New Delhi Railway Station To Charge Vehicles After 8 Mins As Part Of New Parking System

by Tonakshi Kalra
New Delhi Railway Station To Charge Vehicles After 8 Mins As Part Of New Parking System

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Travelling via Indian railways has its own charm but at times, it comes with battling traffic congestion and overcrowded parking lanes which consume a lot of extra time. But now, the Northern Railways is introducing an access-controlled parking system at the Ajmeri Gate side of the New Delhi Railway Station, that will definitely ease such parking woes.

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All About It

You will be able to park your vehicles easily at the New Delhi station. In a bid to provide a world-class experience to railway passengers, Indian Railways has started airport-like access-controlled parking system at the New Delhi railway station which is one of the most overcrowded stations of the Delhi division.

Charging The Vehicles After 8 Mins

The Railways aims to reduce the congestion by charging the vehicles after 8 minutes. The time period of eight minutes will be calculated from the entry point to the exit of the boom barrier.

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The features of the new parking-cum access control rights contract includes:

  • Three lanes parallel or adjacent to the station building have been introduced for facilitating passengers
  • All vehicles such as cycles, scooters, motorcycles, cars, buses, trucks, tempos, cabs, taxis including kaali-peeli, auto rickshaws are allowed in the lanes
  • The commercial vehicles such as motorcycles, OLA/UBER, auto rickshaws, kaali-peelis, buses, trucks, tempos, vehicles having yellow/commercial number plates will have to pay ₹30 as entry fee for the parking facility in the dedicated lanes

The access-controlled parking system will also reduce the transit time of entry/exit of the passengers. However, all the vehicles, including commercial and noncommercial are liable to pay the scheduled charges according to the time limit for picking up/dropping at the lanes.

Scheduled Charges For Commercial & Noncommercial Vehicles

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For the first eight minutes, there is no scheduled charge for non commercial vehicles. For commercial vehicles, the charge is ₹30.

The next 8-15 minutes, the scheduled charge for non commercial as well as commercial vehicles is ₹50.

And for 15-30 minutes, the scheduled charge for non commercial as well as commercial vehicles is ₹200.

In case a vehicle remains in the 3 lanes for over 30 minutes, there will be a fine of ₹1,000 and the car will be towed away as well.

As per sources, a similar model will also be introduced in the Paharganj side as well.

We just hope this access-parking model make our travel congestion-free and save some time!