Bijwasan railway station (code BWSN), on Delhi–Jaipur line lies immediate southwest of Delhi's main airport the IGI Airport, in Bijwasan in South Delhi in India.[1] The station, part of Delhi Suburban Railway,[2][3] is being upgraded to the world class regional multimodal interchange for the IGI airport by 2024.[4][5][6] It will connect to the Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor (expected completion by 31 March 2025) in south at Patli railway station. It will be the major railway connectivity hub for the IGI Airport along with the Aerocity connectivity hub.
Bijwasan | |||||||||||
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 Indian Railway and Delhi Suburban Railway station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Nayak Pura, Bijwasan, South Delhi district, Delhi India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°32′13″N 77°03′05″E / 28.5370°N 77.0513°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 220 m (722 ft) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Delhi Ring Railway Delhi–Fazilka line Delhi–Jaipur line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 BG | ||||||||||
| Connections | Taxi stand, auto stand | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Available | ||||||||||
| Accessible |  | ||||||||||
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| Station code | BWSN | ||||||||||
| Zone(s) | Northern Railway Railway | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Delhi | ||||||||||
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| Electrified | Construction – double-line electrification | ||||||||||
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Upgrade
editIn 2017, the station consisted of two platforms, which were not well sheltered. Plan was conceived in 2017 to upgrade two stations in Delhi, Bijwasan station and Anand Vihar Terminal, to the world class regional multimodal transport hub.[2][4][5] Construction for the Rs 270.82 crore Bijwasan railway station upgrade project started in 2022 by Kamladityya Construction Pvt Ltd, which will be completed by 2024 including a new expanded 30,400 sqm station building, 12,500 sqm air concourse, a 1,23,500 sqm road network in and around the station for smooth entry & exit of passenger motor vehicles, a sewage treatment plant and water treatment plant.[6]
Connectivity
editRailway
editHaryana Orbital Rail Corridor (HORC) will be connected at Patli in south.
"Hisar International Airport-IGI Airport line" (HIAIGI Line) will directly connect IGI with Hisar airport. In first phase, the missing Garhi Harsaru–Farukhnagar–Jhajjar rail link will be constructed. In the second phase, a short Hisar Airport rail line spur from the Jakhal–Hisar line to Hisar airport will be constructed.[7] There is already an existing link from Bijwasan to Garhi Harsaru.
"IGI Airport–Noida Airport Railway line" (IGINAR Line): the Noida Airport will be directly connected with IGI via "Palwal-Noida Airport-Khurja Railway" (PNAKR line)[8] and HORC.[7]
Major long-distance railway stations nearby within Delhi are:
- Delhi Junction railway station
- New Delhi railway station
- Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station
- Delhi Sarai Rohilla railway station
- Anand Vihar Terminal railway station
Metro
editAdjacent Dwarka Sector 21 metro station, a metro interchange of Delhi Metro, provides connectivity to Blue Line and the Orange Line Delhi Airport Express.[9][10]
Buses
editDwarka Inter State Bus Terminus (Dwarka ISBT), adjacent and west of "Dwarka Sector 21 metro station" is 4km away from Bijwasan railway station, construction started on 27 acres in 2022, will cater to buses from Haryana and Punjab.[11] It is also close to Bijwasan railway station. It is 11 km west of IGI T3.
Gurugram Inter State Bus Terminus, announced in 2023 over 15 acres of Sihi village near Kherki Daula toll plaz where Dwarka Expressway meets Delhi-Jaipur Highway NH48,[12] is 20 km south of Bijwasan eailway station. It will cater to the buses from Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
Roads & expressways
editUrban Extension Road-II Expressway (UER II) or NH-344M connects it to the Delhi-Ambala-Amritsar NH 1, Delhi–Amritsar–Katra Expressway, NH9 Delhi-Hisar (Hisar Airport 150 km west of IGI), Dwarka Expressway NH-248BB, Delhi–Gurgaon Expressway NH 48 (part of Delhi-Jaipur National Highway), and beyond to Gurgaon-Sohna Elevated Expressway, Delhi–Mumbai Expressway, Faridabad–Noida–Ghaziabad Expressway (FNG), Palwal-Jewar Airport Expressway, Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE), etc.
See also
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Delhi travel guide from Wikivoyage
References
edit- ^ "BWSN/Bijwasan". India Rail Info.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Changing Delhi map makes Ring Railway redundant". The Indian Express. 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Ring Rail service chugs into oblivion". Deccan Herald. 23 August 2017.
- ^ a b Aggarwal, Mayank; Sood, Jyotika (17 May 2017). "Govt clears redevelopment of Delhi's Anand Vihar, Bijwasan railway stations". Livemint. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ a b Kant, Vishal (6 February 2017). "Plan to turn Delhi's Bijwasan, Shakurbasti railway stations into mega terminals". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ a b Delhi to get world-class railway station at Bijwasan; Safdarjung station to also get a new swanky building by 2024, moneycontrol, APR 29, 2022.
- ^ a b Haryana CM Khattar greenlights rail link between IGI & Hisar airport, Hindustan Times, 12 Apr 2023.
- ^ Arora, Nitin (7 December 2023). "Noida International Airport: नोएडा एयरपोर्ट को लेकर नया अपडेट, जेवर को इन दो रेलवे स्टेशनों से जोड़ा जाएगा". Zee News Hindi (in Hindi). Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "DMRC Extends Metro Services To Dwarka Sector 21 on LINE-3". Delhimetrorail.com. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ Eye on IGI: Work to start soon at Dwarka, timesofindia, 22 march 2022.
- ^ Real Estate Boost: New ISBT Near Dwarka Expressway To Enhance Connectivity, Push Local Realty, News18.com, 7 June 2023.
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