Delhi Launches India's First Ring Metro
Delhi just debuted India's first fully operational Ring Metro with the Pink Line forming a continuous 72-km loop. Travelers can now circumnavigate the entire city seamlessly, unlocking new patterns of urban exploration and commuting. The project represents a massive leap in integrated, high-capacity transit for mega-cities.
The completion of the Pink Line was a multi-stage effort that began with its first section opening in March 2018. The final 12.3 km elevated corridor from Majlis Park to Maujpur-Babarpur, inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 8, 2026, was the last piece required to form the continuous loop. With the new section, the Pink Line is now the longest single metro line in India, stretching over approximately 72 kilometers and encompassing 46 stations. This corridor mostly runs alongside Delhi's busy Inner Ring Road, earning it the nickname the "Ring Road Line." The two most recently inaugurated corridors, including the Pink Line extension and a section of the Magenta Line, were developed at a cost of over ₹18,300 crore. These are part of the broader Delhi Metro Phase 4 expansion, a project with an estimated total cost of ₹24,948.65 crore, funded through a combination of central government, Delhi government, and external loans. The Pink Line features several engineering milestones for the Delhi Metro. It contains the system's highest point at Dhaula Kuan, where the track soars to 23.6 meters, and also its smallest station at Ashram. The newly opened section adds a fifth metro bridge over the Yamuna River and a double-decker viaduct carrying both the metro line and a road flyover. This final extension provides crucial connectivity to densely populated residential areas in North and Northeast Delhi, such as Burari, Sonia Vihar, Khajuri Khas, and Bhajanpura. Previously, residents in these areas were heavily reliant on road transport. The expansion of the city's metro network continues, as the inauguration event also marked the foundation stone being laid for three new corridors under Phase 5-A of the Delhi Metro. This next phase includes a new underground Central Vista corridor connecting Ramakrishna Ashram Marg to Indraprastha.
