Old Delhi station gets a push

Old Delhi railway station is being recast as a heritage landmark as its current red-stone building nears 125 years. (hindustantimes.com) The station was established in 1864, and the present building with turreted towers opened in 1903 near Chandni Chowk in the walled city. (hindustantimes.com) Officials are foregrounding that history now, even as Delhi Junction remains one of the capital’s main rail hubs and the oldest railway station in Delhi. (wikipedia.org) The timing overlaps with a wider Delhi exercise to document public buildings more than 100 years old, including railway stations, schools and colleges. (msn.com) It also comes as Indian Railways is redeveloping stations across the capital under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, a long-term modernization program launched in 2022 and rolled out nationally in 2023. (pib.gov.in) Old Delhi station sits inside that two-track story: preserve the facade and memory of a 1903 building while upgrading how passengers move through it. Delhi has 13 stations in the current redevelopment push. (indianexpress.com) The building was designed in a style that echoes the nearby Red Fort, which helps explain why railway officials and civic planners can frame it as more than a transport node. (shahjahanabad.eheritageproject.in) The station is still a heavy-use junction, with about 250 trains starting, ending or passing through daily, so any heritage push has to coexist with crowd management and routine rail operations. (wikipedia.org) That leaves Old Delhi station in a familiar role for 2026: a working terminal from the 19th century whose 1903 facade is being asked to carry both daily traffic and the city’s memory. (hindustantimes.com)