Bijwasan railway station

Bijwasan
Indian Railway and Delhi Suburban Railway station
General information
LocationNayak Pura, Bijwasan, South Delhi district, Delhi
India
Coordinates28°32′13″N 77°03′05″E / 28.5370°N 77.0513°E / 28.5370; 77.0513
Elevation220 m (722 ft)
Line(s)Delhi Ring Railway
Delhi–Fazilka line
Delhi–Jaipur line
Platforms2
Tracks4 BG
ConnectionsTaxi stand, auto stand
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
ParkingAvailable
Bicycle facilitiesAvailable
AccessibleDisabled access
Other information
Station codeBWSN
Zone(s) Northern Railway Railway
Division(s) Delhi
History
ElectrifiedConstruction – double-line electrification
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station
Shahabad Mohammadpur
towards ?
Northern Railway zone Palam Vihar Halt
towards ?
Location
Bijwasan is located in India
Bijwasan
Bijwasan
Location within India
Bijwasan is located in Haryana
Bijwasan
Bijwasan
Bijwasan (Haryana)
Bijwasan is located in Delhi
Bijwasan
Bijwasan
Bijwasan (Delhi)

Bijwasan railway station (code BWSN), on Delhi–Jaipur line and also part of Delhi Suburban Railway,[1][2] located immediate southwest of Delhi's main airport the IGI Airport, in Bijwasan in South Delhi in India,[3] is a major railway connectivity hub for the IGI Airport (along with the Aerocity connectivity hub)[4][5][6] and will also connect to the under-construction Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor in south at Patli railway station.

Bijwasan railway station, along with Old Delhi railway station, New Delhi railway station Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station, Anand Vihar Terminal, and Sarai Rohilla Railway Station, serve as the six primary railway stations catering to Delhi state.[7]

History

1874-2021: Origin

Bijwasan railway station came up on the Rajputana State Railway line which was constructed in 1874 till Bandikui Junction railway station, and extended to Ajmer in 1875 and to Ahmedabad in 1881.[8]

2022-26: Redevelopment

See also: Master Plan pdf and 3D render of Bijwasan railway station redevelopment

In 2017, when the station consisted of only two spartan partially-covered platforms, the plan was conceived to upgrade two stations in Delhi, Bijwasan station and Anand Vihar Terminal, to the world class regional multimodal transport hub.[1][4][5]

Phase-I

Rs 728.92 crore airport-style upgrade, including Rs 430 crore 1.24 lakh sq metres new terminal with a new expanded 30,400 sqm station building and 12,500 sqm air concourse, and rest of budget for the 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, will see the number of platforms increased to 8 (previously 2) each with elevators, four passenger subway underpasses to transit among platforms, separate arrival and departure area, separate pick up and drop off areas, airspace concourse with waiting area, commercial and retail shops, and other commuter-centric facilities, underground bus bays on north side.[6][9] To relive the congestion at New Delhi stations, Old Delhi stations and Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway stations, the long distance trains to Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh will be commence and terminate from the Bijwasan station.[9]

Phase-II

Final Phase (Phase-II) will see the addition of commercial and retail buildings in the form of railcity similar to the aerocity.[10]

Train service

Bijwasan, on Delhi–Jaipur line under Delhi railway division of Northern Railway zone of Indian Railway, has following trains (partial list):

Long-distance trains

  • Jodhpur Jn Vande Bharat Express (Train No. 12462): This is a key express train that stops at Bijwasan, connecting Delhi with Jodhpur.
  • Delhi-Jodhpur Mandore Express (Train No. 22995)
  • Delhi-Shri Ganganagar Express (Train Nos. 14029 & 14030) via Rewari-Bhiwani-Hisar
  • Several passenger and DEMU trains to nearby areas like Rewari, Hisar, Farrukh Nagar, and Old Delhi.

Delhi suburban trains

Delhi Suburban Railway network includes Delhi Ring Railway and various spokes within the Delhi NCR.

Connectivity

Attractions

It lies 2.5 km southeast of 220-acre Bharat Vandana Park (2 minutes or 1 metro station away on Blue line to Dwarka Sector 8 metro station), 1.5 northeast of Yashobhoomi convention centre (2 minutes or 1 metro station away on Yellow line to Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector - 25 metro station), 5 km west of IGI Airport ((2 minutes or 1 metro station away on Yellow line to IGI Airport metro station), 10 km southwest of Indian Air Force Museum, Palam. 4 km east of DDA Dwarka Golf Club, 10 km northeast of Najafgarh drain bird sanctuary, 20 km northeast of Sultanpur National Park, and 20 km west of Qutub Minar complex.

