Delhi Metro Museum
Delhi Metro Museum
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Neighbourhood: Connaught Place/Janpath
Connaught Place, the heart of New Delhi, is one of the largest commercial, financial
and business centers in the Capital. The sprawling horseshoe-shaped circular
heritage market is a white dot in the green city, filled with shops, art & handloom
emporiums, fashion boutiques, an underground market, cinemas, a range of vintage and new restaurants & bars lined along the inner and Outer Circle. In the midst of all the hustle, CP is great for chilled out evening strolls and people watching,
introducing the beauty and rhythm of the city. The ambience gets more colorful as
you stroll along Janpath and the Central Cottage Industries Emporium, considered
among Delhi’s best shopping areas.
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- Patel Chowk • 1 min walk
- Janpath • 7 min walk
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Edokko
Zushi, Japan558 contributions
June 2024 • Friends
This museum is located inside Patel Chowk Station on the Delhi Metro. It displays the history of the line since it opened in 2002. There are currently nine lines in operation, which means it has more stations than the Tokyo Metro!
There's also a shop, and the 25 rupee keychains are a bargain.
By the way, when I tried to take a photo, someone blew a whistle on me to warn me off! So, I don't have any photos.
There's also a shop, and the 25 rupee keychains are a bargain.
By the way, when I tried to take a photo, someone blew a whistle on me to warn me off! So, I don't have any photos.
Written 17 June 2024
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Amolak Rattan K
New Delhi, India2,974 contributions
Apr 2019 • Friends
You can finish seeing everything in less than half an hour. There are photographs of Delhi Metro since its beginning. The souvenir shop also has limited options.
Amolak Rattan Kohli
Former Governor of Mizoram
Amolak Rattan Kohli
Former Governor of Mizoram
Written 18 April 2019
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Phil W
Lichfield, UK208 contributions
Mar 2017 • Couples
Located inside Patel Chowk Metro station, the Metro Museum's series of displays tells the story of the construction and running of Delhi's modern metro system. A small shop sells souvenirs and books at a good price.
Written 28 March 2017
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vinodsekar03
New Delhi, India138 contributions
Apr 2015 • Solo
Don't expect metro museum to be like old historical museums. It is short and informative museum. we daily enjoy the ride in metro, but this museum expresses the challenges, hard work, planning, intelligence and efforts in making delhi metro. Very informative. Do take your kids. the entire museum takes not more than 15 - 20 mins visit. It is in the metro station itself, so you need not to spend time to travel.
Written 12 April 2015
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abhikal
Lucknow, India44 contributions
Mar 2014 • Couples
If you are a mechanical or civil Engineer the you find this place as a True landmark in the history of Indian transportation.The models, photographs here depicts the various phases related to Metro journey in India. I bet that this place will also amuse the children as well. So if you are travelling nearby please do visit here.
Written 6 February 2015
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ManojChhablani
Bengaluru, India371 contributions
Jan 2015 • Couples
A must visit Museum in Delhi which tells you how Metro is built in Delhi. First Museum on operating (live) station. It gives you berif history about metro and its presence worldwide. How it got inducted in India specially in Delhi. it gives you entire information of its contruction, workers, inauguration, people assiciated with it. In short in 1-2 hours you will equip yourself with knowledge of life line of Delhi i.e. Delhi Metro.
Written 12 January 2015
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CsSharma
New Delhi, India355 contributions
Nov 2016 • Family
Delhi Metro Museum is located as part of Patel Chowk Metro Station on the yellow line between Jehangirpuri to HUDA city center.The museum is unique in the world and probably first museum in South Asia, as it present survey, construction, operation and maintenance aspect of Delhi Metro, the first mass rapid transport system traversing in each corner of Delhi, presently carrying millions of passengers. Delhi Metro has used pioneering advanced technology in economic construction and operation of vast metro network.The museum constitute a collection of display panels, historical photographs and exhibits, traces the genesis of the Delhi Metro to reach the operational stage from the drawing boards, major milestones, issues regarding the selection of the technology such as rolling stock (trains), rail gauge, etc.The Museum has an extensive section on the construction of the Metro and the problems encountered during the process, including the story behind the construction of technological marvels such as the Chawri Bazaar Metro station, which is the second deepest Metro station in the world. A model of Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), a "tooth" taken from a TBM, soil samples collected from around the city and helmets of different colours used at construction sites form part of the Museum. Museum timing are 10 AM to 4 PM
Written 23 July 2017
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chakradiwaker
New Delhi, India41 contributions
Dec 2013 • Friends
Metro museum @ patel Chowk (YELLOW LINE)
FARE Rs 8(Payable from smart card as well)
Photography : Not allowed
timings: 6am - 11 pm
The museum truly shows the the delhi metro, working, instruments,
technology, awards etc.
There is also a souvenir shop for few selected items
FARE Rs 8(Payable from smart card as well)
Photography : Not allowed
timings: 6am - 11 pm
The museum truly shows the the delhi metro, working, instruments,
technology, awards etc.
There is also a souvenir shop for few selected items
Written 3 December 2013
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Dhroov P
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India35 contributions
Metro has indeed releived the common men commuting mares. its been a decade since DMRC started their operation, trust me they have been fantaboulous... Cheers DMRC
Written 10 February 2013
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Madhulika L
Noida, India6,648 contributions
Nov 2019
One of the Delhi Metro’s important stations (also one of its earliest stations to be opened) is the one at Patel Chowk. Here, above the platforms but within the station’s premises, is the Metro Museum, a small two-gallery museum that focuses on the work of the Delhi Metro.
The museum includes a set of models of different trains used by the Metro; it also has a model (along with a detailed description of how it works) of a tunnel-boring machine, as well as a cross-section of a machine. There are full-size mannequins sporting the different uniforms worn by DMRC’s workers, a tool kit used for maintenance, and the different types of helmets worn. There is a history of the DMRC and the phases in which work has been carried out to take the NCR’s Metro network to where it is now.
For me, one of the most interesting bits about the museum was a section on ‘interesting facts about the Delhi Metro’: how many escalators across the network (1,000), the deepest station (Hauz Khas, 30 mt), the highest point (Dhaula Kuan, as tall as a 7-storey building), tallest escalator in India (Janakpuri West), how many times the Metro’s train doors open and close in a day (25 lakh), and so on. This was really fascinating and impressive.
There’s no entrance fee for the Museum, which is basically just a series of exhibits on either side of the passage leading to the exit gates. However, since it is within the area between the exit gates and the platforms, you do need to have a smart card or token in order to view it.
The museum includes a set of models of different trains used by the Metro; it also has a model (along with a detailed description of how it works) of a tunnel-boring machine, as well as a cross-section of a machine. There are full-size mannequins sporting the different uniforms worn by DMRC’s workers, a tool kit used for maintenance, and the different types of helmets worn. There is a history of the DMRC and the phases in which work has been carried out to take the NCR’s Metro network to where it is now.
For me, one of the most interesting bits about the museum was a section on ‘interesting facts about the Delhi Metro’: how many escalators across the network (1,000), the deepest station (Hauz Khas, 30 mt), the highest point (Dhaula Kuan, as tall as a 7-storey building), tallest escalator in India (Janakpuri West), how many times the Metro’s train doors open and close in a day (25 lakh), and so on. This was really fascinating and impressive.
There’s no entrance fee for the Museum, which is basically just a series of exhibits on either side of the passage leading to the exit gates. However, since it is within the area between the exit gates and the platforms, you do need to have a smart card or token in order to view it.
Written 30 November 2019
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