Green Line (Delhi Metro)

The Green Line (Line 5) is a metro rail line of the Delhi Metro, a rapid transit system in Delhi, India. The line consists of 24 stations covering a total length of 28.79  km. It runs between Inderlok and Brigadier Hoshiyar Singh with a branch line connecting the line's Ashok Park Main station with Kirti Nagar station.

Green Line
(Line 5)
A new train being launched in the opening of the Kirti Nagar branch in 2011.
Overview
StatusFully Operational
OwnerDMRC
LocaleDelhi, Bahadurgarh
Termini
Stations24
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemDelhi Metro
Operator(s)Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Rolling stockMitsubishi-ROTEM-BEML
History
Opened
Technical
Line length28.79 km (17.89 mi)
CharacterElevated
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead catenary
Highest elevation215 m
Route map

Kirti Nagar
Satguru Ram Singh Marg
Inderlok
Red Line
Ashok Park Main
Punjabi Bagh
Ring Road
Punjabi Bagh West
Pink Line
Shivaji Park
Madipur
Paschim Vihar East
Paschim Vihar West
Outer Ring Road
Peeragarhi
Udyog Nagar
Maharaja Surajmal Stadium
Najafgarh Road
Nangloi
Nangloi Railway Station
Rajdhani Park
Mundka
Mundka Industrial Area (MIA)
Ghevra
Tikri Kalan
Tikri Border
Delhi
Haryana
border
Pandit Shree Ram Sharma
Bahadurgarh City
Brigadier Hoshiyar Singh

Inderlok
Red Line Green Line
Daya Basti
Sarai Rohilla
Ajmal Khan Park
Nabi Karim
Magenta Line
New Delhi
Yellow Line
Zakir Hussain College
Delhi Gate
Violet Line
Mahatma Gandhi Marg
Raj Ghat
NH 44 (Srinagar–Kanyakumari Highway)
Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium
Indraprastha

It is a completely elevated line and runs mostly along the busy NH 9 route in North Delhi and North West Delhi, bypassing Tikri Border to enter Bahadurgarh. It is the first Delhi metro line on standard gauge, as opposed to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge, prevalent in Red, Yellow and Blue Lines.

A 12.37 km extension of Green Line with ten stations was approved by the Union Government in March 2024. Construction is expected to begin in 2024, as part of the fourth phase of the Delhi Metro's development, and is slated to be completed by 2029.

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