Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has launched the construction of the Inderlok-Indraprastha Metro corridor, a fully underground extension of the Magenta Line that will link several key parts of the city. The new corridor is expected to improve access to areas such as Sarai Rohilla, Karol Bagh, New Delhi Railway Station and several central Delhi landmarks.

The 12.377-km corridor will have 10 underground stations and, once completed, will run as part of the driverless Magenta Line. According to an official statement, the Magenta Line will then become the longest corridor in the Delhi Metro network at nearly 89 km from Botanical Garden to Inderlok, with the highest number of interchange stations and underground stations in the network.

The 10 stations on the new corridor will be at Inderlok, Daya Basti, Sarai Rohilla, Ajmal Khan Park, Jhandewalan Temple, Nabi Karim, New Delhi, Delhi Gate, Delhi Sachivalaya-IG Stadium and Indraprastha. The corridor will offer interchanges with seven Metro lines, including the Red and Green Lines at Inderlok, the Magenta Line at Nabi Karim, the Yellow and Airport Express Line at New Delhi, the Violet Line at Delhi Gate and the Blue Line at Indraprastha.

The statement said the corridor will connect important locations such as Sarai Rohilla Railway Station, New Delhi Railway Station, Delhi Sachivalaya, Arun Jaitley Stadium, Jhandewalan Temple, India Gate, Kartavya Path, the National War Memorial and the Central Vista area. It added that Sarai Rohilla station is expected to become a key transit hub with better connectivity to nearby areas, including Karol Bagh market, Deshbandhu Gupta Road, educational institutions and commercial establishments.