AIIMS metro station is an underground rapid transit station on the Yellow Line of the Delhi Metro in New Delhi, India. The station serves the area around the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), one of India's premier medical institutions, and the adjoining hospital and educational complex.
Key facts
| Line | Yellow Line |
|---|---|
| Operator | Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) |
| Structure | Underground |
| Location | Sri Aurobindo Marg, near AIIMS, New Delhi |
| Adjacent stations | INA (north) and Green Park (south) |
| Station code | AIIM |
Overview
The station lies on the Yellow Line corridor that connects Samaypur Badli in north Delhi with Millennium City Centre Gurugram in Gurugram, Haryana. It is one of several underground stations on the central segment of this corridor.
History
AIIMS metro station was opened as part of the southward extension of the Yellow Line from Central Secretariat to Qutub Minar, which was commissioned by the DMRC in 2010, ahead of the Commonwealth Games hosted in Delhi that year. The line was later extended further to HUDA City Centre (now Millennium City Centre Gurugram), making AIIMS a busy intermediate station serving both city commuters and patients travelling to the AIIMS hospital complex.
Layout and facilities
As an underground station, AIIMS has a typical DMRC layout with a concourse level housing ticketing, security screening, and customer services, and a platform level with two side platforms serving trains in both directions. The station is equipped with lifts, escalators, and tactile paths, and provides automatic fare collection gates compatible with smart cards and QR-based tickets used across the Delhi Metro network.
Connections and surroundings
The station is located on Sri Aurobindo Marg and provides direct pedestrian access to the AIIMS hospital, the AIIMS trauma centre, and nearby institutions including the Safdarjung Hospital complex across the road. Feeder services and city buses operated by the Delhi Transport Corporation connect the station to surrounding neighbourhoods such as Yusuf Sarai, Ansari Nagar, and Green Park.
Significance
Owing to its proximity to one of India's busiest tertiary care hospitals, the station handles a high volume of patients, attendants, medical professionals, and students daily, in addition to regular office and shopping commuters. It is therefore considered one of the more heavily used stations on the Yellow Line.