Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station

Nizamuddin
हज़रत निज़ामुद्दीन
Commuter rail, Regional rail & Inter-city rail station
Location New Delhi, Delhi
India
Coordinates 28°35′21″N 77°15′15″E / 28.58917°N 77.25417°E / 28.58917; 77.25417
Elevation 206.7 metres (678 ft)
Platforms total 8(but only 7 in use)
Construction
Structure type Standard (on ground station)
Parking Yes
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code NZM
Zone(s) Northern Railway zone
Division(s) Delhi
Electrified Yes
Traffic
Passengers (Daily) 360,000+
Location
Nizamuddin
Location within Delhi
Railways around Delhi
Yamuna
to Delhi-Kalka line
to Delhi-Shamli-Saharanpur line
to Delhi-Fazilka line
204 Delhi
198 Delhi Shahdara
196 Vivek Vihar
Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border
191 Sahibabad
184 Ghaziabad
195 New Delhi
194 Shivaji Bridge
192 Tilak Bridge
Chander Nagar
190 Pragati Maidan
Anand Vihar Terminal
188 Hazrat Nizamuddin
NH2
to Delhi-Meerut-Saharanpur line
to Delhi-Moradabad line
to Agra Chord
to Kanpur-Delhi section

Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station (station code NZM) is a railway station located in South Delhi, India. It is under the administrative control of the Delhi Division of the Northern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It is one of the five main stations in Delhi and is the originating and terminal station for 60 trains.[1][2]

Administration

Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station is managed by Northern Railway zone of Indian Railways. It is adjacent to Delhi's two important arteries, the Ring Road and Mathura Road, and Sarai Kale Khan Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT).

Services

Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station connects all the major cities and was developed to ease congestion on New Delhi railway station which is located approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the North. It originates and terminates various Rajdhani Expresses going towards Indian cities such as Bengaluru, Chennai, Madgaon, Mumbai, Secunderabad and Thiruvananthapuram.

Rooftop Solar

Indian Railways intends to save ₹41,000 crore in energy consumption and generate 1000 MW of energy from solar power. Out of 1000 MW to be produced under solar power; 500 MW will be produced from rooftop solar.[3] In order to meet the target Northern Railways has selected Vivaan Solar, a Gwalior based company to install 0.6 MW of rooftop solar project at the railway station in 2016. The solar power project to be set up under Public Private Partnership is to be executed under design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DBFOT) basis. The company will also be responsible for maintaining the plant for a period of 25 years.[4]

Hazrat Nizamuddin platformboard
Platform 8 & 9 under construction at Hazrat Nizamuddin
Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station in Delhi aerial view

Connections

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hazrat Nizamuddin Station". indiarailinfo.com.
  2. ↑ "H NIZAMUDDIN (NZM) Railway Station". NDTV Rail Beeps.
  3. ↑ "Railways aim to save ₹41,000 crore on energy consumption expenses, says Suresh Prabhu".
  4. ↑ "NORTHERN RAILWAYS TO INSTALL 5 MW ROOFTOP SOLAR IN FOUR OF ITS STATIONS".


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