RPF flags Old Delhi station issue

The Railway Protection Force has flagged an issue at Old Delhi railway station, drawing fresh attention to security and crowd control at one of Delhi’s busiest rail hubs. (x.com) The force’s post did not appear to include a full public incident report on the page available through web access, but it pointed specifically to Old Delhi station, also known as Delhi Junction, in the middle of the Walled City transport network. (x.com) (en.wikipedia.org) Old Delhi station is not a minor stop. Delhi Junction handles roughly 250 trains a day, and Indian Railways’ 2024 station classification data lists annual passenger footfall at 39,362,272 for DLI, the station code for Delhi Junction. (en.wikipedia.org) (st.indiarailinfo.com) That scale has made station management a live issue in Delhi since the fatal crowd crush at New Delhi railway station in February 2025. Reporting on an internal Railway Protection Force note said heavy crowding built up around multiple platforms and foot overbridges after train announcements and delays. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) (telegraph.co.uk) Northern Railway has also been tightening security across Delhi-area stations in recent months. In March 2026, The Times of India reported that the Railway Protection Force planned two drones and about 250 high-tech closed-circuit television cameras for station security upgrades. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) The wider backdrop is a broader security alert across Delhi transport hubs. Reports in April 2026 said police, the Central Industrial Security Force and the Railway Protection Force had increased surveillance and checks at airports, metro stations and railway stations after espionage-related arrests in Ghaziabad. (english.mathrubhumi.com) (hindustantimes.com) Old Delhi station carries extra pressure because of where it sits. The station, first established in 1864 with the current red-stone building opened in 1903, serves the dense Chandni Chowk-Red Fort area, where rail traffic, road congestion and pedestrian flows collide in a tight historic core. (en.wikipedia.org) (youngintach.org) Until the Railway Protection Force or Northern Railway releases a fuller account, the public record is still thin on exactly what happened at Old Delhi station. What is clear is that any security or operational disruption there can ripple quickly through one of north India’s oldest and most heavily used railway gateways. (x.com) (st.indiarailinfo.com)