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New Delhi railway station (station code: NDLS [1])) is the primary railway hub for the Indian capital, New Delhi, and an integral part of Indian Railways.Situated in Central Delhi, approximately 2 kilometers north of Connaught Place, the station features 16 platforms with entrances at Paharganj (platform 1) and Ajmeri Gate (platform 16).
The station building was renovated in 2012–13. Delhi earlier handled both broad and meter gauge trains. Since 1994, it is a purely broad-gauge station, metre-gauge traffic having been shifted to Delhi Sarai Rohilla station. [22] In 1926, New Delhi railway station opened ahead of the inauguration of the New Delhi as city in 1931.
The Delhi–Noida Direct Flyway or DND Flyway is India's first 8-lane wide, 7.5 km (4.7 mi) long access-controlled expressway in Delhi NCR. [1] It connects Maharani Bagh and Nizamuddin on the western side to Noida (Sector-15A) and Mayur Vihar on the eastern side of the Yamuna river .
The DND–Faridabad–KMP Expressway, formally known as NH-148NA is a 59 km long, 6-lane wide access-controlled expressway in Delhi NCR, India. [2] It connects the junction of DND Flyway and Ring Road at Maharani Bagh in Delhi with KMP Expressway at Khalilpur, Nuh district (near Sohna) in Haryana.
Delhi Suburban Railway trains. Ring railway is a 35-kilometre circular railway network in Delhi that runs parallel to the Ring Road. It was laid back in 1975 primarily to service freight trains that could bypass the crowded and passenger-heavy Old Delhi and New Delhi railway stations.
In 1969, the Government of India announced the introduction of a new express train capable of reaching speeds of up to 120 km/h (75 mph) in the railway budget and the first Rajdhani Express was flagged off from New Delhi to Howrah in March 1969. [50] [51] In 1974, Indian Railways endured a 20-day strike.
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The New Delhi-Rajendranagar Terminal (Patna) Tejas Rajdhani Express is the fastest train of this route (and is the fastest train of India) to cover a distance of 1001 Km in just 11 hours and 30 minutes, while Howrah–New Delhi Rajdhani Express is one of the fastest train on this route as it covers this journey in 19 hours and 25 minutes.