 metro station is located on the Blue Line of the Delhi Metro. This station was built as an extension together with Dwarka Sector 8 in order to serve Dwarka residents better and provide interchange with the Delhi Airport Express. It was designed by Absolute Architecture. The station was inaugurated on 30 October 2010 after the completion of successful trials and approval from the railway inspector.[1][2]


Dwarka Sector 21
Delhi Metro station
Left and Right side view of Dwarka Sector 21 metro station.
LocationSector 21, Dwarka, New Delhi
Coordinates28°33′08″N 77°03′29″E
Line(s)  Blue Line
  Airport Express
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth7.07 meters
Platform levels2
History
Opened30 October 2010 (Blue Line)
23 February 2011 (Airport Express)
Services
Preceding station   Delhi Metro   Following station
Blue LineTerminus
toward New Delhi
Orange LineTerminus
Location
Dwarka Sector 21
Location within Delhi

Interchange to the Delhi Airport Express are available. Besides serving as a transport hub for the Delhi Metro, two floors of the station will be used for commercial purposes. It will also be the first Delhi Metro station to feature hotel rooms within the complex.[3] As of August 2014 it had the largest rooftop solar plant in the city. Through this plant, the DMRC plans to produce power for all operations at Dwarka Sector 21 station. The plant has a capacity of 500 kW, and is the largest of its kind in NCR under the Renewable Energy Service model and is a result of cooperation between DMRC and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) through 'ComSolar', a project that supports commercialization of solar energy in India.[4]

This station has been installed with platform screen doors on the orange line.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "DMRC Extends Metro Services To Dwarka Sector 21 on LINE-3". Delhimetrorail.com. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  3. "Soon, eat, shop, stay at Metro station". Hindustan Times. 29 October 2010. Archived from the original on 1 November 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  4. "Delhi's largest solar plant at Dwarka Sector 21 Metro station". Times of India. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.


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