Museum #9 on Delhi Metro Pink Line - National Railway Museum

[TusharSuradkar]

Delhi is home to a mind-boggling 51 museums covering every topic imaginable.

All the museums are within 2 kilometers of any station on the Delhi Metro.

I have published line-wise museum lists on Google Maps as below:

Museums on Delhi Metro Violet Line - Total 18
Museums on Delhi Metro Yellow Line - Total 12
Museums on Delhi Metro Magenta Line - Total 04
Museums on Delhi Metro Blue Line - Total 05
Museums on Delhi Metro Red Line - Total 05
Museums on Delhi Metro Aqua Line - Total 01

The National Railway Museum in Delhi is a unique and huge collection of railway engines, bogies, wagons, miniatures, and railway-related accessories from numberplates and valves to signals and also a fun ride in a mini-train.

The museum is spread over a huge area so I went there prepared to talk a long stroll and the ambiance is great. There are well-paved paths and the outdoors are due to a lot of large trees. Railway engines from steam to Diesel and electric ones are exhibited in the outdoor display.

The Rail Boulevard exhibits locomotives from famous companies like PSMT and BB & CI.

The office of the director of the museum is also located in a real rail compartment. There is also a miniature railway track with miniature trains that work and move around continuously over the track over bridges and through mini tunnels.

There are also a lot of benches places at several places for those who want to take a rest during the long walk.

The indoor exhibit has a wide range of models of engines and compartments, the history of the Indian Rail, the scale model of the first railway engine called the ‘Rocket’, besides the scale model of a bullet train.

Another section of the museum displays the railway braking system, an interactive railway quiz game, valves, and number plates of various railway engines.

There is also a mini-train joy ride where the train runs every 30 minutes. This can be found close to the area called Museum Junction.

Besides that, there is a musical fountain with a light-and-sound show that has an elaborate seating arrangement.

There is also a souvenir shop to purchase railway caps, mugs, keychains, paper folding trains, and scale models.

There is a huge cafeteria that has extensive seating arrangement and the outdoor seating has amusing themes like a chessboard and ludo board.

Have you been to a museum dedicated to just one object?
What was special about the museum? I’d be interested in knowing your experiences.

Until then… Happy Guiding

Accessibility Features

The National Railway Museum has all the necessary accessibility features right from the parking, entrance, washroom/toilets, and throughout the exhibit area for the differently-abled. A much detailed accessibility check of various museums in Delhi is available in this meetup recap.

Here’s a brief summary:

Ramp Access.
A wheelchair-accessible Entrance.
A wheelchair-accessible Parking.
A wheelchair-accessible Restroom/Toilet.

What Else To Do In Delhi

While you are in Delhi, these are the top-recommended places:

1. Red Fort
2. Humayun Tomb
3. Lotus Temple
4. Akshardham Temple
5. India Gate
6. Jama Masjid
7. Rashtrapati Bhavan
8. Tughlaqabad Fort
9. Laxmi Narayan Temple
10. Gurudwara Bangala Sahib
11. Agrasen ki Baoli
12. National War Memorial
13. Raj Ghat Memorials
14. Safdarjung’s Tomb

[C_T]

@TusharSuradkar

उपयुक्त माहिती.

यातली काही लोकोमोटिव्हज चालू स्थितीत आहेत का?

प्रवेशयोग्यतेसाठी या ठिकाणी विशेष सुविधा योजलेल्या दिसत आहेत.
परंतु एक कुतूहल आहे.
वाहनतळावर, वेगळ्या प्रकारे सक्षम अशा चालकांसाठी निर्मिती केलेल्या खास वाहनांसाठी, जागा आरक्षित केलेली असते का?

[TusharSuradkar]

@C_T

बहुतेक सर्व लोकमोटिव्हज मध्ये आतील मुख्य इंजिनाचे अनेक सुटे भाग काढून टाकून overall ढाचा ठेवण्यात आला आहे.

मात्र एवढ्याने देखील इंजिन, डबे तसेच संपूर्ण रेल्वेची चांगल्या प्रकारे कल्पना येते.

दिल्लीतील ऐतिहासिक स्थळ व म्यूजियम मिळून १०० हुन अधिक स्थळांपैकी फक्त या ठिकाणी सर्वाधिक accessibility features आढळून आले.

मोजणी केली असता ३०-३५ ठिकाणी रॅप्स आढळून येतात आणि संपूर्ण परिसरामध्ये एकही जागा inaccessible नाही असे जाणवते.

मात्र तुम्ही म्हंटल्या प्रमाणे प्रशस्त असलेल्या वाहनतळावर एकही parking slot अशा प्रकारे आरक्षित केलेला आढळून येत नाही.

[abhishekpatk]

@TusharSuradkar

I am imagining about the efforts you have taken for this post.

I was aware about these museums. But I was not aware about the number. 51? You have covered a lot of information. Really Wonderful.

[TusharSuradkar]

Thank you @abhishekpatk

Maintaining lists helps keep track of the places visited and motivates to visit those that are pending.

I use them as a Todo list

[abhishekpatk]

Thank you for sharing this idea @TusharSuradkar

[Rohan10]

The similar museum is in Nagpur on Kamptee Road called as Narrow Gauged Rail Museum. Even in Nov 2019 I visited there but unfortunately it was closed for some reason. But I have seen the similar photos in Review. I will share once I visit it. @TusharSuradkar

[TusharSuradkar]

A museum for just narrow gauge railways - this is definitely unique @Rohan10

Thanks for sharing

[AnubhaBangia]

Nothing as changed, it looks exactly the same. Informative and full of beautiful capture post @TusharSuradkar Sir! I really like how you present your post, easy to understand with supporting clarity pictures! I am learning a lot from you Sir!

Always thankful and Best of Regards!