Delhi’s 'Parikarma' Rail and Metro. Who's winning?
With infants playing on tracks and encroachments getting closer, Hazrat Nizamuddin (NZN) Parikarma EMU crosses through Dayabasti, one of the few stations on Delhi’s “Ring Rail” network. Passing through some busy stations like New Delhi, Tilak Bridge, Kirti Nagar and Patel Nagar, this train operates twice a day, at 8 am and at 4:45 am from HZN and comes back to HZN itself doing “Parikarma.” The Delhi ring rail has a network of 21 stations and fetches around 4000 commuters daily. For an adventurous ride, I boarded the EMU from Lodi Colony Station near INA Market. In the times of online ticket booking, I received a ticket on hardboard. Nostalgia? Yes! For a second, I went back like Sands of time. More than a decade back travelled from Karnal to Panipat in Rs 5 with the same ticket. “Metro fares are really high now, the train is affordable. Earlier there used to be two more trains in the evening, but now there is only one train for office commuters. I fade