Circular Pink Line Delhi Metro set to complete full ring by late 2025, full operations expected to stabilize by early 2026

Delhi Metro’s Pink Line is on the brink of transforming into the city’s first fully circular metro corridor, with the Majlis Park–Maujpur extension now in the final leg of construction and trials. Once the remaining stretch opens, likely towards the end of 2025 subject to safety approvals, commuters can realistically expect the Circular Pink Line to stabilise into full, ring-like operations in Jan 2026.​

For Delhi–NCR, this is more than just another metro opening – it is a fundamental reshaping of how people move across the city’s Ring Road belt, with major implications for daily commute times, real-estate values, and pollution.​

The Pink Line (Line 7) is a 59 km-long corridor that broadly follows Delhi’s Ring Road, linking some of the city’s busiest residential, commercial, and transport hubs. It currently runs in an almost-complete loop, with a critical missing arc between Majlis Park and Maujpur that prevents it from becoming a true circle.​

The under-construction Majlis Park–Maujpur extension, roughly 12–12.5 km long with 8–10 new stations, is designed specifically to close this gap and convert the Pink Line into a continuous ring. Once this arc is operational, the Pink Line will be the first fully circular metro line in the Delhi Metro network.​​

The Phase 4 Majlis Park–Maujpur corridor is an elevated extension with about 8–10 stations between Majlis Park in North Delhi and Maujpur–Babarpur in Northeast Delhi. Station lists shared by metro trackers and route portals highlight upcoming stops such as Burari, Jagatpur Village, Soorghat, Sonia Vihar, Khajuri Khas, Bhajanpura and Yamuna Vihar, connecting dense neighbourhoods that previously had no direct metro access.​​

Trial runs are a critical stage for any metro extension in India, typically lasting several weeks or months as trains, signalling, and safety systems are repeatedly tested. On the Pink Line extension, trial runs have already been reported between Majlis Park and Jagatpur Village, with DMRC officials indicating that work on the corridor is “nearing completion” and CMRS inspections have begun on sections.​

The Pink Line already connects major hubs such as Rajouri Garden, Netaji Subhash Place, Anand Vihar, Welcome, Lajpat Nagar, and Dilli Haat–INA, where it intersects with other metro lines and bus or railway terminals. On the existing stretch, notable interchange stations include Rajouri Garden (Blue Line), Netaji Subhash Place (Red Line), Azadpur (Yellow Line), Lajpat Nagar (Violet Line), Anand Vihar (Blue Line and railway), and Dilli Haat–INA (Yellow Line).​

A full circular Pink Line allows commuters to travel around the city’s Ring Road belt without repeatedly passing through the traditional central hubs like Rajiv Chowk. This reduces pressure on overloaded interchange stations and offers new “orbit-style” routes between residential and job centres, improving travel times for people who previously had to go into the centre and out again.​

By cutting road journeys on congested corridors such as Outer Ring Road and the routes feeding into Signature Bridge and other major cross-river links, the circular metro can help lower traffic and emissions over time. Internationally, loop-lines such as Beijing’s Line 2 or Tokyo’s Yamanote Line play a similar role in redistributing passenger loads and supporting decentralised growth, and Delhi’s Pink Line ring is expected to perform a comparable function at a city scale.​

For North and North-East Delhi, the biggest change is connectivity. Areas like Burari, Sonia Vihar, Khajuri Khas, Bhajanpura and Jagatpur Village, which have long depended on buses, shared cabs, or personal two-wheelers, will, for the first time, have direct metro access. This means faster links to employment hubs in South and West Delhi, easier access to universities and hospitals, and simpler cross-river travel without being stuck at bottlenecks like Wazirabad or ISBT.​​

Real-estate and property advisory firms are already flagging the Pink Line extension as a driver for higher land prices, rental demand, and commercial activity around the new stations, especially near upcoming double-decker viaducts and new bridges across the Yamuna. For small businesses and landlords in these neighbourhoods, the first full year of circular operations, likely 2026, could see a noticeable shift in footfall, demand, and investment interest.​

For a commuter living in Burari and working in South Delhi, the new ring will offer multiple efficient routes: for instance, travelling via Majlis Park and then switching at Azadpur or Dilli Haat–INA, instead of taking long road journeys or multi-bus combinations. Someone coming from East Delhi can use the Pink Line via Anand Vihar or IP Extension to reach West or South Delhi without crossing the central business district.​

The ring nature of the corridor also supports short “orbital” hops – for example, Punjabi Bagh West to Rajouri Garden, or Lajpat Nagar to Sarai Kale Khan–Nizamuddin – which are already popular but will become more flexible with a complete loop. As service frequency improves and commuters get used to the new map, 2026 is likely to see route shifts from roads to rail, particularly for office commuters, students and service-sector workers.​

Globally, circular or loop metro lines are common in megacities. Beijing has Loop Line 2, Tokyo has the Yamanote Line, London has the Circle Line, and Moscow has ring lines that act as key interchange spines in their networks. These loops reduce dependence on a single central hub and stitch together multiple radial lines, exactly the role envisaged for Delhi’s Pink Line.​

In India, Delhi’s Pink Line will be among the earliest fully circular urban metro corridors of this scale, at around 59 km, giving it a unique position compared with more linear networks in cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad, or Ahmedabad. Across Asia, however, the Pink Line ring will fit into an emerging pattern of large metropolitan regions building orbital metro routes to support decentralised growth, satellite town development, and multi-nodal business districts.​

From a commuter’s perspective, the first full months after opening – likely around the turn of 2025–26 – will be about adjusting to new route options and interchange habits. Expect the following once the Circular Pink Line is fully operational and stabilised:​

  -- More direct cross-city trips without passing through the central metro core.​

  -- New peak-hour crowding patterns at ring interchanges like Azadpur, Rajouri Garden, Anand Vihar, and Lajpat Nagar.​

  -- Revised feeder bus routes and last-mile services around the new stations, especially in Burari, Sonia Vihar and Khajuri Khas.​

For Delhi–NCR residents who plan daily commutes, early 2026 will be a good time to rethink door-to-door travel, compare travel times using the ring versus existing routes, and experiment with different interchange combinations.

Property advisors tracking the Pink Line have already highlighted the Majlis Park–Maujpur extension as a catalyst for residential and commercial growth, especially in North and North-East Delhi. Areas near Burari, Sonia Vihar, Khajuri Khas, and Yamuna Vihar are expected to see higher residential demand, improved rental yields, and increased interest from small developers and retailers once the full ring becomes operational.​

Retailers and service providers – from coaching centres to clinics and co-working spaces – often follow metro expansion, and the Circular Pink Line is likely to replicate patterns seen earlier around other Delhi Metro corridors. For investors and homebuyers, the most active phase of price movement is likely to cluster around the commissioning window in late 2025 and the first full year of stable operations in 2026.​

For regular Delhi Metro users, especially those in Delhi–NCR planning for 2026, a few practical steps can maximize the benefit of the Circular Pink Line:

  ## Start tracking official DMRC announcements and updated route maps to see when your nearest station becomes operational.​

  ## Once the extension opens, test multiple routes (via different interchanges) during off-peak hours to find the most time-efficient combination for your routine.​

  ## Consider shifting parking, rental accommodation, or office location decisions in 2025–26 based on proximity to the Pink Line and its new stations.​

  ## For outstation travellers connecting via Anand Vihar, Sarai Kale Khan–Nizamuddin, or other hubs, the circular nature of the Pink Line can simplify transfers between trains, buses, and flights across the city without long road journeys.​

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