Railway

Haryana 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.[11] 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)[12] and HORC.[11]

Major long-distance railway stations nearby within Delhi are:

Metro

Adjacent Dwarka Sector 21 metro station, a metro interchange of Delhi Metro, provides connectivity to Blue Line and the Orange Line Delhi Airport Express.[13][14]

    • Rohtak Road (Bahadurgarh, Tikri, Mundka, Nagloi, Peeragarhi) to Dwarka (Dwarka Sector-21 metro station/Bijwasan railway station) to IGI route:
      As of 2025, there is no direct buses or metro trains to Dwaraka Sector 21 metro station or upgraded greenfield Bijwasan railway station, however there are following composite routes:

Buses

  • ISBT: for long-distance buses.
    • Dwarka 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.[15] 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,[16] is 20 km south of Bijwasan eailway station. It will cater to the buses from Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
  • Buses: Greenfield upgraded Bijwasan's new railway station, 2km northeast of brownfield Bijwasan railway halt, will replace and phase out the old Bijwasan halt.
    • IGI Airport: As of 2025, there is no direct bus from IGI Airport to upgraded greenfield Bijwasan railway station, but the following buses pass by the Bharthal Underpass bus stop (also called BPCL Depot or Bharat Petroleum Depot) on UER-II and then walk 600 meters north to railway station, each of these buses run every 30 minutes usually from 6:30 am to midnight.
      • DTC Bus Route 801STL (6:30 am to 11:30 pm) from IGI T2 to Bharthal Underpass is nearest bus stop.[17]
      • DTC Bus Routes 356 STL2 (8 am to 10:30 pm), 356 STL3 (9.30 am to 6:30 pm), 717C3 (7:30 am to 11:30 pm), 773 (9 am to 8.30 pm), 773 (9 am to 7:30 pm), 792/792A (9:30 am to 12 am midnight), 801 / 801A / 801LSTL (10:23 am to 5 pm), and 7172 (6:30 am to 8:30 pm) from Mahipalpur near IGI Airport to Bijwasan Railway Station, Dwaraka Sector 21 Metro station and Bharthal Underpass, cost ₹5, between 8:30 am to 9 pm.
    • Bahadurgarh, Tikri, Mundka, Nagloi, Peeragarhi: As of 2025, there is no direct buses or metro trains to upgraded greenfield Bijwasan railway station or Dwaraka Sector 21 metro station.

Roads

Urban 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.

There is a plan to construct a tunnel to connect it to the IGI T3 by road.[18]

Present status

Phase-1

  • 2025 Jul: Construction, which commenced in 2022,[6] has the delayed expected completion date of February 2026.[19] 65% work is complete and it is expected to be completed earlier by December 2025.[20]

Phase-2

  • 2025 Aug: under planning.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Changing Delhi map makes Ring Railway redundant". The Indian Express. 23 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Ring Rail service chugs into oblivion". Deccan Herald. 23 August 2017.
  3. ^ "BWSN/Bijwasan". India Rail Info.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b c Delhi to get world-class railway station at Bijwasan; Safdarjung station to also get a new swanky building by 2024, moneycontrol, APR 29, 2022.
  7. ^ "Development of Bijwasan Railway Station, New Delhi. Project Information Memorandum" (PDF). Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Ltd. (IRSDC). EY. February 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  8. ^ "IR History: Early Days II (1870-1899)". IRFCA. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  9. ^ a b All-new Rs 728 cr station planned in Bijwasan, even as Shahdara goes to seed, daijiworld.com, 19 Feb 2023.
  10. ^ Bijwasan Mater Plan, uttipec.org.in, accessed 2 Jul 2025.
  11. ^ a b Haryana CM Khattar greenlights rail link between IGI & Hisar airport, Hindustan Times, 12 Apr 2023.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ^ "DMRC Extends Metro Services To Dwarka Sector 21 on LINE-3". Delhimetrorail.com. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  15. ^ Eye on IGI: Work to start soon at Dwarka, timesofindia, 22 march 2022.
  16. ^ Real Estate Boost: New ISBT Near Dwarka Expressway To Enhance Connectivity, Push Local Realty, News18.com, 7 June 2023.
  17. ^ DTC Bus route 801, DTC, accessed 15 Aug 2025.
  18. ^ Approved Plan, uttipec.org.in, accessed 2 Jul 2025.
  19. ^ IR station redevelopmenet status, Indian Railway.
  20. ^ Infra Next (13 August 2025). Bijwasan Railway Redevelopment Project, Phase-I update (video). YouTube. Event occurs at 6:00. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
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