National Rail Museum, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India

5PANDEY JI 5:00 PM Dec 13, 2022

Noice!
You always feel like a child when visiting a Museum. The museum is well kept with hundred of exhibits inside the museum building and dozens of railway coaches, engines and other rail related equipment on display. You can buy tickets for toy train, joy train and a diesel engine simulator. You can easily cover the museum in 3 hours.

4singhasam 5:00 PM Nov 25, 2022

On track for an interesting time.
THIS quirky site has quite a bit going on from a museum and loads of trains and rolling stock to a chance to rattle round on a little track yourself. Don't make the mistake I did which was to pay for my 50 rupee (55 pence) entry ticket and walk all the way inside only to find that I needed a separate ticket for the little "Joy Train". I had to walk all the way back, get a 20 rupee ticket for that and then walk back again to the trains. There are any number of locomotives and carriages to look at as well as unusual things such as special vans to carry animals such as sheep, I'd happily come to the museum by tuk tuk which is so easy to do once you've calmed your nerves about going through Delhi traffic. Wandering about I found the first locomotive to be built in India and station clocks made in London as well as a turntable area. Inside the museum there were some incredible early black and white photographs of trains in action and a display of dozens and dozens of railway plates and badges. Maps showing visitors the site, what they can see and where it is were very handy because the area to explore is a long oblong and stretches away a lot further than you'd think. There is a souvenir shop which could do with a wider range of things to buy, a cafe, toilets, water points, an archive and an auditorium in what is a very well run site. I happily spent a couple of hours there and would definitely recommend anyone in Delhi to pay this museum a visit.