Delhi Ring Railway may soon run steam trains to attract tourists

Once revived, the existing 34 km-long ring railway, which runs parallel to the Ring Road, would take tourists to the Red Fort, Chandni Chowk, National Rail Museum, the historic Old Yamuna Bridge, Humayun’s tomb and rail buildings such as Old Delhi station.

As per the plan, the train, comprising four heritage coaches with a steam locomotive, would start from Safdarjung station and travel to Anand Vihar, Old Yamuna Bridge, Old Delhi, New Delhi and Nizamuddin station before returning to Safdarjung.

Steam trains will chug along on all slope railroads the nation over – other than diagramming another course on the Delhi Ring Railway – as the Railways pushes resuscitating the magnificence of its steam legacy.

With the effective task of a steam-pulled prepare on the Palanpur-Jogindernagar segment of Kangra Valley Railway, every one of the five slope railroads now have steam loco administrations to draw in visitors.

Kangra Valley Railway, which is on the speculative rundown of Unesco's World Heritage Sites, saw the restored steam loco activity as of late after over 20 years. The normal steam loco activity is relied upon to help tourism in Himachal Pradesh.

While Darjeeling Himalayan Railway and Nilgiri Mountain Railway have consistent steam locos administrations, the Kalka-Shimla Railway and Matheran Hill Railway are prepared to direct contracted administrations on traveler request.

Be that as it may, the huge push will be found in the capital's for some time ignored – and once-well known – Ring Railway, that has fallen by the wayside as the city extended quickly.

"It is a major recovery of steam trains in Indian Railways, and our point is to have general steam loco activities in all slope railroads – and furthermore in the hotly anticipated Delhi Ring Railway course," said a senior Railway Ministry official required with rail legacy.

With the coming of diesel and electric trains, steam motors were eliminated in 1995 by the Railways.

In spite of the fact that there was a move to run a steam train on the Delhi Ring Railway amid the Commonwealth Games in 2010, this did not emerge for different reasons.

Be that as it may, the state-run transporter is currently taking a shot at restoring the support of exhibit its legacy, bring back the sentiment of steam motors and advance tourism. The undertaking has been allocated to Northern Railway.

The current 34 km-long ring railroad, which runs parallel to the Ring Road, goes through a few conspicuous spots of Delhi like Chanakyapuri, Safdarjung and Sarojini Nagar and is relied upon to pull in expansive quantities of travelers and rail lovers intrigued by steam locos.

According to the arrangement, the prepare, including four legacy mentors with a steam train, would begin from Safdarjung station and go to Anand Vihar, Old Yamuna Bridge, Old Delhi, New Delhi and Nizamuddin station before coming back to Safdarjung.

Sightseers will have the capacity to visit the Red Fort, Chandni Chowk, National Rail Museum, the noteworthy Old Yamuna Bridge, Humayun's tomb and rail structures, for example, Old Delhi station, Kashmere Gate and Baroda House by utilizing the administration.

"The scene along the proposed course will be improved, other than other important game plans to make it operational. The passage structure and timings are up in the air," the authority said. "Two alternatives are being viewed as: A round excursion or a jump on-bounce off ticket," the authority included.

At introduce, there are not very many steam locos over the world that are still in working condition.