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Moolchand is a Delhi Metro station in Delhi. It is located between Lajpat Nagar and Kailash Colony stations on the Violet Line. The station was opened with the first section of the Line on 3 October 2010 in time for the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on the same day.[1] The station, being nearby to several schools like Kendriya Vidyalaya and Frank Anthony, is frequently used by school children who come from far away places.

Moolchand
Delhi Metro station
General information
Location	Lala Lajpat Rai Marg, New Delhi 110024, India
Coordinates	28.564000°N 77.234096°E / 28.564000; 77.234096
Owned by	Delhi Metro
Line(s)	Violet Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Raja Nahar Singh Platform-2 → Kashmere Gate
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	2
Parking	Available
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	MLCD
History
Opened	October 3, 2010; 11 years ago (2010-10-03)
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Passengers
322,417	10,401 (As of Jan 2015)
Services
Preceding station Delhi Metro Following station Lajpat Nagar towards Kashmere Gate Violet Line Kailash Colony towards Raja Nahar Singh
Route map Legend  Red Line  Kashmere Gate  Yellow Line  Lal Qila Jama Masjid Delhi Gate ITO Mandi House  Blue Line  Janpath Central Secretariat  Yellow Line  Khan Market Lodi Road Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Ring Railway Jangpura Lajpat Nagar  Pink Line  Ring Road Moolchand Kailash Colony Nehru Place Kalkaji Mandir  Magenta Line  Outer Ring Road Govindpuri Harkesh Nagar Okhla Indian Railways Jasola Apollo Sarita Vihar Mohan Estate Tughlakabad Station Badarpur Border Delhi Haryana border Sarai Mathura Road / NH-2 NHPC Chowk Mewla Maharajpur Sector 28 Badkhal Mor Old Faridabad Neelam Chowk Ajronda Bata Chowk Escorts Mujesar Sant Surdas (Sihi) Mathura Road / NH-2 Raja Nahar Singh
Location
Moolchand Location within Delhi

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2	Side platform No- 1, doors will open on the left
	Southbound	Towards → Raja Nahar Singh next station is Kailash Colony
	Northbound	Towards ← Kashmere Gate next station is Lajpat Nagar Change at the next station for  Pink Line
	Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left
L2

Facilities

Available ATMs at Moolchand metro station are HDFC, Ratnakar Bank, PNB and SBI [2]

Nearby

Moolchand Medcity Hospital,[3] Defence Colony, Andrews Ganj, Acharya Munir Ashram, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing, Haldiram, The Japan Foundation, Guru Nanak Market,

Connections

Buses and rickshaws connect the station to nearby destinations.

See also

• List of Delhi Metro stations
• Transport in Delhi
• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
• Delhi Suburban Railway

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Delhi Metro.

• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)
• Delhi Metro Annual Reports
• "Station Information". Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC). Archived from the original on 19 June 2010.
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.

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