Seelampur

On the first line

The first line

There on the very first day

For all that Seelampur is known for what arrives by truck, it was also present at the birth of the thing that changed Delhi most: the Metro.

When the Delhi Metro opened its very first stretch on 25 December 2002, running the original Red Line across the trans-Yamuna, Seelampur was one of the stations switched on that inaugural day. It sits at ground level on the Red Line between Welcome and Shastri Park, and it has carried the neighbourhood's commuters since the morning the network first moved. Dilshad Garden, a few stops east, would become the line's terminus; Seelampur was simply always on it, from the start.

FIG.2 · OPEN SINCE DAY ONE Tis Hazari Kashmere Gate Welcome Shastri Park Seelampur OPEN 25 DEC 2002 ◄ the Delhi Metro started here, on this line
The Red Line was the Delhi Metro's first line, and its first day was 25 December 2002. Seelampur opened with it, one of the original stops on the network that would go on to reshape how the whole city moves.