First Metro Museum in South Asia First Metro Museum in South Asia Offbeat It is the world’s first museum constructed inside an operational metro station. Mahima <html> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Situated in New Delhi, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has established South Asia's first modern Metro Museum at Patel Chowk metro station on the yellow line. It is the first-ever museum worldwide that is constructed within an operational Metro station. This museum is built in a time span of 2 months. Delhi Metro museum exhibits a series of panels, photographs, clips that showcases the history of Delhi metro and how metro took 32 years to reach the operational stage. From drawing boards, selection of technologies to rail gauge, each and every milestone achieved by the Delhi Metro is shown in this museum in a distinctive way. </p> <div class="admob-ads"> <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- Responsive Blog --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7159304429864193" data-ad-slot="5773289261" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> In addition to this, panels in the museum also display interesting facts about the functioning of the Delhi metro. Besides Delhi, such metro museums can only be found in Europe, Japan and the United States (US). Don’t forget to read the blog <a href="https://blog.trainman.in/blog/lifeline-of-delhi/">Lifeline of Delhi</a> to know in detail about the Delhi metro. </p> <img class="replace-for-mobile" style="text-align: center;" src="/static/blog/images/metro-model.jpg" alt="Metro Model" width="100%"> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> <b>How to reach the Metro Museum</b><br> There is no need to punch out from the metro station as this museum is built on the concourse of the Patel Chowk metro station. Museum is open for visitors 6 days a week (except Mondays) from 10 AM to 11 PM. Passenger travelling by metro can visit the museum at no cost while others need to pay a sum of Rs 8 per head. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> <b>About Metro Museum</b><br> </p> <img class="replace-for-mobile" style="text-align: center;" src="/static/blog/images/rail-model.jpg" alt="Rail Model" width="100%"> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> At the entrance of the museum, there is a little girl (Delhi Metro Mascot) wearing a uniform standing with folded hands greeting, Namaste. Museum consists of handcrafted models of the metro train that are kept enclosed in a glass tube. It is made with so much precision that if you peep in from the windows, you’ll find seats carved with utmost accuracy. There is also a tunnel-boring machine model which is used to dig underground tunnels to lay the metro tracks along with audio recordings for people who are interested to know about it in detail. </p> <img class="replace-for-mobile" style="text-align: center;" src="/static/blog/images/tunnel-model.jpg" alt="Tunnel Model" width="100%"> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> A consolidated illuminated metro map indicating all the metro lines and awards bagged by the metro for its cutting edge technology, designing, environmentally friendly has also been displayed at the museum. It also has a rich collection of rare photographs of celebrities and people who have travelled through the Delhi metro such as Sheila Dikshit, Viswanathan Anand, Cabinet ministers, PM Narendra Modi and various foreign dignitaries as well. </p> <img class="replace-for-mobile" style="text-align: center;" src="/static/blog/images/illuminated-metro-map.jpg" alt="Illuminated Metro Map" width="100%"> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> To add a cherry on the cake, there are two touchscreens on which DMRC corporate movie, short clips are played which tells us vividly about the construction of metro tunnels and its infrastructure. The museum also has a souvenir shop from where one can buy key chains, neckties, badges, pens, tie pins, books and even metro models in different sizes. </p> <img class="replace-for-mobile" style="text-align: center;" src="/static/blog/images/souvenir-shop.jpg" alt="Souvenir Shop" width="100%"> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> <b>Metro Man</b><br> Elattuvalapil Sreedharan also known as the “Metro Man” is behind the Delhi metro project. He is an Indian civil engineer and a retired Indian Engineering Service(IES), officer known for changing the face of Indian public transport. E. Sreedharan is well known for his leadership in building the Konkan Railway and the Delhi Metro while he was serving as the managing director of Delhi Metro from 1995 to 2012. </p> <img class="replace-for-mobile" style="text-align: center;" src="/static/blog/images/metro-man.jpg" alt="Metro Man" width="100%"> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Elattuvalapil Sreedharan has not only worked on the Delhi metro project but also the designing, planning and executing of the metro project of Kolkata is done by him. He played an integral part of the Kolkata metro, which is the first Indian city to have a metro network. Some of the major metro rail projects like Konkan, Delhi, Kochi, Lucknow and Jaipur metro would have been incomplete without his contribution. All the projects on which he worked were either completed on time or before. </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> <b>Mind-boggling Facts</b><br> Here are some interesting facts about the Delhi Metro that you must know. </p> <ul> <li> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Uniforms that are worn by the Delhi Metro officials were designed by National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT). </p> <li> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> DMRC plants 10 new trees for every tree that is uprooted by Delhi Metro for its construction. </p> <img class="replace-for-mobile" style="text-align: center;" src="/static/blog/images/plantation-drive.jpg" alt="Plantation Drive" width="100%"> <li> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Chawri Bazar metro station (on yellow line) is the only station in Delhi metro that is constructed inside a tunnel. </p> <img class="replace-for-mobile" style="text-align: center;" src="/static/blog/images/chawri-bazar.jpg" alt="Chawri Bazar" width="100%"> <li> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> There are no dustbins inside the metro station barring in or around the shops. Despite this, metro stations are quite clean. </p> <img class="replace-for-mobile" style="text-align: center;" src="/static/blog/images/blue-line.jpg" alt="Blue Line" width="100%"> <li> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> It also has a rainwater harvesting project on the blue line corridor. </p> </ul> </li> <div class="admob-ads"> <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- Responsive Blog --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7159304429864193" data-ad-slot="9989836060" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Aren’t you amazed after knowing about the Metro Museum located in the national capital? Hope you enjoyed reading the blog! 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First Metro Museum in South Asia

