Delhi Metro Airport Express Line
Seven stations from New Delhi to Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector 25, calling at Delhi Aerocity and Airport (T-3).
About the Airport Express Line
The Airport Express Line (DMRC line 10, shown in orange) links New Delhi with Aerocity, IGI Airport Terminal 3, Dwarka Sector 21 and Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector 25. It has its own fare table.
On 20 October 2026 DMRC’s website showed the line as “Normal Service”. That is the only live information DMRC publishes; check it on the day you travel.
DMRC’s Line 10, shown in orange, links New Delhi with Airport (T-3) at Indira Gandhi International Airport and continues to Dwarka Sector 21 and Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector 25. DMRC gives a length of 24.9 km over seven stations, and all of them except Dhaula Kuan are underground. The line has its own fare table, separate from the rest of the network.
Interchanges are at New Delhi, for the Yellow Line, and Dwarka Sector 21, for the Blue Line. Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector 25 lies beneath the India International Convention and Expo Centre, with entrances leading to its exhibition halls and indoor arena. Our Airport Express guide covers the airport journey in more detail.
Stations on the Airport Express Line
7 stations in DMRC’s order, 2 of them interchanges with another line (marked with a ring and the colours of the other lines).
New Delhi to Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector 25
Main route, 7 stations
Timings and frequency of the Airport Express Line
On weekdays the first train on the Airport Express Line leaves at 04:40 and the last one at 00:01 (earliest and latest departures anywhere on the line, DMRC journey planner).
| From the end of the line | First train (weekdays) | Last train (weekdays) |
|---|---|---|
| New Delhi → Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector 25 | 05:00 | 23:40 |
| Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector 25 → New Delhi | 04:40 | 23:15 |
Departure times from this station on a weekday, as DMRC’s journey planner gives them (checked on Tuesday 20 October 2026; the planner takes no date). DMRC does not publish separate Saturday, Sunday or holiday times for each station, and on special days it announces changes in advance. A last train after midnight belongs to the previous evening’s service. “Not published” means DMRC’s own answer was inconsistent (arrival before departure), so we leave it out.
Frequency by section
| Section | Weekday peak | Weekday off-peak | Saturday peak | Saturday off-peak | Sunday peak | Sunday off-peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yashobhumi Dwarka Sector 25 – New Delhi | 10 min | 10 min | 10 min | 10 min | 10 min | 10 min |
Average interval between trains published by DMRC for each section (as on 31.08.2026). Peak hours are 08:00–12:00 and 17:00–21:00, the hours outside DMRC’s off-peak definition. Rapid Metro Gurugram figures come from its own page (peak 08:00–11:00 and 16:00–20:00 on weekdays; Sunday is one flat interval).
History
The line was built as a public–private partnership. On 23 January 2008 DMRC awarded a 30-year build-operate-transfer contract to a consortium of Reliance Energy and CAF, while DMRC paid half the construction cost and carried out the tunnelling and civil works. It was meant to open by 31 August 2010, ahead of the Commonwealth Games, but missed four deadlines and opened on 23 February 2011. Delhi Aerocity and Dhaula Kuan followed on 15 August 2011.
Services were suspended on 8 July 2012 after cracks were found in girders, along with dislocated bearings, defective track and water seeping into the tunnels; an inspection found 540 bearings needing rectification. The line reopened on 23 January 2013 at a reduced 50 km/h. On 27 June 2013 the concessionaire, Reliance Infrastructure, told DMRC it could not operate the line beyond 30 June, and DMRC took over operations on 1 July 2013. Speeds of 100 km/h returned in mid-2014, and in 2023 the operating speed was raised to 120 km/h. On 17 September 2023 the line was extended by 2 km to Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector 25, opened the same day as the convention centre above it.
How the service works
DMRC’s average interval is the same 10 minutes in the weekday peak and off-peak. On weekdays the first train leaves Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector 25 at 04:40 and New Delhi at 05:00; the last departures are at 23:15 from Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector 25 and 23:40 from New Delhi, and trains are still calling at intermediate stations until 00:01. Trains run at up to 120 km/h, and the stations have full-height platform screen doors. Dwarka Sector 21 is the change for the Blue Line, and New Delhi for the Yellow Line.
The trains
The fleet consists of eight six-car trains built by CAF and imported from Spain. They have padded fabric seats, built-in noise reduction, an event recorder designed to withstand high temperatures and impact, and flange lubrication on the wheels for less noise and a smoother ride. With consultancy from MTR, the interiors were designed to closely resemble those of Hong Kong’s Airport Express line, which uses very similar trains. The track is ballastless, with the rails on rubber pads over concrete sleepers.
Frequently asked questions
Terminal 3, at the station called Airport (T-3). Terminal 1 is not on this line: it has its own station on the Magenta Line, Terminal 1-IGI Airport.
Services were suspended on 8 July 2012 after cracked girders, dislocated bearings, defective track and water seepage in the tunnels were found. Some 540 bearings needed rectification, and the line reopened on 23 January 2013 at a reduced speed of 50 km/h.
DMRC, since 1 July 2013. The line was built under a contract with a Reliance Energy and CAF consortium, but in June 2013 Reliance Infrastructure told DMRC it could not continue running it, and DMRC took over.
Stations, first and last trains, running times, frequencies and fares on this page come from the information the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) publishes on delhimetrorail.com (station pages, journey planner, fare and train-frequency pages), checked on 20 October 2026. metrodelhi.org is an independent guide, not run by DMRC or affiliated with it. Check delhimetrorail.com or the DMRC helpline before you travel.