Archive · 12 Aug 2026
Delhi Metro's Nabi Karim station creates rare same-line interchange
The Delhi Metro is a big train system that helps people move around Delhi.
Usually, each metro line has its own color and goes from one end of the city to the other.
Soon, two new parts of the same Magenta Line will meet at a new station called Nabi Karim.
To switch between these two parts, passengers will have to change trains at Nabi Karim.
One train goes toward RK Ashram Marg, and another goes toward Inderlok, even though both are called the Magenta Line.
That is why riders must check the signs before they get on.
The station has two different platform levels, one above the other.
The metro company, called DMRC, is using signs on walls and floors to help people find the right train.
At first, the plan was to make the Inderlok–Indraprastha route part of the Green Line, but later the plan changed.
The station is about 70 percent built, so it has not opened yet.
Nabi Karim will be a rare same-line interchange, with two Phase 4 Magenta Line corridors meeting on separate platform levels.
The upper platform will serve the Janakpuri West–RK Ashram Marg corridor, while the lower platform will serve the Indraprastha–Inderlok corridor.
Commuters may have to change from one Magenta Line train to another at Nabi Karim depending on their destination, risking boarding the wrong route.
DMRC changed the Inderlok–Indraprastha corridor from a planned Green Line extension into part of the Magenta Line.
About 70% of construction at Nabi Karim is complete, and DMRC plans clear signage and floor markings to reduce confusion.
- Who
- Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and Delhi Metro commuters, who may need to change between Magenta Line trains at Nabi Karim.
- What
- Nabi Karim becomes a same-line interchange where two Phase 4 Magenta Line corridors meet on separate platform levels, requiring some passengers to switch trains to continue their journey.
- When
- Not specified in the articles; the station is under construction, with about 70% of work completed.
- Where
- Nabi Karim station, Delhi, India.
- Why
- Both Phase 4 corridors were brought under the Magenta Line — a change from the original plan to extend the Green Line — so the two routes share the same line identity at Nabi Karim.
- Operator
- Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
- Station type
- Underground, with two platform levels connected via concourse levels
- Upper platform corridor
- Janakpuri West–RK Ashram Marg (28.92 km, 22 stations)
- Lower platform corridor
- Indraprastha–Inderlok (12.38 km, 10 stations)
- Construction status
- About 70% complete
- Original Phase 4 plan
- Inderlok–Indraprastha was sanctioned as a Green Line extension, later changed to the Magenta Line
- Phase V(A) extension
- RK Ashram Marg–Indraprastha corridor, 9.913 km with 9 stations
- Confusion-reduction plan
- Clear signage and floor markings at key points inside the station