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  • Jan. 9, 2020

Situated in New Delhi, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has established South Asia's first modern Metro Museum at Patel Chowk metro station on the yellow line. It is the first-ever museum worldwide that is constructed within an operational Metro station. This museum is built in a time span of 2 months. Delhi Metro museum exhibits a series of panels, photographs, clips that showcases the history of Delhi metro and how metro took 32 years to reach the operational stage. From drawing boards, selection of technologies to rail gauge, each and every milestone achieved by the Delhi Metro is shown in this museum in a distinctive way.

In addition to this, panels in the museum also display interesting facts about the functioning of the Delhi metro. Besides Delhi, such metro museums can only be found in Europe, Japan and the United States (US). Don’t forget to read the blog Lifeline of Delhi to know in detail about the Delhi metro.

Metro Model

How to reach the Metro Museum
There is no need to punch out from the metro station as this museum is built on the concourse of the Patel Chowk metro station. Museum is open for visitors 6 days a week (except Mondays) from 10 AM to 11 PM. Passenger travelling by metro can visit the museum at no cost while others need to pay a sum of Rs 8 per head.

About Metro Museum

Rail Model

At the entrance of the museum, there is a little girl (Delhi Metro Mascot) wearing a uniform standing with folded hands greeting, Namaste. Museum consists of handcrafted models of the metro train that are kept enclosed in a glass tube. It is made with so much precision that if you peep in from the windows, you’ll find seats carved with utmost accuracy. There is also a tunnel-boring machine model which is used to dig underground tunnels to lay the metro tracks along with audio recordings for people who are interested to know about it in detail.

Tunnel Model

A consolidated illuminated metro map indicating all the metro lines and awards bagged by the metro for its cutting edge technology, designing, environmentally friendly has also been displayed at the museum. It also has a rich collection of rare photographs of celebrities and people who have travelled through the Delhi metro such as Sheila Dikshit, Viswanathan Anand, Cabinet ministers, PM Narendra Modi and various foreign dignitaries as well.

Illuminated Metro Map

To add a cherry on the cake, there are two touchscreens on which DMRC corporate movie, short clips are played which tells us vividly about the construction of metro tunnels and its infrastructure. The museum also has a souvenir shop from where one can buy key chains, neckties, badges, pens, tie pins, books and even metro models in different sizes.

Souvenir Shop

Metro Man
Elattuvalapil Sreedharan also known as the “Metro Man” is behind the Delhi metro project. He is an Indian civil engineer and a retired Indian Engineering Service(IES), officer known for changing the face of Indian public transport. E. Sreedharan is well known for his leadership in building the Konkan Railway and the Delhi Metro while he was serving as the managing director of Delhi Metro from 1995 to 2012.

Metro Man

Elattuvalapil Sreedharan has not only worked on the Delhi metro project but also the designing, planning and executing of the metro project of Kolkata is done by him. He played an integral part of the Kolkata metro, which is the first Indian city to have a metro network. Some of the major metro rail projects like Konkan, Delhi, Kochi, Lucknow and Jaipur metro would have been incomplete without his contribution. All the projects on which he worked were either completed on time or before.

Mind-boggling Facts
Here are some interesting facts about the Delhi Metro that you must know.

  • Uniforms that are worn by the Delhi Metro officials were designed by National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).

  • DMRC plants 10 new trees for every tree that is uprooted by Delhi Metro for its construction.

    Plantation Drive

  • Chawri Bazar metro station (on yellow line) is the only station in Delhi metro that is constructed inside a tunnel.

    Chawri Bazar

  • There are no dustbins inside the metro station barring in or around the shops. Despite this, metro stations are quite clean.

    Blue Line

  • It also has a rainwater harvesting project on the blue line corridor.

Aren’t you amazed after knowing about the Metro Museum located in the national capital? Hope you enjoyed reading the blog! For a hassle-free experience, book your train and flight tickets through Trainman app. Download Trainman App and PNR Status of the booked ticket, Seat Availability, Train between stations and many such exciting features.






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