Gwalior railway station

Gwalior railway Station
Main Station Junction

Gwalior station sign and platform
Location Lashkar, Gwalior
India
Owned by Indian Railways
Line(s) Delhi–Chennai line
Agra–Bhopal section
Indore–Gwalior Section
Platforms 1, 2, 3, 4 (broad gauge),
5 (narrow gauge)
2 broad gauge to be made
Tracks 6 broad gauge
1 narrow gauge
Other information
Station code GWL
Fare zone Jhansi Division, Northern Central Railway

Gwalior railway station (station code: GWL) is an important railway station of Gwalior City in the state of Madhya Pradesh. It is operated by North Central Railway.[1]

The Gwalior Junction GWL is part of the Jhansi Division of the North Central Railways.

Gwalior is one of the major commercial railway stations of the North Central Railway of Indian Railways, which zonal Headquarters is centered in Allahabad. The station has won awards from Indian Railways for clean infrastructure in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1992. Express trains such as the Bhopal Express, Taj Express, Rajdhani Express, Garib Rath Express, Bhopal Shatabdi, and about 150 trains (considering both up and down tracks) stop at Gwalior and 10 trains originating from Gwalior.

Gwalior is, perhaps, one of the few places where both narrow-gauge and broad-gauge railway tracks are still operational. The Gwalior narrow-gauge track is the narrowest in India.

Gwalior is well connected via train services to all parts of the country including 4 metros. There are direct trains to Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Kolkata (Howrah), Chennai, Ujjain, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam (Kochi), Indore, Ahmedabad, Pune, Jammu, Lucknow, Bhopal, Bangalore, Jaipur, Udaipur, Dehradun and other major towns. Gwalior is the main station serving most of the important and long distance trains. There are two other stations within the city limits, named Birla nagar and Sithouli. These stations interconnect to other stations and also serve the short distance trains connecting Gwalior to nearby towns and villages.

There are other narrow-gauge stations within the city, named and Motijheel. Gwalior lies on the longest functional broad-gauge line in India between Delhi and Mumbai.

Connectivity

Gwalior Junction is linked with many industrial and important cities of India by direct trains like New Delhi, Bhopal, Lucknow, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Jammu, Agra, Jhansi, Bhubaneswar, Ahmedabad, etc.

Gwalior Junction is served by 4 broad-gauge routes:

  1. To AgraNew Delhi
  2. To JhansiBhopal
  3. To GunaUjjain
  4. To Gwalior BirlanagarBhind- etawah

Gwalior Junction is served by a narrow-gauge route called Gwalior Light Railway.

  1. To SabalgarhSheopur

Originating trains

Train Train no. Destination Via
Chambal Express 12176 Howrah Gaya
Bundelkhand Express 11107 Varanasi Allahabad
Gwalior–Barauni Mail 11124 Barauni Gorakhpur
Gwalior–Indore Intercity Express 11126 Indore Ujjain
Gwalior–Bhopal Intercity Express 12198 Bhopal Guna, Bina
Gwalior–Pune Express 11102 Pune Ujjain, Vadodara, Surat
Gwalior–Agra Fast Passenger 51881 Agra Morena
Gwalior–Bina Passenger 51884 Bina Guna
Gwalior-Bhind Passenger 59823,59825 Bhind Malanpur
Sushasan Express 11111 Balrampur HAZRAT NIZAMUDDIN

Narrow-gauge trains

References

  1. "Gwalior Junction". India Rail Info. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

External links

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