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{{Short description|Metro station in Delhi, India}}
{{distinguish|Itō Station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}}
{{more citations needed|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox station
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| type = {{Delhi Metro Infobox station line|line=Violet}}
| style = Delhi Metro
| image = ITO - Income Tax Office metro station (Delhi).jpg
| address = Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, ITO - Income Tax Office, New Delhi, Delhi - 110002
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| line = {{rcb|Delhi Metro|Violet|croute}}
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| structure = Underground, [[Double-track railway|Double-track]]
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| owned = [[Delhi Metro]]
| operator = [[Delhi Metro Rail Corporation]] (DMRC)
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The '''ITO metro station''' is a station on the [[Violet Line (Delhi Metro)|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 [[Venkaiah Naidu|M. Venkaiah Naidu]] and Delhi's chief minister [[Arvind Kejriwal]].<ref>{{cite news |date=10 June 2015 |title=Delhi Metro opens ITO station |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/delhi-metro-ito-station-passengers-256336-2015-06-08 |work=India Today |location=Delhi |access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref>

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 (Delhi Metro)|Blue Line]] (Dwarka Sector 21 to Noida City Centre/Vaishali) as well as the [[Yellow Line (Delhi Metro)|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.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.delhimetrorail.com/Phase-III_documetnt/pdf/61PH-III_DMRC_-Model.pdf|title=Delhi Metro Phase 3 Document|access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref>

==The station==
===Station layout===
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|style="border-top:solid 1px grey;border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=50 valign=top|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px grey;border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=100 valign=top|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px grey;border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=500 valign=top|Exit/ Entrance
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;"|'''C'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;"|Concourse
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;"|Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=50 rowspan=3 valign=top|'''P'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=100|'''Platform 1''' '''Southbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=500|Towards → {{ltl|Delhi Metro|Violet|R}} '''Next Station:''' {{stl|Delhi Metro|Mandi House}} '''''Change at the next station for '''{{rcb|Delhi Metro|Blue|croute}}''
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|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|[[Island platform]] | Doors will open on the right {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=100|'''Platform 2''' '''Northbound'''
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width="500" |Towards ← {{ltl|Delhi Metro|Violet|L}} '''Next Station:''' {{stl|Delhi Metro|Delhi Gate}}
|}

==Entry/Exit==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width="80%"
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! align="center" colspan="7" style="background:#{{rcr|Delhi Metro|Violet}};"| ITO metro station Entry/exits<ref>{{cite web |url=https://delhimetrorail.com/station/ITO#gates |title=ITO: Gates |publisher=DMRC |access-date=17 September 2024}}</ref>
|-
! style="width:16%;"|Gate No-1
! style="width:16%;"|Gate No-2
! style="width:16%;"|Gate No-3
! style="width:16%;"|Gate No-4
! style="width:16%;"|Gate No-5
! style="width:16%;"|Gate No-6
|-
| Andhra Education Society School || [[Mata Sundari|Mata Sundari college]] || [[India Post]] - AGCR SO || [[Shankar's International Dolls Museum]] || [[Schools of Planning and Architecture|School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi]] || Income Tax Office (ITO)
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| [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhi Peace Foundation]] || || Towards [[Daryaganj]] || Passport office (Herald House) || [[Government of Delhi|PwD Headquarters]] || [[Indian Medical Association]]
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| || || [[Delhi Gate, Delhi|Delhi Gate]] || MILAP Bhawan || Delhi Police headquarters|| Vikas Bhawan
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| || || [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]] || [[Life Insurance Corporation|LIC]] || Institution of Town Planning || Institution of Engineers
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| || || [[Comptroller and Auditor General of India|CAG]] || LNJP Hospital || ||
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| [[Bureau of Indian Standards|Bureau of Indian Standards (Manak Bhawan)]]
| [[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]]
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| [[Feroz Shah Kotla|Feroz Shah Kotla fort]]
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==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.

* Media establishments : ''[[Business Standard]], [[The Economic Times|Economic Times]], [[Times of India]], [[ThePrint]], [[The Hindu]], [[BusinessWorld]], [[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]]'', MBD Publications, Veer Arjun, ''[[Indian Express]]''
* Leisure : Bal Bhawan, [[Shankar's International Dolls Museum]]
* Arts and culture : Hindi Bhawan, [[Gandharva Mahavidyalaya]], Pearey Lal Bhawan auditorium, [[Children's Book Trust]]
* Government offices : [[Comptroller and Auditor General of India]], [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]], [[Bureau of Indian Standards]], [[Delhi Development Authority]], [[Quality Council of India]]
* Offices of other national bodies : [[Indian National Science Academy]], [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of India]], [[Institution of Engineers(India) Delhi Local Centre]], [[Indian Institute of Public Administration]], [[School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi]]
* Offices of political organizations : [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions]]
* Hospital : [[Maulana Azad Medical College]]
* Historical monument : [[Feroz Shah Kotla]]

==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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/DOIT_DTC/dtc/home |title=Delhi Transport Corporation |access-date=12 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025080536/http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_dtc/DTC/Home/ |archive-date=25 October 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[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===
{{stnlnk|Tilak Bridge}} of [[Indian Railways]] situated nearby.

==See also==
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*[[Delhi]]
*[[List of Delhi Metro stations]]
*[[Transport in Delhi]]
*[[Delhi Metro Rail Corporation]]
*[[Delhi Suburban Railway]]
*[[Delhi Monorail]]
*[[Delhi Transport Corporation]]
*[[Central Delhi]]
*[[National Capital Region (India)]]
*[[List of rapid transit systems]]
*[[List of metro systems]]
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons|Delhi Metro}}
{{Wikivoyage|Delhi}}
* [http://www.delhimetrorail.com/ Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)]
* [http://www.delhimetrorail.com/annual_report.aspx/ Delhi Metro Annual Reports]
* {{cite web|title=Station Information |work=Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC) |url=http://www.delhimetrorail.com/commuters/station_information.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619035828/http://delhimetrorail.com/commuters/station_information.html |archive-date=19 June 2010 |df=dmy-all}}
* [http://www.urbanrail.net ''UrbanRail.Net''] – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
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Tanwarpal Singh at 22:53, 18 January 2026