The Tis Hazari metro station is a metro station located on the Red Line of

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. It is situated in the

Tis Hazari Tis Hazari is a neighbourhood in Old Delhi, India just south of the Northern Ridge. It is the location of the Tis Hazari Courts Complex which was inaugurated on 19 March 1958 by Chief Justice Mr. A. N. Bhandari of the then Punjab High Court. ...

area of

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. 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

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. The footbridge has a ramp available for the disabled or physically challenged people.

History

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 December 25, 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.

Station layout

Facilities

Toilets: The station has a Sulabh toilet located near gate no. 3.

Exits

Connections

Bus

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.

Rail

Sadar Bazar railway station of

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is situated around 1.7 km away from the metro station.

Incidents

* 28 May 2012 - Robbery and murder outside the Tis Hazari station. * 3 June 2012 - Seven gangsters arrested.

Gallery

File:St Stephen's Hospital.jpg, St Stephen's Hospital File:Tis Hazari metro station of Delhi Metro's Red Line.jpg, Tis Hazari metro station

References

External links

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)

Delhi Metro Annual Reports
Delhi Metro stations Railway stations opened in 2002 2002 establishments in Delhi Railway stations in North Delhi district {{Delhi-railstation-stub