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The Delhi–Karnal Regional Rapid Transit System (Delhi–Karnal RRTS) is an approved, 135 km (84 mi) long, semi-high speed rail corridor connecting Delhi, Sonipat, Panipat, and Karnal in the National Capital Region.
Delhi Suburban Railway is a suburban rail service operated by Northern Railway for the National Capital Region (NCR). This railway service covers Delhi, along with the adjoining districts of Gurgaon, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Sonipat and other adjoining places in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. These services are mostly run using EMU and MEMU rakes.
Before partition of India in 1947, there were the 711-kilometer (442-mile) long Delhi-Samma Satta and the 445-kilometer (277-mile) long Delhi-Raiwind railway lines, which were operational. After partition of India, a 20-kilometer (12-mile) line linked Amruka on the Pakistan side of the India–Pakistan border, opposite Fazilka, towards Samma Satta.
Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor (HORC), with target completion by 31 March 2025, is an under construction twin-track 121.7-kilometre (75.6 mi)-km long, 160 km per hour high-speed, railway project in Haryana state of India, which will run around along the Western Peripheral Expressway (WPE) on the western side of Delhi.
Major trains stops for Shatabdi, Jan Shatabdi, Sampark Kranti, Garib Rath, AC Express, Superfast, Mail-Express, Intercity, Ladies Special EMU and other Passenger trains. It is at an elevation of 235 metres (771 ft) and was assigned the code – PNP. [4] Panipat Junction has been selected for upgrading under the "400 Stations" development project.
Sonipat Junction railway station is located in Sonipat district in the Indian state of Haryana. [1] It is a major junction in Delhi NCR. [2] It is also connected to Gohana and Jind via regular rail links. There is also a proposal connecting Palwal directly from Sonepat.
The Delhi–Panipat–Ambala–Kalka line was opened in 1891. [1] The 2 ft (610 mm)-wide narrow-gauge Kalka–Shimla Railway was constructed by Delhi–Panipat–Ambala–Kalka Railway Company and opened for traffic in 1903. [2] In 1905 the line was regauged to 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)-wide narrow gauge.
Before the capital was founded in 1911, the Old Delhi Railway Station served the city. The Agra-Delhi railway line ran through Lutyens' Delhi, known for its India Gate war memorial and the Rajpath, but was moved to the Yamuna river and opened in 1924 to make way for the new capital. The Minto (Shivaji) and Hardinge (Tilak) rail bridges were ...