Arjan Garh metro station


Arjan Garh
Delhi Metro station
General information
LocationAya Nagar, South Delhi, Delhi - 110047
India
Coordinates28°28′51″N 77°7′33″E / 28.48083°N 77.12583°E / 28.48083; 77.12583
Owned byDelhi Metro
Operated byDelhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
Line(s)Yellow Line
Platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated, Double-track
Platform levels2
Parking Available
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusStaffed, Operational
Station codeAJG
History
Opened21 June 2010 (2010-06-21)
Electrified25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Passengers
January 20159,897/day
306,797/month (average)
Services
Preceding station Delhi Metro Following station
Ghitorni Yellow Line Guru Dronacharya
Location

The Arjan Garh metro station is a station on the Yellow Line of Delhi Metro. It is the last station on the line before it enters Haryana. The station was to be initially built a few hundred meters away from its present location near the Arjan Garh air force station. However, since that area was not densely populated, the alignment was shifted to Aya Nagar; despite this, its name was not changed to reflect the new location. Hence, a movement to get the name of the station changed was started by local residents in 2010.

While the initial cost for changing the station's name was told as 248,000 (US$2,900) by DMRC, it was later increased to 5 crore (US$590,000). The residents went to the High Court of Delhi, which in Ved Pal vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Anr. ruled that the court cannot determine whether any policy or a specific decision taken to fulfill that policy is fair. It can only deal with the manner in which that decision was taken, and since the naming of the metro station after the Arjan Garh air force base could not be considered to be arbitrary or irrational, the petition was accordingly dismissed.