Tag: National Rail Museum
Railways signs MoU with Madame Tussauds to foster tourism in Delhi NCR
The Secretary, Railway Board, Ranjanesh Sahai and the Director & General Manager of Madame Tussauds, Anshul Jain exchanging the signed MoU between Ministry of Railways National Rail Museum (NRM) and Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, in New Delhi. Ministry of Railways’ National Rail Museum (NRM) and Madame Tussauds Wax Museum join hands together to provide an amazing combo offer to Delhi NCR tourists. As a part of the collaboration, a special discount of 35 per cent on ticket prices will be offered to NRM visitors when they visit Madame Tussauds Museum. Similarly, Madame Tussauds Wax Museum visitors will be getting an ... Read more
National Rail Museum now open in evenings
National Rail Museum will now be open in evening also for visitors. Museum will remain open for extended hours of 6 pm to 9 pm for visitors on weekends. National Rail Museum is one of the prime tourist attractions in Delhi NCR. Spread over 11 acres at Chanakyapuri Diplomatic Enclave, National Rail Museum recreates nostalgia and romance of railways. It has fascinating collection of more than 75 real exhibits of bygone era of railways. Visitors will be able to enjoy indoor gallery, musical fountain, multicolour lighting of exhibits. Entry passage, toy train station and surrounding area has been lit with ... Read more
Railway to open heritage steam loco for tourists
National Rail Museum is all set to open heritage steam loco operated trains, exclusively for the tourist in the next years. The steam engines used way back in 1856 years, were the oldest ageing 150 years. The 1920 loco model Phoenix, RamGoti 1865 and Fireless Locomotive made in 1951 is under restoration by the engineers. All the engines are said to undergo durability test before opening it for the tourist, added railway. “We are restoring them for tourism purposes. The first one to be ready by this year-end is the Fireless loco and is likely to be in the NRM ... Read more