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Requiem for Delhi's Ring Railway

I am sceptical of tracks being built along Ring Railway line to allow. Nor am I sure Northern Railways would like tourists to see the entire line, which is hardly pretty at places of encroachment

Illustration by Binay Sinha
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Illustration by Binay Sinha

Bibek Debroy
Every once in a while, something will appear about reviving Delhi’s Ring Railway. Most Delhi residents have probably never travelled on it. We need to explain what we precisely mean by the Ring Railway.  One definition is a length of 35 km, spanning 20 stations. Hazrat Nizamuddin (NZM) is the key. Travelling clockwise on the map, one duly passes through Lajpat Nagar, Sarojini Nagar, Safdarjung, Chanakyapuri, Kirti Nagar, Patel Nagar, Daya Basti, Sarai Rohilla (DEE), Kishan Ganj, Sadar Bazaar, New Delhi (NDLS) and Pragati Maidan, until one is back in Hazrat Nizamuddin. There is a broader definition of Ring Railway,
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