Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar and GIFT City Metro: Route, Stations and What It Means for Property

Yes, the metro now runs all the way from Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar. The final stretch to Mahatma Mandir was inaugurated on 11 January 2026, and a branch from GNLU reaches GIFT City. The catch is the GIFT City branch: under the current GMRC timetable it runs trains only in the morning and evening, with buses in between, so it is a commuter link and not yet an all day service.

For property, the gain is narrow. Homes and offices within reach of a station benefit. The north SG Highway belt that most people mean by “near GIFT City” does not sit on the line at all.

Is the Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar and GIFT City metro running?

It is. According to the GMRC project overview, Phase 2 has two corridors with 22 stations and 28.2 km, and all 22 stations are operational. The first 20.8 km section, covering Motera to Sector 1 and GNLU to GIFT City, was inaugurated on 16 September 2024. Stations in between opened through 2025, and the last section to Mahatma Mandir was inaugurated on 11 January 2026, which GMRC describes as full commissioning of Phase 2.

Phase 1 inside Ahmedabad is 40.03 km with 31 of its 32 stations open. The one still under construction is Sabarmati Railway Station on the North South line.

That makes 53 working stations today. The Union Cabinet put daily ridership at about 1,60,000 in February 2026.

What is the Ahmedabad Gandhinagar metro route?

GMRC’s own timetable names four lines by number. Two of them carry you to Gandhinagar and GIFT City.

The two interchanges are Old High Court (East West and North South) and GNLU (the Gandhinagar line and the GIFT City line). The figures above come from the GMRC timetable in force from 18 May 2026.

One practical point before you travel. GMRC’s fare rules say tokens and GMRC smart cards work only within Phase 1. To ride between Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar you need a QR ticket or an NCMC card, and NCMC users get 10% off.

Which stations are on the Gandhinagar and GIFT City lines?

From Motera Stadium the Gandhinagar line runs north through Koteshwar Road, Vishwakarma College, Tapovan Circle, Narmada Canal, Koba Circle, Juna Koba and Koba Gaam to GNLU. It then continues through Raysan, Randesan, Dholakuva Circle, Infocity, Sector 1, Sector 10A, Sachivalaya, Akshardham, Juna Sachivalaya, Sector 16 and Sector 24, ending at Mahatma Mandir.

The GIFT City line leaves GNLU and stops at PDEU and then GIFT City. That is the full list in the GMRC route planner.

The route matters for what it skips. North of Motera it follows the Sabarmati side, past Koba and the Gandhinagar sectors, and it does not run along SG Highway.

How do you get from Motera or Thaltej to GIFT City by metro?

From Motera Stadium, take a northbound train to GNLU and change for GIFT City. GMRC also runs some through trains from APMC to GIFT City, which saves the change if you catch one.

From Thaltej or Thaltej Gam, the trip has more legs. You ride the East West line to Old High Court, switch to the North South line towards Motera, and carry on to GNLU.

Now the timing, which route explainers tend to skip:

The main Gandhinagar line runs longer hours. Trains on Line 3 come on average every 24 minutes between 08:00 and 21:00, and the last leaves Mahatma Mandir at 21:00. GMRC notes that frequencies can change, so check before you rely on a late train.

For a GIFT City employee on a fixed shift, this works. For anyone with irregular hours, or visitors arriving midday, the metro is not yet a reason on its own to live farther out.

What is coming next: the airport line and GIFT City to Shahpur?

Three extensions are in play, each at a different stage.

• Phase 2A to the airport. The Union Cabinet approved it on 10 June 2026, according to PIB: 6.032 km with five stations (Ashram Road, Koteshwar Prachin Mandir, Sabarmati River, Sardar Nagar and Airport), four above ground and one underground, at a completion cost of ₹2,169.04 crore. GMRC tendered the civil work in August 2026. No opening date has been announced.
• Phase 2B, GIFT City to Shahpur. The Cabinet approved this 3.33 km extension with three stations above ground on 24 February 2026, at an estimated ₹1,067.35 crore and about four years to complete, per PMIndia. GMRC lists the stations as GIFT City House, Gujarat Biotechnology University and Shahpur. This Shahpur is the village beside GIFT City, not the underground Shahpur station in the old city.
• Phase 3 in west Ahmedabad. GMRC has tendered a 10.26 km overhead line from Thaltej Gam to Godhavi with eight stations. It has not received Union Cabinet approval yet, and no station locations near Shilaj or Bopal are official.

We cover the roads, riverfront and airport projects in our wider look at upcoming infrastructure projects in Ahmedabad.

Does living near a metro station raise property value in Ahmedabad?

No published study measures a metro premium for Ahmedabad homes, so be wary of anyone quoting one. What we can say comes from the planning rules and the timetable.

The clearest effect is on what can be built. Ahmedabad’s Development Plan 2021 marks a Transit Oriented Zone along BRTS and metro corridors where eligible plots can build up to an FSI of 4, as planning studies and news reports describe.

In August 2026 AMC suspended a Bodakdev high rise while AUDA rechecked whether the plot really fell within 200 metres of a corridor. Higher FSI means taller buildings and more flats near stations. That is a gain for landowners and developers, and it is not evidence that an existing flat resells for more.

Rent is the likelier place to feel it. A tenant who works in Gandhinagar and can walk to a Line 3 station saves a commute every day, which should help a flat let.

Our advice: treat metro access as a tie breaker between two similar flats. Do not pay extra for a brochure line that says “near metro” until you have walked the distance yourself.

Which areas near the stations are worth a look, and which are not?

We measured the straight line distance from every project we track with map coordinates to the nearest operational station, using the station points in our map data. These are as the crow flies, not walking or driving distances.

The table makes its point quickly. Vaishnodevi Circle and Adani Shantigram are the areas most often sold as “close to GIFT City”, and the projects we track there are about 6 to 10.5 km from any station. They are also roughly 13.5 to 16 km in a straight line from the GIFT City station itself.

Their case rests on road access along SG Highway and the SP Ring Road. It does not rest on the metro, whatever a sales pitch says.

Thaltej is the one area in our list where some homes sit within walking distance of a station, at the western end of the East West line. That helps for trips into the old city. For a daily run to Gandhinagar it means a change at Old High Court and a long ride north.

Science City and Gota sit between the two lines, too far to walk to either. The Phase 3 line toward Godhavi could change the picture for Science City and Shilaj, but it is not approved and has no official station list, so we would not pay for it yet.

The Gandhinagar line itself serves the Koba stretch and the stations at Raysan, Randesan and Infocity. We do not track projects there, so we cannot give prices. If a short metro ride to Sachivalaya or GIFT City is your main need, start your search there.

For the wider investment case for GIFT City itself, read our view on GIFT City property investment.

If your work is in GIFT City or Gandhinagar, tell us your office, your hours and your budget through our consultation form. We will shortlist homes by the commute you would actually make, by road and by train, before you visit a single site.