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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Mahawat Khan Road, Bengali Market, New Delhi India | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 28°37′42″N77°14′15″E / 28.6283°N 77.2375°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 215.250 m (706 ft) | ||||||||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
Operated by | Northern Railway | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Delhi Ring Railway | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 BG | ||||||||||
Tracks | 4 BG | ||||||||||
Connections | Taxi Stand, Auto Stand | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||||||
Parking | Available | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Available | ||||||||||
Accessible | ![]() | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
Station code | TKJ | ||||||||||
Zone(s) | Northern Railways | ||||||||||
Division(s) | Delhi railway division | ||||||||||
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Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
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Tilak Bridge railway station is a railway station in New Delhi. Its code is TKJ. [1] The station is part of the Delhi Suburban Railway. The station consists of four platforms. Construction of additional 5th and 6th new railway line is happening between Tilak Bridge and New Delhi to enhance capacity of already saturated tracks. With this three additional platforms have been constructed (new platform 6 and 7 would be an island platform ) at Tilak Bridge. This will take the total number of platforms to seven. [2]
Some of the trains that run from Tilak Bridge are :
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