Jhansi Junction railway station

Jhansi
Indian Railway Junction Station

Location	Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh India
Coordinates	25°26′38″N 78°33′12″E / 25.4439°N 78.5534°E / 25.4439; 78.5534Coordinates: 25°26′38″N 78°33′12″E / 25.4439°N 78.5534°E / 25.4439; 78.5534
Elevation	260 metres (850 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	North Central Railway
Line(s)	New Delhi-Mumbai CST Agra-Bhopal section Delhi-Chennai line Jhansi-Kanpur section Jhansi-Manikpur-Allahabad section Jhansi-Sawai Madhopur section (proposed)
Platforms	7
Tracks	13
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	JHS
Zone(s)	North Central Railway Zone
Division(s)	Jhansi railway division
History
Opened	1880
Electrified	1986-87
Location
Location of Jhansi railway station in Uttar Pradesh

Jhansi Junction is a major railway junction in the city of Jhansi in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the busiest and largest railway stations in India. It is a major intercity hub and a technical stoppage for many superfast trains in India. Jhansi has its own division in the North Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. It lies on the main Delhi-Chennai and Delhi-Mumbai line. The station code is JHS.

History

At 1880 Jhansi Station

The railway station was built by the British in the late 1880s. After a long survey of three places the current site was selected for the station. The station has a massive fort-like building painted in maroon and off white.

The station had three platforms in the beginning. ( Platform One is 2,525 feet (770 m) long making it the fifth longest in the world. It could easily handle two trains at a time (Same are the cases with platforms two and three).)

Jhansi Junction was the focal point for The Indian Midland Railways Company which laid down lines radially in all directions from Jhansi Junction and managed the large workshop at Jhansi.^[1]

The first Shatabdi Express of India started between New Delhi and Jhansi.

Earlier Jhansi used to be a part of Central railways zone headquartered at Mumbai but now comes under North Central Railway Zone headquartered at Allahabad.

Connectivity

Jhansi Station At PF.No.4

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

Jhansi Junction is served by 4 broad gauge routes:

To Delhi - Mumbai
To Delhi-Chennai
To Jhansi - Kanpur Central
To Bina - Bhopal
To Khajuraho - Manikpur

There is an ongoing survey for a new line between Jhansi Junction and Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh which would be further connected to Sawai Madhopur and Jaipur.

Many prestigious Indian Railways trains pass through Jhansi, including the

Jhansi is an important destination for tourists intending to go to Khajuraho, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Orchha.

Demand for new trains

Night train between Jhansi and New Delhi.
Intercity to Allahabad via Mahoba, Banda, Chitrakoot.
Janshatabdi/Intercity to Jabalpur or Katni to link Jhansi to south Bundelkhand cities like Sagar and Damoh daily.
extension of Agra Fort Ahmedabad express to Jhansi.
extension of Jaipur Agra Shatabdi to Jhansi .it would provide superfast connectivity to foreign tourists for Khajuraho
A weekly train to Guwahati.
A weekly express to Jodhpur.
A Daily superfast train to Lokmanya tilak terminus via Bhopal, Bhusaval on Rani Laxmi Bai Name.
A weekly superfast train to Lokmanya tilak terminus via Bhopal, Bhusaval on Shivaji Name.
A weekly train to Katra Jammu.

Facilities

Jhansi Junction has 7 platforms, 4 broad over-bridges. Due to heavy usage, two new platforms are planned, increasing the total to 11. Five pairs of the Rajdhani Express as well as the Bhopal - New Delhi Shatabdi Express pass through Jhansi. Three pairs of Duronto Express also have their technical stoppages at Jhansi. All state Sampark Krantis passing through Jhansi have official stops at Jhansi. In all more than 150 trains stop at Jhansi Junction every day.

The station also features a restaurant, air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned waiting rooms, a cyber cafe, and tourist information offices of both the Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh governments. Outside the station also there is a passenger complex and canteen.

Trains boarding from Jhansi Junction Railway station

1. 12279/12280 Jhansi Hazrat Nizamuddin(Delhi) Taj Express.
2. 11109/11110 Jhansi Lucknow Junction Intercity Express.
3. 11103/11104 Jhansi Bandra Terminus(Mumbai) Express.(via Gwalior,Ujjain,Ratlam,Surat
4. 11105/11106 Jhansi Kolkata Pratham Swatantrata Sangram Express.(via Kanpur, Patna)

and several other passengers and shuttles trains connecting Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra Cantt, Allahabad,Manikpur, Banda Jn,Khajuraho, Tikamgarh,Bhopal,Bina and Itarsi.

