Delhi Metro floats tender for 4 stations on Central Vista corridor

DMRC has issued a tender for four underground stations in the Central Vista corridor, expanding the Magenta Line to enhance connectivity for commuters.

Updated on: May 31, 2026, 23:26:05 IST

By Jasjeev Gandhiok

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New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has floated a tender for the design and planning of four proposed underground stations between the Shivaji Stadium and Kartavya Bhawan as part of the upcoming Central Vista corridor and extension of the Magenta Line under Phase (V) A, an official said.

The tender, a copy of which HT has seen, has been recently issued for design verification, detail engineering, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of electrical and mechanical systems and other modalities for four underground stations – New Shivaji Stadium, Yuge Yugeen Bharat (near Rakabganj Gurudwara), another station at Central Secretariat and a new station at Kartavya Bhawan.

“The tender is essential for pre-tunnelling works. This includes fixing the location and depth of the stations,” said a Metro official.

This follows a tender worth ₹3.2 crore, floated in April, for a detailed design consultant for the construction of the Central Vista depot near Majlis Park, intended for DMRC’s Phase-VA expansion, predominantly the Central Vista corridor.

The Magenta Line’s RK Ashram-Indraprastha corridor will be extended to Kartavya Bhawan, providing doorstep connectivity to the area, which houses a number of government offices.

According to the Centre’s assessment, around 60,000 office-goers and two lakh commuters are expected to benefit daily from this corridor.

With this corridor, the total length of the Magenta Line will reach 88.4 km, making it the longest in the DMRC network, running all the way from Botanical Garden to Inderlok as a fully driverless corridor once operational.

The Magenta Line will feature stations in Noida, south Delhi and central Delhi, along with the highest number of interchange stations at 21, significantly enhancing cross-city connectivity across the NCR.

Presently, Pink Line is the longest line with a total length of over 71.5 km and 46 stations. It is also the only line in DMRC’s network to have a circular route.

Apart from RK Ashram Marg-Indraprastha, the two other corridors were approved as part of the Phase-VA expansion – Tughlakabad-Kalindi Kunj, an extension, and Aerocity-Terminal 1. These two corridors will be extensions of the upcoming Golden Line.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jasjeev Gandhiok
Jasjeev Gandhiok is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times, where he covers environment, climate change, the clean energy transition and wildlife at the National Bureau. Gandhiok has over a decade of experience in journalism and is based in Delhi. He has reported extensively on Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). This includes the region's air pollution woes, a polluted Yamuna and on urban wildlife still thriving in the region. He joined HT in October 2021. Prior to that, he had five-year stint at The Times of India in Delhi, where he also covered Delhi, with a focus on environment and wildlife. Gandhiok has covered some recent events around the Capital too, ranging from the farmers' protests, the northeast Delhi riots and the CAA-NRC protests, reporting from the ground on all of these. He also travels across the country to report on how environment and climate change impact everyday life, while also writing on endangered species. His reports in 2019 on toxic leachate from Delhi's landfills led to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) taking suo motu cognisance and ultimately asking the state government to start bio-mining to flatten and remove all three landfills in the capital. He also closely tracks the implementation of government policies on climate, renewable energy and environmental protection. His focus remains on impactful, public-interest journalism which explains how environmental decisions affect people's everyday lives.Read More

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