Four metro lines serve South Delhi: the Yellow, Magenta, Violet and Pink. They cross at four points — Hauz Khas, Kalkaji Mandir, Lajpat Nagar and Dilli Haat-INA — and between them they reach most of the district.
But there is a problem that runs through all four, and it is the reason this page exists.
South Delhi’s station names are a poor guide to what those stations actually serve. Saket station is not in Saket’s residential core. Greater Kailash has two stations, on two different lines, about 1.5 km apart. Vasant Vihar station does not serve Vasant Kunj. Chhatarpur station is about a kilometre from Chhatarpur’s market. If you are judging an address — or a listing that says “near metro” — the name is not enough.
The Four Lines That Serve South Delhi
Yellow Line is the north–south spine and the one most South Delhi residents use. Travelling southbound, it passes INA, AIIMS, Green Park, Hauz Khas, Malviya Nagar, Saket, Qutab Minar, Chhatarpur, Sultanpur, Ghitorni and Arjan Garh before continuing into Gurugram. It is the only line that connects South Delhi directly to both central Delhi and Gurugram without a change, which is why it carries so much of the district’s commuting. The Yellow Line’s full southern run sets out the complete sequence.
Magenta Line runs east–west across the district and is the line that ties South Delhi’s middle together. Its South Delhi stations are Vasant Vihar, Munirka, R.K. Puram, IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, Panchsheel Park, Chirag Delhi, Greater Kailash, Nehru Enclave and Kalkaji Mandir, continuing into the Okhla and Jamia group. It is also the only line serving IGI Terminal 1 directly. One caution: it is currently operating as two separate sections, though the break is well north of South Delhi and does not affect journeys within the district — the Magenta Line’s current two-section split explains where it matters.
Violet Line runs down the eastern side. Travelling southbound from the Lajpat Nagar end, the sequence is Lajpat Nagar, Moolchand, Kailash Colony, Nehru Place, Kalkaji Mandir and Govind Puri, continuing to the Okhla and Sarita Vihar group and on to Faridabad. It is consistently underrated for central Delhi journeys, because northbound it reaches Khan Market, Central Secretariat and Janpath directly.
Pink Line clips the district’s northern and western edges. Its South Delhi stations run Durgabai Deshmukh South Campus, Bhikaji Cama Place, Sarojini Nagar, Dilli Haat-INA, South Extension, Lajpat Nagar, Vinobapuri, Ashram and Sarai Kale Khan-Nizamuddin. It is a ring line, so it is useful for crossing the city without going through the centre.
The Airport Express touches only the western edge, and the Golden Line is under construction. Station sequences above verified August 2026.
Where the Station Names Mislead
Five cases, all of them checkable, all of them costing people time.
Saket station is not in Saket’s core. It sits at Saidulajab on Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, serving the southern part of the locality including Golf Green. For the lettered blocks A, B, C, D and G — where most Saket residents live — Malviya Nagar station is closer. If your address is in those blocks, plan around Malviya Nagar. Why Saket’s station sits where it does covers the consequences for the area.
Greater Kailash has two stations that are not interchangeable. Kailash Colony sits on the Violet Line; Greater Kailash sits on the Magenta Line at Masjid Moth. They are about 1.5 km apart and serve different halves of the colony. Choosing on habit rather than geography costs about twelve minutes each way on a central Delhi journey. Greater Kailash’s two-station problem sets out which gate serves which blocks.
Vasant Vihar station does not serve Vasant Kunj. They are different places. The Vasant Kunj malls sit roughly 1.2 to 2 km from the station, which means an auto at each end rather than a walk. Vasant Kunj has no station of its own until the Golden Line opens.
Chhatarpur station is about 1.1 km from the Chhatarpur bus stop and market. For anyone in the farmhouse belt along Chhatarpur Mandir Road, that walk is the difference between the metro being convenient and being an ordeal in May.
Saket District Centre is not at Saket station. Select Citywalk and DLF Avenue are about 1.2 km from Malviya Nagar — the closest station to them — not adjacent to the station bearing the name.
