Delhi Junction Railway station - Wikipedia Delhi Junction Railway station Delhi Junction दिल्ली जंक्शन Express train and Passenger train Station Location Between Chandni Chowk and Kashmiri Gate ( Delhi ) India Coordinates 28 ° 39 ′ 40 '' N 77 ° 13 ′ 40 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 28.6610 ° N 77.2277 ° E ﻿ / 28.6610 ; 77.2277 Coordinates : 28 ° 39 ′ 40 '' N 77 ° 13 ′ 40 '' E ﻿ / ﻿ 28.6610 ° N 77.2277 ° E ﻿ / 28.6610 ; 77.2277 Elevation 218.760 metres ( 717.72 ft ) Platforms 16 Other information Station code DLI Zone ( s ) Northern Railway zone Division ( s ) Delhi History Opened 1864 ; 154 years ago ( 1864 ) Rebuilt 1903 ; 115 years ago ( 1903 ) Electrified 1967 ; 51 years ago ( 1967 ) Location Delhi Junction Location within Delhi Delhi Junction, also known as Old Delhi Railway Station ( station code DLI ), is the oldest railway station of Delhi city and a Junction station. It is the one of busiest railway station in India in terms of frequency. Around 250 trains starts, ends, or passes through the station daily. It was established near Chandni Chowk in 1864 when trains from Howrah, Calcutta started operating up to Delhi. Its present building was constructed by the British Indian government in the style of nearby red - coloured fort and opened in 1903. It has been an important railway station of the country, and preceded the New Delhi Railway Station by about 60 years. Chandni Chowk underground station of the Delhi Metro is near it. Contents 1 History 2 Junction 3 See also 4 References 5 External links History See also : Indian railway history, NR history, NWR history, NCR history, and NER history The station started with a broad gauge train from Calcutta in 1864. Metre gauge track from Delhi to Rewari and further to Ajmer was laid in 1873 by Rajputana State Railway and metre gauge trains from this station started in 1876. The present building of the station was built in 1900 and opened for public in 1903. Started with just 2 platforms and 1000 passengers, Delhi Railway Station now handles more than 180,000 passengers and around 190 trains starts, ends, or passes through the station daily. In 1904 the Agra - Delhi line was opened. Delhi then was a part of six railway systems. East Indian Railway, North - Western Railway, and Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway entered from Ghaziabad crossing the Yamuna river. Delhi - Ambala Cantonment - Kalka Railway ran northwards from Delhi, and the Rajputana - Malwa Railway traversed the Delhi district for a short distance in the direction of Gurgaon and Rewari Junction. Old Delhi Junction Delhi railway station Delhi Railway Station was built in red stone to give the effect of nearby historic Red Fort. The station building had six clock towers and tower 4 is still in use as a water tank. This station served as the main station of Delhi, hosting junction of four railways until the opening of New Delhi Railway Station in 1926 ahead of the inauguration of the New Delhi city in 1931. Agra - Delhi railway track cut through the site earmarked for the hexagonal War Memorial ( now called India Gate ) and Kingsway ( now called Rajpath ). East Indian Railway Company shifted the line along the Yamuna river and opened the new track in 1924. The station was remodelled in 1934 -- 35, when its platforms were extended and power signals were introduced. A new entrance from Kashmere Gate side was created in 1990s and new platforms were added. The platforms were renumbered in September 2011. The numbers that started from Kashmere Gate entrance as 1A and ended at 18 near the main entrance were renumbred starting as 1 from the main entrance and ending at 16 at Kashmere Gate entrance and some platforms were merged to form long platforms to accommodate trains of 24 coaches. The station building is being renovated in 2012 - 13. Delhi earlier handled both broad and meter gauge trains. Since 1994, it is a purely broad gauge station, meter gauge traffic having been shifted to Delhi Sarai Rohilla Station. In 2016, Vivaan Solar, a Gwalior based company won the contract to install 2.2 MW of rooftop solar project at the railway station in late 2016. The solar power project to be set up under Public Private Partnership will be executed on design, build, finance, operate and transfer ( DBFOT ) basis. The company will also be responsible for maintenance of the plant for a period of 25 years. Junction hide 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 This diagram : view talk edit Railway lines from four routes connect at the Delhi Junction : Delhi Shahdara Junction Pragati Maidan Delhi Kishanganj Subzi Mandi See also Railways in India portal New Delhi Railway Station Delhi Sarai Rohilla railway station Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station Anand Vihar Railway Terminal Delhi Metro References Jump up ^ `` Delhi District : Trade and communications ''. The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Vol. 11. Oxford at Clarendon Press. 1909. p. 229. Jump up ^ `` A fine balance of luxury and care ''. Hindustan Times. 21 July 2011. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Jump up ^ `` When Railways nearly derailed New Delhi ''. Hindustan Times. 18 January 2011. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Jump up ^ http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/confusion-after-old-delhi-railway-station-reverses-order-of-platforms/842151/ Jump up ^ `` Northern Railways / Indian Railways Portal ''. www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 2017 - 06 - 02. Jump up ^ `` NORTHERN RAILWAYS TO INSTALL 5 MW ROOFTOP SOLAR IN FOUR OF ITS STATIONS ''. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Delhi Junction railway station. 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Question: what is the name of old delhi railway station
Answer: Delhi Junction