Ghaziabad Junction railway station

Ghaziabad Junction
Ghaziabad Junction
Location	Station Road, Guru Govind Singh Marg, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh; India
Coordinates	28°39′02″N 77°25′54″E
Elevation	217.00 metres (711.94 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Northern Railway
Line(s)	Kanpur-Delhi section; Delhi-Meerut-Saharanpur line; Delhi-Moradabad line
Platforms	6
Tracks	18
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	GZB
Division(s)	Delhi
History
Opened	1865-66
Electrified	1971-72
Previous names	East Indian Railway Company
Traffic
Passengers (46,00,000)	5,00,000
Services
Location
	Ghaziabad railway station Location in Uttar Pradesh

Ghaziabad railway station is on the Kanpur-Delhi section of Howrah-Delhi main line, Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line And New Delhi-Moradabad-Lucknow line. It is located in Ghaziabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It serves Ghaziabad.

Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line

km

Saharanpur Junction

181

Moradabad-Ambala line

Tapri

174

Delhi-Shamli-
Saharanpur line

Nangal

164

Talheri Buzurg

156

Deoband

147

Rohana Kalan

135

SH 59

Bamanheri

128

Muzaffarnagar

123

SH 58

Jaraudanara

118

Mansurpur

110

Miranpur-Khatauli Road

Khatauli

101

SH 58

Shakoti Tanda

091

Daurala

083

Pabli Khas

076

Meerut Bypass Road

NH 58

Meerut Cantt

072

km

Meerut City

067

0

9

Nurnagar

Partapur

061

11

Chandsara

18

Kharkhauda

SH 119

23

Kalli

Hapur Road

Mohiuddinpur

056

Delhi–Moradabad line

30

Hapur Junction

Modinagar

048

Delhi–Moradabad line

39

Hafizpur

Upper Ganga Canal

49

Gulaothi

54

Chhaprawat

Muradnagar

038

59

Baral

68

Numaishgarh halt

Duhai halt

033

71

Bulandshahr

78

Maman

Guldhar

030

NH 91

87

Khurja City

New Ghaziabad

026

Kanpur-Delhi section

Khurja Junction

Delhi-Moradabad line

Kanpur-Delhi section

Ghaziabad

020

km

Sahibabad Junction

013

Uttar Pradesh

Delhi

border

Chander Nagar

Vivek Vihar

009

Delhi-Shamli-
Saharanpur line

Anand Vihar Terminal

Delhi Shahdara

006

Yamuna

Delhi Junction

000

Delhi-Kalka line

Delhi-Fazilka line

New Delhi

023

Shivaji Bridge

024

Tilak Bridge

026

Pragati Maidan

028

Hazrat Nizamuddin

030

NH 2

Agra Chord to
Kanpur-Delhi section

km

					Sources: Google maps 54505 Delhi-Ambala Passenger 54402 Meerut-Khurja Passenger

History

Through trains started running on the East Indian Railway Company’s Howrah-Delhi line in 1866.[1]

The railway line between Meerut and Delhi was constructed in 1864.

The Sind, Punjab and Delhi railway completed the 483-kilometre-long (300 mi) Amritsar–Ambala–Saharanpur–Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting Multan (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.[2]

The Ghaziabad-Moradabad link was established by Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway in 1900.[3]

Electrification

The Tundla-Aligarh-Ghaziabad sector was electrified in 1975-76, and the Ghaziabad-Nizamuddin-New Delhi-Delhi sector in 1976-77,[4]

The 140-kilometre long (87 mi) Ghaziabad-Moradabad line was completely electrified in January 2016. The Ghaziabad-Meerut-Muzaffarnagar-Saharanpur-Roorkee-Haridwar line is also open to electric trains with effect from March 2016.

Local electric trains

Local electric trains are available regularly from Ghaziabad for stations in the National Capital Region. Distance: New Delhi (26 km), Old Delhi (20 km), Hazrat Nizamuddin (23 km), Anand Vihar Terminal (13 km).[5]

List of local trains

Local trains which run on a reguler interwell are EMUs, MEMUs, Passengers. Local trains start in the early morning and run till midnight.

Amenities

Amenities for passengers at Ghaziabad include: waiting rooms, escalators, water coolers,Water ATM, pure vegetarian restaurants, refreshment rooms, book stall, computerized reservation office, and telephone booths.[5]

Electric Loco Shed

The Ghaziabad electric locomotive shed serves the Delhi area. It houses and maintains India's fastest locomotives which are mostly used in the Rajdhani, the Shatabdi and the Duronto Expresses. It stores 3 phaser locomotives like WAP 5 & WAP 7 locomotives.

It is currently holds 100+ WAP 5 locomotives and 150+ WAP 7 locomotives.

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References

"IR History: Early History (1832-1869)". IRFCA. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
"IR History: Early Days II (1870-1899)". Retrieved 7 March 2014.
"The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway" (PDF). Management E-books6. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
"History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
"Ghaziabad". Make my trip. Retrieved 28 June 2013.

External links

Ghaziabad Junction railway station at the India Rail Info

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[irfcai-1] "IR History: Early History (1832-1869)". IRFCA. Retrieved 28 June 2013.

[2] "IR History: Early Days II (1870-1899)". Retrieved 7 March 2014.

[orr-3] "The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway" (PDF). Management E-books6. Retrieved 28 June 2013.

[4] "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 28 June 2013.

[makemytrip-5] "Ghaziabad". Make my trip. Retrieved 28 June 2013.