Anand Vihar railway station (codenamed ANVT) is located at the Anand Vihar region of the Capital city of Delhi, India. The station is the largest in the region, and also, has a metro station for inter-city transport. This station falls under the Delhi division, which is part of Northern Railway Zone of the Indian Railways. The station was opened for public use on December 19, 2009 by former Union Railway Minister, Mamata Banerjee. Anand Vihar station is under expansion and the 42-hectare terminal will be the largest railway station in North India and cater to all the East bound trains from Delhi region. The station is equipped with three platforms in the first phase. The station came into existence due to the growing passenger traffic on the three main railway stations: Delhi Junction, Hazrat Nizamuddin, and New Delhi. Anand Vihar is on the other side of the River Yamuna and provides an ideal location for the mega railway terminal for the entire East bound trains from Delhi. So the station is the terminal station for trains bound to states of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, and other North-Eastern states.

Anand Vihar station was operational ready with regular trains running from March 2010. The nearby New Delhi station handled close to 500,000 passengers a day and posed many logistic problems, and this led the Northern Railways to develop Anand Vihar as the origin station for some of the major trains. There is a shift of passenger traffic from a highly dense New Delhi Station to the Anand Vihar station. The next phase of the expansion program at the station will see four more platforms added to the existing three to accommodate more trains, which will be diverted from the prime New Delhi Station. After the completion of phase 2 of the expansion project, the station will have a capacity to handle over 300,000 passengers daily and close to 270 trains would cross over the station per day. The total estimated cost to build this terminal is 2.4 billion and would include a new Passenger Reservation system (PRS). This proposed project will ease the traffic at all the three central stations, and the Northern Railways will also develop this station as a hub for the sub-urban train network. The locality already has an elevated metro station on the blue line of the Delhi Metro Network. This metro station is the hub of East Delhi and is connected with the Inter State Bus Terminal and the Railway station.

The famous places to visit in Anand Vihar are Shiv Mandir (0.8 KM), Raghunath Mandir (1.6 KM), Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple (1.7 KM), and others. The proximity of the bus services near the station makes this ideal mode to transport into the city.

Facilities in Anand Vihar Railway Railway Station –

The Anand Vihar railway station was built in 2010 and provides a wide variety of services to its passengers. The station is equipped with waiting halls, booking counters, special ticket counter for physically handicapped people, automatic ticket vending machines, reservation counters, parcel and luggage office, and vast parking areas. For the benefits of passengers, the station also houses multiple ATMs, foreign exchange counters, food restaurants, computerized ticketing facility, and maintenance office. The station has two escalators and six lifts and elevators for senior citizens. Anand Vihar station is the only station in India where the loading and unloading of parcels including linen and food items are carried out in the station yard, and not on the platform.

Restaurants near Anand Vihar Railway Railway Station –

There are few good restaurants located near the Anand Vihar railway terminal to provide the passengers a variety of food options. Some of the popular restaurants are listed below.

1. TravelKhana – 08800313131
2. Garden Hut
3. Nazeer Foods
4. Chinese Chow
5. Moti Mahal Delux Tandoori Trail
6. Gelato Vinto

Famous Food of Anand Vihar –

The cuisines of Delhi originated from the Mughal style of cooking. There are many non-vegetarian dishes that shot into fame on the streets of Delhi. Chicken Tandoori, Chicken Seek Kabab, Chicken Tikka, Mutton Gulafi Kabab, Tandoori Prawns, and Mutton Seek Kabab are some of the dishes originated from Anand Vihar locality of the city.

Trains Passing through Anand Vihar Railway Station (ANVT) –