Tughlakabad
Indian Railway and Delhi Suburban Railway station
General information
Location	Tughlakabad, Delhi India
Coordinates	28°30′13″N 77°17′47″E / 28.5035°N 77.2965°E / 28.5035; 77.2965
Elevation	213.317 metres (699.86 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Northern Railway
Line(s)	Agra–Delhi chord
Platforms	2
Tracks	26
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	TKD
Division(s)	Delhi
History
Opened	1904
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station Faridabad towards ? Northern Railway zone Agra–Delhi chord Okhla towards ?
Location
Tughlakabad Location within Delhi

Tughlakabad railway station (station code:- TKD) is on the Kanpur–Tundla–Agra–Delhi line. It is located in the Indian union territory of Delhi. It is operated by Northern Railway, Delhi railway division.

History

The Agra–Delhi chord was opened in 1904.^[1] Some parts of it were relaid during the construction of New Delhi (inaugurated in 1927–28).^[2]

Passengers

Tughlakabad railway station serves around 33,000 passengers every day.^[3]

Suburban railway

Tughlakabad is part of the Delhi Suburban Railway and is served by EMU trains.^[4]

Metro link

Tughlakabad metro station is about 1 km from Tughlakabad railway station. It is on the Violet Line of Delhi Metro. The line operates underground from Kashmere gate till Jangpura metro station. From there it is an elevated line till Raja Nahar Singh (Ballabhgarh) metro station. The Violet Line was opened up to Sarita Vihar in 2010 and up to Badarpur in 2011.^[5]

Diesel Loco Shed

Diesel Shed, Tuglakabad was established in the year 1970 with a planned holding of 80 locomotives and initial holding of 26 WDM2 locomotives.

Electric Loco Shed

Tughlakabad Electric Loco Shed is a West Central Railway zone shed located in Northern Railway territory. It was a Western Railway shed till 2003. It was originally built to serve freight traffic on the busy Delhi–Mumbai route. It houses more than 250 locos of WAP-7 and WAG-9.^[6]

Yards and depots

Tughlakabad marshalling yard is a mechanized hump yard with retarders. It has an Inland Container depot with container freight station and also a domestic container terminal.^[7]