The Magenta Line has 33 operational stations across 50.18 km as of April 2026 — not the 26 that most published lists still show. And it is currently running as two physically separate sections with a construction gap between them.
For South Delhi commuters, the section that matters is Botanical Garden to Krishna Park Extension, which includes Hauz Khas, IIT Delhi, Panchsheel Park, Chirag Delhi, Greater Kailash, Nehru Enclave and Kalkaji Mandir. The second section, Deepali Chowk to Majlis Park, opened on 8 March 2026 in north-west Delhi and does not connect to the southern one.
One warning before the list: the stretch beyond Janakpuri West to Krishna Park Extension does not run as normal through service. Details below.
The Complete Stops List
Section 1: Botanical Garden ⇄ Krishna Park Extension
Twenty-six stations. This is the section serving South Delhi, Noida and IGI Terminal 1.
| # | Station | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Botanical Garden | Blue Line interchange |
| 2 | Okhla Bird Sanctuary | |
| 3 | Kalindi Kunj | |
| 4 | Jasola Vihar Shaheen Bagh | |
| 5 | Okhla Vihar | |
| 6 | Jamia Millia Islamia | |
| 7 | Sukhdev Vihar | |
| 8 | Okhla NSIC | |
| 9 | Kalkaji Mandir | Violet Line interchange · South Delhi |
| 10 | Nehru Enclave | South Delhi |
| 11 | Greater Kailash | South Delhi |
| 12 | Chirag Delhi | South Delhi |
| 13 | Panchsheel Park | South Delhi |
| 14 | Hauz Khas | Yellow Line interchange · deepest station on the network · South Delhi |
| 15 | IIT Delhi | South Delhi |
| 16 | R.K. Puram | South Delhi |
| 17 | Munirka | South Delhi |
| 18 | Vasant Vihar | South Delhi |
| 19 | Shankar Vihar | Access restricted — see below |
| 20 | Terminal 1 – IGI Airport | Airport terminal |
| 21 | Sadar Bazaar Cantonment | |
| 22 | Palam | |
| 23 | Dashrath Puri | |
| 24 | Dabri Mor – Janakpuri South | |
| 25 | Janakpuri West | Blue Line interchange · section break |
| 26 | Krishna Park Extension | Opened 5 January 2025 |
Section 2: Deepali Chowk ⇄ Majlis Park
Seven stations, opened 8 March 2026. Not connected to Section 1.
| # | Station | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deepali Chowk | |
| 2 | Madhuban Chowk | Formerly Pitampura |
| 3 | Uttari Pitampura – Prashant Vihar | Formerly Prashant Vihar |
| 4 | Haiderpur Village | Formerly North Pitampura |
| 5 | Haiderpur Badli Mor | Yellow Line interchange · network’s highest point |
| 6 | Bhalaswa | |
| 7 | Majlis Park | Pink Line interchange |
Those three renamings were announced in November 2025. Signage and older maps may still show the previous names. Note that the Red Line also has a station called Pitampura — that is a different station and has not been renamed.
The Line Is Currently in Two Pieces
This is the part that stop lists elsewhere have not caught up with.
The Magenta Line was built as Phase 3 infrastructure between Botanical Garden and Janakpuri West, opening in two stages — nine stations to Kalkaji Mandir on 25 December 2017, then sixteen more to Janakpuri West on 29 May 2018. That gave the 25-station line most people still picture.
Phase 4 is extending it north and west from Janakpuri West towards RK Ashram Marg. That extension is opening piecemeal, and the pieces have not yet met:
- 5 January 2025 — Janakpuri West to Krishna Park Extension opened. One station, 2.8 km.
- 8 March 2026 — Deepali Chowk to Majlis Park opened. Seven stations, 9.92 km, at the far end of the same corridor.
- Still under construction — Krishna Park Extension to Deepali Chowk. Six stations, 16.6 km. Expected late 2026.
Until that middle stretch opens, the two operational sections are separate railways that happen to share a colour.
The Janakpuri West question
There is a second complication, and the available sources do not fully agree on it.
The Janakpuri West–Krishna Park Extension stretch is operated as a single-line section with no crossover. One statement in the record is that there is no direct service across it and passengers must change trains at Janakpuri West. Another is that every alternate train from Botanical Garden continues through to Krishna Park Extension.
We are not going to resolve what the sources leave unresolved. What a commuter needs to take from it:
- If your journey ends at or before Janakpuri West, none of this affects you.
- If you are travelling to Krishna Park Extension, check the platform indicator or the DMRC app before boarding. Either you will need to change at Janakpuri West, or you will need to wait for the right train. Both cost time you should budget for.
For everyone using the South Delhi stations, the line behaves normally in both directions between Botanical Garden and Janakpuri West.
South Delhi Stations: Which One Is Yours
Ten of the twenty-six stations in Section 1 serve South Delhi. We are using the functional boundary rather than the administrative one — R.K. Puram and Vasant Vihar sit in South West Delhi on paper, but they function as part of the same residential belt and residents treat them that way. Running east to west:
- Kalkaji Mandir — the Violet Line interchange, and the most useful station on the line for anyone heading towards Nehru Place, Lajpat Nagar or central Delhi.
- Nehru Enclave — serves the Nehru Place commercial district and the surrounding residential blocks.
- Greater Kailash — underground at Masjid Moth, with three gates covering different parts of the colony. Which gate you want depends on your block, and which Greater Kailash station serves your block matters more than most residents assume, because GK also has a Violet Line station.
- Chirag Delhi — serves Chirag Delhi village, Sheikh Sarai and the surrounding area.
