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{{short description|Metro station in Delhi, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Delhi Metro logo.svg|50px]] Lajpat Nagar
| type = {{Delhi Metro Infobox station line|line=Violet|line2=Pink|line3=Golden}}
| style = Delhi Metro
| image = Lajpat Nagar Metro Station Platform.jpg
| image_caption = Lajpat Nagar metro station Platform
| address = Lala Lajpat Rai Marg, New Delhi 110024, India
| coordinates = {{Coord|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| line = {{rcb|Delhi Metro|Violet|croute}} {{rcb|Delhi Metro|Pink|croute}} {{rcb|Delhi Metro|Golden|croute}}
| other =
| structure = [[Elevated]], Underground
| platform = {{ubl|[[Side platform]]|Platform-1 → {{ltl|Delhi Metro|Violet|R}}|Platform-2 → {{ltl|Delhi Metro|Violet|L}}|[[Island Platform]]|Platform-3 → {{ltl|Delhi Metro|Pink|R}}|Platform-4 → {{ltl|Delhi Metro|Pink|L}}}}
| depth =
| levels = 2
| tracks = 4
| parking = {{parking symbol}} Available
| bicycle =
| opened = {{ubl|Violet Line- {{start date and age|2010|10|3|df=yes}}|Pink Line- {{start date and age|2018|08|6|df=yes}}}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = {{25 kV 50 Hz}} through [[Overhead line|overhead catenary]]
| accessible = Yes {{access icon}}
| code = {{#property:P296}}
| owned = [[Delhi Metro]]
| operator = [[Delhi Metro Rail Corporation]] (DMRC)
| zone =
| smartcardname =
| smartcardstatus =
| former =
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_rank =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| mpassengers = {{Infobox
| data1 = {{Rail pass box
| passengers = 65,330<ref name = "New Interchange Stations - Taking Load off DM Hubs">{{cite news |last=Agarwal |first=Priyangi |date=1 December 2023 |title=How new interchange stations are taking load off Delhi Metro hubs |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/how-new-interchange-stations-are-taking-load-off-delhi-metro-hubs/articleshow/105640678.cms |work=Times of India |location=New Delhi |access-date=6 December 2023}}</ref>
| pass_year = October 2019
| pass_percent =
}}
| data2 = {{Rail pass box
| passengers = 78,218<ref name = "New Interchange Stations - Taking Load off DM Hubs" />
| pass_year = October 2023
| pass_percent = 19.73
}}
}}
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Delhi Metro|line=Violet|left1=Jangpura|right1=Moolchand
|line2=Pink|left2=South Extension|right2=Vinobapuri|header3=Future service|line3=Golden|right3=Andrews Ganj|to-right3=Kalindi Kunj via Saket G Block}}
| route_map = {{Delhi Metro Violet Line Route}}{{Delhi Metro Pink Line Route}}{{Delhi Metro Golden Branch Line Route}}
| map_state = collapsed
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-marker = rail
| mapframe-zoom = 14
}}

'''Lajpat Nagar''' is an interchange station between [[Violet Line (Delhi Metro)|Violet Line]] and [[Pink Line (Delhi Metro)|Pink Line]] of the [[Delhi Metro]] in [[Delhi]]. It is located between [[Jangpura metro station|Jangpura]] and [[Moolchand metro station|Moolchand]] on the [[Violet Line (Delhi Metro)|Violet Line]] in [[Lajpat Nagar]]. The station was opened with the first section of the Violet Line on 3 October 2010, in time for the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on the same day.<ref>{{cite press release| url=http://www.delhimetrorail.com/press_reldetails.aspx?id=OZixKt2MNIslld| title=Central Secretariat – Sarita Vihar Corridor Opens for Commuter Operations Tomorrow| publisher=Delhi Metro}}</ref>
It became an interchange station with the opening of the Pink Line on 6 August 2018. The station on the Pink Line is underground, whereas the Violet line station is elevated. However, both the lines are seamlessly connected, without commuters having to exit the ticketed area to interchange from one line to another.

[[Lajpat Nagar|Lajpat Nagar Market]] is one of the famous shopping market in Delhi which is famous for women's clothes, artificial jewelry, Footwear, household electronics and Home Decor items. This market is walking distance from Lajpat Nagar metro station and rickshaws can be hired easily for traveling back and forth.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Distance between Lajpat Nagar metro station and Central Market|url=http://alldistancebetween.com/in/distance-between/lajpat-nagar-metro-station-central-market-5141200537840c6e585c68d55ffcb4b9/#:~:text=It%20takes%201%20minutes%20to,is%20covered%20by%20a%20car.|access-date=2021-06-21|website=alldistancebetween.com}}</ref> Timings of this market is 11:00 AM to 08:00 PM.

==The station==
===Facilities===
HDFC Bank, SBI, RBL Bank [[Automated teller machine|ATMs]], food court are available at Lajpat Nagar metro station.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.delhimetrorail.com/ATM_details.aspx|title = DMRC : ATM Details}}</ref>

==Station layout==
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-top:solid 1px grey;border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=50 rowspan=4 valign=top|'''L2'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px grey;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|[[Side platform]] | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=100|'''Platform 1''' '''Southbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=500|Towards → {{ltl|Delhi Metro|Violet|R}} '''Next Station:''' {{stl|Delhi Metro|Moolchand}}
|-
|'''Platform 2''' '''Northbound'''
|Towards ← {{ltl|Delhi Metro|Violet|L}} '''Next Station:''' {{stl|Delhi Metro|Jangpura}}
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" colspan=2 align=center|[[Side platform]] | Doors will open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
|valign=top|'''L1'''
|valign=top|Concourse
|valign=top|Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;border-top: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;" width=50 valign=top|'''UG Level-1'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=100 valign=top|Concourse
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=500 valign=top|Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width="50" rowspan=3 valign="top" |'''UG Level-2'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=100|'''Platform 3''' '''Southbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=500|Towards → {{ltl|Delhi Metro|Pink|R}} '''Next Station:''' {{stl|Delhi Metro|Vinobapuri}}
|-
|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 left {{access icon}}
|-
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Platform 4''' '''Northbound'''
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:left;" width="500" |Towards ← {{ltl|Delhi Metro|Pink|L}} '''Next Station:''' {{stl|Delhi Metro|South Extension}}
|}

==Nearby==
Lajpat Nagar Central Market, [[Lajpat Nagar|Amar Colony]], [[Defence Colony]], Acharya Munir Ashram, [[Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing]], [[Haldiram's|Haldiram]]'s, The Japan Foundation, Guru Nanak Market, Ziyyara Edutech Private Limited, RPVV Lajpat Nagar, GCoSSS lajpat nagar.

==See also==
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*[[Delhi]]
*[[List of Delhi Metro stations]]
*[[Transport in Delhi]]
*[[Delhi Monorail]]
*[[South Delhi]]
*[[New Delhi]]
*[[National Capital Region (India)]]
*[[List of rapid transit systems]]
*[[List of metro systems]]
{{div col end}}
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{{Portal bar|Trains|Transport|Engineering}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==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}}
* [http://www.urbanrail.net ''UrbanRail.Net''] – Descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
*{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Lajpat+Nagar/@28.5707148,77.233354,685m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sLajpat+Nagar+metro+station!3m4!1s0x0:0x726d6243cef686c6!8m2!3d28.5705398!4d77.2364187|title= Lajpat Nagar metro station}}

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[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 2010]]
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[[Category:Railway stations in South Delhi district]]
[[Category:Memorials to Lala Lajpat Rai]]

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MarcellaBehrend at 15:11, 24 February 2026