The general rule that falls out of these: measure from the specific address to the specific station, not from the locality name to the station name. Two properties in the same colony can have entirely different metro access, and a station named after your area may be closer to somebody else’s.
Find Your Station
| Locality | Station | Line | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saket, blocks A–D, G | Malviya Nagar | Yellow | Closer than Saket station |
| Saket, southern edge, Golf Green | Saket | Yellow | Saidulajab, on MB Road |
| Saket District Centre malls | Malviya Nagar | Yellow | About 1.2 km, auto advised |
| Greater Kailash-1, East of Kailash | Kailash Colony | Violet | Direct to central Delhi |
| GK-2, Masjid Moth, Pumposh | Greater Kailash | Magenta | Three gates, check which |
| Malviya Nagar | Malviya Nagar | Yellow | — |
| Hauz Khas, Green Park | Hauz Khas | Yellow + Magenta | Deep station, allow time |
| Chirag Delhi, Sheikh Sarai | Chirag Delhi | Magenta | — |
| Panchsheel Park | Panchsheel Park | Magenta | — |
| Nehru Place | Nehru Enclave or Nehru Place | Magenta / Violet | Two options |
| Lajpat Nagar | Lajpat Nagar | Violet + Pink | Interchange |
| Kalkaji, CR Park side | Kalkaji Mandir | Violet + Magenta | Interchange |
| Vasant Kunj | Vasant Vihar | Magenta | 1.2–2 km, not walkable in summer |
| Munirka, R.K. Puram | Munirka / R.K. Puram | Magenta | — |
| IIT Delhi, Katwaria Sarai | IIT Delhi | Magenta | — |
| Chhatarpur, farm belt | Chhatarpur | Yellow | About 1.1 km from the market |
| Mehrauli, Lado Sarai | Qutab Minar | Yellow | — |
| South Extension | South Extension | Pink | — |
| Sarojini Nagar | Sarojini Nagar | Pink | — |
| INA, Dilli Haat | Dilli Haat-INA | Yellow + Pink | Interchange |
Where a walking distance is not given above, we have not published one — we are not estimating distances we have not verified. Check your specific address on a map before relying on any of these. The gap between a station’s name and its reach shows up most sharply with retail: how far the malls really are from a station is the clearest illustration of the pattern.
Interchanges and Typical Journeys
South Delhi has four interchange points, and knowing them is most of what you need to move around the district.
| Interchange | Lines | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Hauz Khas | Yellow + Magenta | The main crossing. Gurugram and central Delhi via Yellow; the east–west run via Magenta |
| Kalkaji Mandir | Violet + Magenta | The south-eastern crossing. Nehru Place, Faridabad, and central Delhi via Violet |
| Lajpat Nagar | Violet + Pink | Ring-line access and the Faridabad corridor |
| Dilli Haat-INA (Pink) / INA (Yellow) | Yellow + Pink | Ring-line access from the Yellow spine |
One warning about Hauz Khas. It is the deepest station on the Delhi Metro network at 29 metres. The transfer between Yellow and Magenta levels involves genuine walking and several escalators — budget three to five minutes for it rather than treating it as a step across a platform.
And one small instance of this page’s own theme. The Yellow Line station is signed INA; the Pink Line station is signed Dilli Haat-INA. Same interchange, two names — worth knowing if you are following signage or reading a route app that uses one and not the other.
To central Delhi: from the Yellow Line, straight north to Central Secretariat. From the Violet Line, straight north to Khan Market, Central Secretariat and Janpath. The Violet route is faster from the GK side than most residents realise, and the fastest route from GK into Connaught Place shows why the instinctive route to Rajiv Chowk is the slower one.
To Gurugram: the Yellow Line, with no change at all from anywhere on the southern spine. Commuting south to Gurugram is the single strongest connectivity argument for the Yellow Line corridor.
To the airport: Terminal 1 is on the Magenta Line directly. Terminal 3 needs the Airport Express, which is a separate ticket. Do not assume one line serves both terminals — it does not.