Longest Railway Platforms in the world

Eastern end of longest platform in Kollam Junction railway station in India. This is the world's second longest railway platform

The longest railway platforms are:

Gorakhpur railway station, Uttar Pradesh, India:1,366.33 m (4,483 ft) (longest in the world)^[2]^[3]
Kollam Junction, Kerala, India:1,180.5 m (3,873 ft)^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
Kharagpur, West Bengal, India: 1,072.5 m (3,519 ft)^[9]^[10]
State Street subway, Chicago, Illinois, US: 1,067 m (3,501 ft) (longest in North America)
Bilaspur railway station, Chhattisgarh, India: 802 m (2,631 ft)
Cheriton Shuttle Terminal, Folkestone, United Kingdom: 791 m (2,595 ft) (longest in Europe)
Jhansi Junction, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India: 770 m (2,526 ft)
East Perth railway station, Perth, Western Australia: 770 m (2,526 ft) (longest in Australia)
Kalgoorlie railway station, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia: 760 m (2,493 ft)
Sonepur railway station, Sonepur, Bihar, India: 738 m (2,421 ft)^[11]
Nabadwip Dham railway station, Nadia, West Bengal, India 720 m (2,362 ft)
Flinders Street Station, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: 708 m (2,323 ft)^[12]
Port Pirie, South Australia: 701 m (2,300 ft)
East Tsim Sha Tsui Station, Kowloon, Hong Kong: longest platform with platform screen doors: 300 m (984 ft)^[13]

Top 100 booking stations of Indian Railways

Agra Cantonment Ahmedabad Junction Ajmer Junction Akola Junction Allahabad Junction Ambala Cantonment Amritsar Junction Asansol Junction Aurangabad Bangalore City Bareilly Bhagalpur Bhopal Junction Bhubaneswar Bhusaval Junction Bilaspur Junction Chandigarh Junction Chennai Central Chhapra Junction Coimbatore Junction Cuttack Darbhanga Junction Dehradun Dhanbad Junction Durg Junction Ernakulam Junction Erode Junction Gaya Junction Ghaziabad Junction Gorakhpur Junction Guntur Junction Guwahati Junction Gwalior Junction Haridwar Junction Hatia Howrah Junction Hubli Junction Indore Junction Jabalpur Junction Jaipur Junction Jalandhar City Jammu Tawi Jhansi Junction Jodhpur Junction Kanpur Central Katihar Junction Katni Junction Katpadi Junction Kharagpur Junction Kollam Junction Kota Junction Kozhikode Lucknow Charbagh Ludhiana Junction Margao Madurai Junction Malda Town Mangalore Central Manmad Junction Mathura Junction Moradabad Mughalsarai Junction Mumbai Central Muzaffarpur Junction Mysore Junction Nagpur Nanded Nasik Road Nellore New Delhi New Jalpaiguri Palakkad Junction Patna Junction Pune Junction Puri Raipur Junction Rajahmundry Rajkot Junction Ranchi Junction Ratlam Junction Rourkela Salem Junction Satna Secunderabad Junction Siwan Junction Solapur Surat Tatanagar Tiruchirappalli Junction Tirunelveli Junction Tirupati Main Thrissur Thiruvananthapuram Central Udaipur City Ujjain Junction Vapi Vadodara Junction Varanasi Junction Vijayawada Junction Visakhapatnam

Source: "100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways".

Railway stations in Uttar Pradesh

ECR

Mughalsarai	Chandauli Majhwar Dildarnagar Mughalsarai Junction

Lucknow NR	Akbarpur Junction Ayodhya Junction Babatpur Barabanki Junction Faizabad Junction Goshainganj Jaunpur City Jaunpur Junction Kanpur Bridge Left Bank Kashi Lucknow Charbagh Unnao Varanasi Junction

Moradabad	Bareilly Chandausi Moradabad

Old Delhi	Ghaziabad

Ambala	Saharanpur Junction

NCR

Agra	Agra Cantonment Agra City Agra Fort Bhuteshwar Idgah Mathura Junction Raja ki Mandi Vrindavan Yamuna Bridge

Allahabad	Allahabad Junction Aligarh Chakeri Chandari Junction Chunar Etah Etawah Fatehpur Firozabad Govindpuri Hathras Junction Kanpur Central Kanpur Junction Mainpuri Mirzapur Shikohabad Tundla Junction

Jhansi	Jhansi Junction

NER

Varanasi	Allahabad City Aunrihar Junction Ghazipur City Kirakat Padrauna Varanasi City

Lucknow NE	Gorakhpur Junction Lucknow Junction

Izzatnagar	Bareilly City Kanpur Anwarganj Mandhana Junction

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