Wankaner Junction railway station

Wankaner
वांकानेर
વાંકાનેર
Indian Junction Railway Station
Location Wankaner, Rajkot district, Gujarat
 India
Coordinates 22°22′19″N 70°34′29″E / 22.3720°N 70.5748°E / 22.3720; 70.5748Coordinates: 22°22′19″N 70°34′29″E / 22.3720°N 70.5748°E / 22.3720; 70.5748
Elevation 87 m (285 ft)
Operated by Western Railway
Line(s) Viramgam-Okha line
Maliya Miyana-Wankaner section
Platforms 4
Tracks 6
Construction
Structure type Standard (on ground station)
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code WKR
Zone(s) Western Railway
Division(s) Rajkot
History
Opened 1890
Electrified No
Previous names Morvi State Railway
Location
Wankaner railway station
Location in Gujarat

The Wankaner Junction railway station belongs to Western Railway of Ahmedabad Division. It is located in Rajkot district of Gujarat State.

History

The Morvi-Wankaner section was laid as a 2ft6inch road side tram way in the year 1890 by Morvi Railway under the regime of Sir Waghji Thakor. Wadhwan-Rajkot metre gauge section of Morvi State Railway laid in the year 1890.[1] Sir Lakhdhiraji [2] who ruled from 1922 until 1948. Sir Lakhdiraji Thakor acted as a ruler, manager, patron and policeman of the state with great authority. Sir Lakhdiraji, like other contemporary rulers of Saurashtra, built roads and a railway network (of seventy miles), connecting Wadhwan and Morbi and the two small ports of Navlakhi and Vavania, for exporting the state's production of salt and cloth. Rajkot-wadhwan section gauge conversion completed in the year 1905 by Morvi State Railway. Later Morvi-Wankaner section was converted to Metre gauge in 1924 to match rail lines of other state.[3]

Railway reorganization

Morvi State Railway was merged into the Western Railway on 5 November 1951. It was the last Steam engine hauled section in India in the year 2000. It is the historical railway station having steam shed. Before railbuses took over on Wankaner-Morvi, there were two-coach trains hauled by YG or YP steam locos (these were the last steam-hauled trains on those routes).[4] Wankaner-Maliya Miyana section Conversion to Broad gauge was completed in the year 2001. [5]

References

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