- Panchsheel Park — Panchsheel Park, Panchsheel Enclave and the Outer Ring Road stretch.
- Hauz Khas — the Yellow Line interchange and the busiest South Delhi station on this line. It is also the deepest station on the Delhi Metro network at 29 metres, which is worth knowing because the transfer between levels takes real time. Budget for it. The station serves Hauz Khas as a place to live along with the village, the market and Deer Park.
- IIT Delhi — the campus and Katwaria Sarai.
- R.K. Puram — the government housing sectors.
- Munirka — Munirka village and the surrounding student rental belt.
- Vasant Vihar — the closest Magenta station to Vasant Kunj’s malls, though “closest” is doing some work there; the last leg still needs an auto.
Two more stations on this section are worth flagging even though they are not South Delhi. Shankar Vihar sits inside Delhi Cantonment and is the only station on the network where civilian movement is restricted by the military. And Terminal 1 – IGI Airport is served directly by this line, which the Airport Express does not do — if you are flying domestic from T1, the Magenta Line is your metro, not the Orange.
Interchanges
| Station | Connects to | Useful for |
|---|---|---|
| Botanical Garden | Blue Line | Noida, Vaishali, east Delhi |
| Janakpuri West | Blue Line | Dwarka, west Delhi, central Delhi |
| Hauz Khas | Yellow Line | Saket, Gurugram southbound; central Delhi northbound |
| Kalkaji Mandir | Violet Line | Nehru Place, Lajpat Nagar, Khan Market, Janpath, Faridabad |
| Haiderpur Badli Mor | Yellow Line | Section 2 only — north Delhi |
| Majlis Park | Pink Line | Section 2 only — the ring corridor |
For South Delhi commuters, Hauz Khas and Kalkaji Mandir are the two that matter. Hauz Khas puts you on the Yellow Line’s own station sequence for Saket, Malviya Nagar and Gurugram. Kalkaji Mandir puts you on the Violet Line, which is the faster way into Connaught Place than most people realise — reaching Connaught Place from the Violet Line takes about 15 minutes from Kailash Colony with no further change.
Fares and Timings
Delhi Metro fares run on distance bands, revised on 25 August 2025 for the first time in eight years: ₹11 up to 2 km, ₹21 for 2–5 km, ₹32 for 5–12 km, ₹43 for 12–21 km, ₹54 for 21–32 km and ₹64 beyond 32 km. A smart card takes 10% off, and Sundays and national holidays are cheaper.
Most journeys between adjacent South Delhi stations on this line fall into the lower bands. For a specific station pair, use the DMRC calculator rather than estimating from the band table — the boundaries fall at distances that are not obvious from a route map.
We are not publishing first and last train times. They differ by station, by direction and on Sundays, several published figures for this line are out of date, and the DMRC app gives your station’s actual times on the day you travel.
What Is Being Built
Three sections remain under construction, and the expected years below are expectations rather than commitments — Phase 4 has already slipped once.
- Krishna Park Extension – Deepali Chowk. Six stations, 16.6 km. Expected late 2026. This is the one that joins the line back together.
- Majlis Park – RK Ashram Marg. Eight stations, 13.5 km. Expected late 2027.
- RK Ashram Marg – Indraprastha. Eight stations, 9.91 km, under Phase 5A. Expected late 2028.
Two developments worth understanding beyond the dates.
The Inderlok–Indraprastha corridor, originally planned as a Green Line extension, is now being built as a Magenta extension instead. Once complete, Botanical Garden to Inderlok will run to roughly 89 km, making Magenta the longest line on the Delhi Metro — and giving it the unusual property of interchanging with itself, at Nabi Karim.
Phase 5A was approved by the Union Cabinet at ₹9,570.4 crore and will run entirely underground through Shivaji Stadium, Yuge Yugeen Bharat, Central Secretariat, CCS Building, India Gate, War Memorial–High Court, Baroda House and Bharat Mandapam to Indraprastha. DMRC has confirmed this will make Central Secretariat a triple interchange.
Closer to home, South Delhi’s other Phase 4 work is on a different corridor — the Saket G-Block corridor and its timeline covers the Lajpat Nagar–Saket link, and Vasant Kunj’s wait for a station of its own continues, since the Magenta Line’s Vasant Vihar station is not the same thing.
None of this changes the South Delhi section. If you use Hauz Khas or Kalkaji Mandir today, your journey in 2028 will look much as it does now — all the growth is happening at the other end of the line.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many stations are on the Magenta Line?
Thirty-three operational stations across 50.18 km, as of April 2026. Lists showing 26 stations are describing only the Botanical Garden to Krishna Park Extension section and have not been updated since the Deepali Chowk to Majlis Park stretch opened on 8 March 2026.
Is the Magenta Line one continuous line?
Not at present. It runs as two separate sections — Botanical Garden to Krishna Park Extension, and Deepali Chowk to Majlis Park — with a 16.6 km stretch still under construction between them, expected to open in late 2026.
Which Magenta Line stations are in South Delhi?
Kalkaji Mandir, Nehru Enclave, Greater Kailash, Chirag Delhi, Panchsheel Park, Hauz Khas, IIT Delhi, R.K. Puram, Munirka and Vasant Vihar.
Where does the Magenta Line interchange with the Yellow Line?
At Hauz Khas on the southern section, and at Haiderpur Badli Mor on the northern section. Only Hauz Khas is relevant to South Delhi journeys.
Does the Magenta Line go to the airport?
Yes, directly to Terminal 1, which the Airport Express does not serve. For Terminal 3, use the Airport Express instead.