Shatabdi expressed

New Delhi railway station marks a century this year

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Each of us Delhiwale have probably been here. It is the New Delhi railway station, which, this year, is hitting a shatabdi, or century.

The city landmark first came up as an interchange station with a 800 feet-long and 20 feet-wide platform. Then came the setting up of a “wayside station,” which led to a small building. An expanded building opened in 1956, when then president Rajendra Prasad pulled a silver signal lever, prompting a “presidential train” to chug into the platform. All these details are enshrined in a plaque outside the station.