Metro
Rails is a part of Rapid transit in India. Metro Railways though an
old concept in India, is still confined only to fewer cities of the
country. In Delhi, the Metro Rail is a popular mode of conveyance.
Just like the local trains define Mumbai, Metro Rails are the
lifeline of Delhi. Metro Rails make the lives of travellers very
easy. They save a lot of travelling time and hence are most preferred
by Students and corporate as a mode of daily conveyance. In big
cities, travelling by road takes a lot of time and the never-ending
traffic with cars and buses chasing each other one after the another
waste hours thereby leading to the unnecessary delay. In fact, the
concept of Rapid transport in Delhi generated because of traffic
issues.
In big cities, the Metro line
is spread across a huge area with halts at important junctions. The
Delhi Metro serves the nearby cities of Delhi too, such as Gurgaon,
Noida, Faridabad and Ghaziabad. Delhi Metro comprises of 5 coloured
lines inclusive of 154 metro stations operating on a route length of
total 213 kms.
Hazrat
Nizamuddin Railway Station is known as one of the main stations of
Delhi. Many trains originate from this junction as well as pass
through this junction. The Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station connects
almost all major cities and was made to relieve the cluster on New
Delhi Railway Station. The Nizamuddin railway station in managed by
Northern Railway Zone. The railway station is near to Ring Road,
Mathura Road and Sarai Kale Khan Interstate Bus Terminus.
The
Nizamuddin Railway station is the starting point of many trains which
runs towards big cities like Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Hyderabad, Kochi,
Coimbatore, Jabalpur, Indore, Bhopal, Lucknow, Madurai, Chennai,
Mysore, Chandigarh and many more.
Delhi
has always been a favourite tourist destination owing to its amazing
sight-seeing places, rich cultural history and vibrant fun places.
Nizamuddin Railway station is like a gateway to Delhi. One can reach
Nizamuddin Station by Delhi Metro which is known to be very prompt
and running on schedule.
The
nearestmetro to Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway station
is the Indraprastha Metro Station. The station is on the blue line of
the Delhi Metro services. The passenger needs to walk a little after
de-boarding from the Metro train at Indraprastha station. After
walking till IP Depot for 2 minutes, one needs to take the DTC bus
with number 261. The bus will take you to the Sarai Kale Khan bus
depot. After getting down at the depot, one needs to walk a kilometre
or take a Rickshaw to the Nizamuddin station gate no.2. The total
time that would be taken from Indraprastha metro station to Hazrat
Nizamuddin railway station will be 20 minutes. If one takes a
rickshaw instead of walk, one can save 5-7 minutes more.
If
the passenger is travelling on the violet line of Delhi Metro, then
the nearest metro station to reach the Hazrat Nizamuddin station will
be Jangpura. The distance between Jangpure and Nizamuddin station is
6.2 kms.