Tis Hazari metro station

Tis Hazari
Delhi Metro station
General information
Location	Tis Hazari
Coordinates	28°40′02″N 77°12′59″E
Owned by	Delhi Metro
Line(s)	Red Line
Platforms	Side platform Platform-1 → Rithala Platform-2 → Shaheed Sthal (New Bus Adda)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	Available
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	TZI
History
Opened	25 December 2002
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Preceding station Delhi Metro Following station Kashmere Gate towards Shaheed Sthal Red Line Pul Bangash towards Rithala
Route map Shaheed Sthal Hindon River Arthala Mohan Nagar Shyam Park Major Mohit Sharma Rajendra Nagar Raj Bagh Shaheed Nagar Uttar Pradesh Delhi border Dilshad Garden Jhilmil Mansarovar Park Shahdara Junction Shahdara Swami Dayanand Marg Welcome  Pink Line  Seelampur Shastri Park Yamuna River Kashmere Gate  Yellow Line   Violet Line  Tis Hazari Rani Jhansi Road Pul Bangash Subzi Mandi Kishanganj Pratap Nagar Swami Narayan Marg Shastri Nagar Inderlok  Green Line  Kanhaiya Nagar Keshav Puram Ring Road Netaji Subhash Place  Pink Line  Kohat Enclave Pitampura Outer Ring Road Rohini East Rohini West Rithala
Location
Tis Hazari Location within Delhi

The Tis Hazari metro station is a metro station located on the Red Line of Delhi Metro. It is situated in the Tis Hazari area of Central Delhi. 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.

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

G	Street Level	Exit and Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
L2	Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the right
	Eastbound	Towards → Shaheed Sthal (New Bus Adda) next station is Kashmere Gate Change at the next station for  Yellow Line  or  Violet Line
	Westbound	Towards ← Rithala next station is Pul Bangash
	Side platform No- 1, doors will open on the left
L2

Facilities

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

Exits

Tis Hazari station entry/exits
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

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 Indian Railways 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

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  St Stephen's Hospital

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  Tis Hazari metro station

See also

• List of Delhi Metro stations
• Transport in Delhi

External links

• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)
• Delhi Metro Annual Reports