Fares and Timings
Fares run on distance bands, revised on 25 August 2025:
| Distance | Fare |
|---|---|
| 0–2 km | ₹11 |
| 2–5 km | ₹21 |
| 5–12 km | ₹32 |
| 12–21 km | ₹43 |
| 21–32 km | ₹54 |
| Over 32 km | ₹64 |
A smart card takes 10% off. Sundays and national holidays are cheaper.
A worked South Delhi example: Chhatarpur to Saket is about 3 km, which falls in the 2–5 km band at ₹21 on a token, or roughly ₹19 with a card. Note that this is a two-stop journey — band boundaries are set by distance, not by station count, so a short-looking hop can cross into a higher band and a longer one may not. Use the DMRC calculator for your specific pair rather than counting stops. How the wider network is put together covers the exceptions, including the Airport Express and the Noida Aqua Line.
Services broadly run from around 5:30 AM to 11:30 PM, with later starts on Sundays on some lines. Station-specific first and last trains vary by direction, and several published figures are out of date — take them from the DMRC app on the day you travel.
What Phase 4 Changes
Two projects will alter South Delhi’s metro map, both under construction and neither with a date worth relying on.
The Golden Line main corridor will add a Vasant Kunj station — closing the gap described above — and a Saket G-Block station, and will make Chhatarpur an interchange between the Yellow and Golden lines.
Its branch, running from Lajpat Nagar to Saket G-Block, would add stations at Andrews Ganj, Greater Kailash-1, Chirag Delhi, Pushpa Bhawan, Saket District Centre and Pushp Vihar. That would give Saket a station at its district centre and GK a third station in the part of the colony currently least well served. The eight stations planned between Lajpat Nagar and Saket covers the corridor’s status in detail.
The caution worth carrying: Phase 4’s priority corridors were approved in 2019 with a 2026 deadline and remain incomplete. Treat every date attached to these as an expectation, and do not pay a premium today for a station that has not been built.
Judging “Near Metro” in a Listing
This page’s finding turns into four questions worth asking before you believe a connectivity claim.
- Which station, and how far from this address? Not from the locality — from the door. In Saket, GK and Vasant Kunj, that distinction decides whether the metro is part of your commute or a twenty-minute preamble to it.
- Which line does that station sit on, and does it go where I go? Two stations 1.5 km apart in Greater Kailash sit on different lines with materially different journey times into central Delhi. “Near metro” says nothing about that.
- Is the walk realistic in May, and after dark? A kilometre is pleasant in December and punishing in summer. If the answer is “it’s fine, take an auto”, the metro is not really at your door.
- Is the station built? A planned station is not a station. If a listing’s connectivity case rests on Phase 4, the honest position is that it may be years away.
Applying those four questions across areas produces a different shortlist than a map does — choosing an area on connectivity is worth doing on real walking distances rather than station names, and rental stock near the southern lines varies more by that measure than by locality reputation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which metro lines serve South Delhi?
Four: the Yellow Line running north–south, the Magenta Line running east–west, the Violet Line down the eastern side, and the Pink Line clipping the northern and western edges. The Airport Express touches only the western edge, and the Golden Line is under construction.
Is Saket metro station in Saket?
It is at Saidulajab on Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, serving southern Saket and Golf Green. For blocks A, B, C, D and G, Malviya Nagar station is closer.
Which station is nearest Vasant Kunj?
Vasant Vihar on the Magenta Line, despite the name difference — and it is roughly 1.2 to 2 km away, so plan for an auto. Vasant Kunj gets its own station when the Golden Line opens.
Where do the lines interchange in South Delhi?
Hauz Khas for Yellow and Magenta, Kalkaji Mandir for Violet and Magenta, Lajpat Nagar for Violet and Pink, and INA for Yellow and Pink — where the Pink Line station is signed Dilli Haat-INA and the Yellow Line station simply INA.
What does a short South Delhi metro journey cost?
Journeys of 2 to 5 km cost ₹21 on a token, around ₹19 with a smart card. Chhatarpur to Saket, roughly 3 km, sits in that band. Bands are set by distance rather than by number of stops.