Lok Kalyan Marg metro station

{{Short description|Metro station in Delhi, India}}{{Not to be confused with|Racecourse station (MTR)}}

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Lok Kalyan Marg

| type = {{Delhi Metro Infobox station line|line=Yellow}}

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| address = Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi, 110001

| country = India

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| line = {{rcb|Delhi Metro|Yellow|croute}}

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| structure = Underground, Double-track

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| levels = 2

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| opened = {{start date and age|2010|9|3|df=yes}}

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| electrified = {{25 kV 50 Hz}} through overhead catenary

| accessible = Yes {{Access icon}}

| code = {{#property:P296}}

| status = Staffed, Operational

| owned = Delhi Metro

| operator = Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)

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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Delhi Metro|line=Yellow|left=Udyog Bhawan|right=Jor Bagh}}

| route_map = {{Delhi Metro Yellow Line Route}}

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The Lok Kalyan Marg metro station is located on the Yellow Line of the Delhi Metro.{{cite web|url=http://www.delhimetrorail.com/commuters/station_information.html |title=Station Information |access-date=5 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609165230/http://www.delhimetrorail.com/commuters/station_information.html |archive-date=9 June 2010}}

It serves the Lok Kalyan Marg area in Central Delhi, and the Prime Minister's official residence, 7, Lok Kalyan Marg is located nearby.{{cite news |title=Metro stations near 7 Race Course Road closed |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-08-26/news/29931886_1_metro-stations-udyog-bhawan-7race-course-road |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523191112/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-08-26/news/29931886_1_metro-stations-udyog-bhawan-7race-course-road |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 May 2012 |publisher=Economic Times |date=26 August 2011}}

History

The station was originally named Race Course Road but was subsequently renamed when the road was given its current name in 2016.{{cite news |title=Race Course metro station to be renamed Lok Kalyan Marg Metro station |url=https://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/race-course-metro-station-to-be-renamed-lok-kalyan-marg-station-1465995 |access-date=28 January 2019 |work=NDTV |agency=Press Trust of India |date=24 September 2016}}

Station layout

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|style="border-top:solid 1px grey;border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=50 valign=top|G

|style="border-top:solid 1px grey;border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=100 valign=top|Street Level

|style="border-top:solid 1px grey;border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=500 valign=top|Exit/ Entrance

style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;"|C

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;"|Concourse

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;"|Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops

style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=50 rowspan=3 valign=top|P

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=100|Platform 1
Southbound

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=500|Towards → {{ltl|Delhi Metro|Yellow|R}}
Next Station: {{stl|Delhi Metro|Jor Bagh}}

style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Island platform | Doors will open on the right {{access icon}}
style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=100|Platform 2
Northbound

| style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width="500" |Towards ← {{ltl|Delhi Metro|Yellow|L}}
Next Station: {{stl|Delhi Metro|Udyog Bhawan}}

Connections

=Bus=

Delhi Transport Corporation bus routes number 433, 433CL, 433LnkSTL, 460, 460CL, 460STL, 480, 500, 520, 540, 540CL, 548, 548CL, 548EXT, 610, 610A, 725, 780, 781, 990B, AC-781, serves the station from nearby P.S. Tughlaq Road bus stop.{{Cite web |url=http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/DOIT_DTC/dtc/home |title=Delhi Transport Corporation |access-date=16 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025080536/http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_dtc/DTC/Home/ |archive-date=25 October 2018 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=http://businfo.dimts.in/businfo/Bus_info/SearchBusStop.aspx |title=Search Bus Stop - Bus Information |access-date=23 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814201040/http://businfo.dimts.in/businfo/Bus_info/SearchBusStop.aspx |archive-date=14 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}

See also

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