The Tis Hazari metro station is a metro station located on the Red Line of Delhi Metro. [1] [2] It is situated in the Tis Hazari area of Central Delhi. [3] [4] The station is situated just across the road from the Tis Hazari Courts Complex, which is the principal district court of Delhi. It is connected to gate number 2 of the complex by a footbridge. The footbridge has a ramp available for the disabled or physically challenged people. [5]
The Tis Hazari metro station was one of the first six metro stations on Delhi Metro's network. The DMRC had begun its commercial operations on 25 December 2002, a day after then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had inaugurated its first stretch spanning 8.2 kilometres from Shahdara to Tis Hazari on the Red Line. [6]
Red Line Station layout
| L2 | Side platform | Doors will open on the left | |
| Platform 2 Eastbound | Towards → Shaheed Sthal Next Station: Kashmere Gate Change at the next station for Yellow Line or Violet Line | |
| Platform 1 Westbound | Towards ← Rithala Next Station: Pul Bangash | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left | ||
| L1 | Concourse | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
| G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
Toilets: The station has a Sulabh toilet located near gate no. 3. [7] There are also HDFC bank and SBI ATMs. [8]
| Tis Hazari station entry/exits [9] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gate No-1 | Gate No-2 | Gate No-3 | ||
| Towards St. Stephen Hospital, Tis Hazari Court, Sadar Bazaar and Dept. of Animal Husbandry | Towards Lala Hardev Sahai Marg, St. Stephen Hospital, Tis Hazari Court and Sadar bazar | Towards Parking, Lt. Governor's Secretariat, Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital, Rajpur Road and Boulevard Road | ||
DTC bus routes number 17, 88, 102, 106, 107, 109, 114, 115, 116, 117, 119, 123, 124, 125, 125EXT, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131, 128, 129, 131, 133, 134, 136, 137, 138, 141, 142, 144, 146, 147, 148, 149, 154, 161, 172, 175, 182A, 182ACL, 183, 184, 194, 197, 199, 208, 218, 219EXT, 219STL, 231, 0236, 236, 236EXT, 247, 721, 792, 805A, 816, 816A, 817N, 823, 841, 842, 847, 863, 863SPL, 905, 905A, 906, 907, 922, 922A, 923, 924, 925, 0926, 926, 929, 937A, 939, 942, 942E and 992 serve the station from nearby Tis Hazari Court bus stop. [10]
Sadar Bazar railway station of Indian Railways is situated around 1.7 km away from the metro station. [11]
Milestones in the History of Metro in India - 2002: DMRC opened its first metro corridor between Shahdara and Tis Hazari in Delhi, setting the stage for one of the country's largest metro networks