At ITO, a shiny Metro station and a story of the capital

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Launched formally by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Monday, the station is tipped to be one of the busiest in the Delhi Metro network and estimated to serve 22,000 passengers every day to start with. This is likely to rise up to 31,000 by 2021. The station will also increase DMRC’s annual revenue by Rs 8 crore, officials said.

Among the exhibits is one on the Supreme Court, which was built in the 1950s. At the station, it is shaped to project an image of the scales of justice. The role played by the Indian press in the creation of a modern republic is told through photographs and stories about Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, where the offices of most Indian dailies have been located over time.

An old image of the first train that plied on the Tilak Bridge after its realignment recounts how the bridge was initially named “Hardinge Bridge”, named after Viceroy Lord Hardinge.

This is the first in the planned 9.37-km Heritage Corridor that will include future stations Delhi Gate, Jama Masjid, Red Fort and Kashmere Gate. These will be commissioned by the end of 2016.