Meerut City railway station

Meerut City, or Meerut City Junction, is the main railway station in the city of Meerut. It is a junction of Meerut-Bulandshahr-Khurja line and Delhi-Meerut-Saharanpur line. Double lining of Meerut-Saharanpur section is on full swing.

This article is about Indian Railways' station of Meerut City. For city of meerut, see Meerut.

Meerut City Junction
Indian Railway Station Junction Station
Indian Railways Logo
Location	India
Coordinates	28°58′43″N 77°40′32″E
Elevation	224.340 metres (736.02 ft)
Owned by	Northern Railway zone of the Indian Railways
Line(s)	Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line Meerut-Bulandshahr-Khurja line
Platforms	6 (1A, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)
Tracks	13
Bus stands	City Bus (Local) Public Transit
Construction
Parking	Available
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	MTC
Zone(s)	Northern Railway
Division(s)	Delhi
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station Partapur Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line Meerut Cantt Kharkhauda Meerut-Bulandshahr-Khurja line Terminus
Location
Meerut City railway station Location in Uttar Pradesh

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 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 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

It lies on the Northern Railway zone of India under Delhi division.[1]

History

Main article: Northern Railway zone history

This station was established by British India government in 1911. It lies on the Delhi to Haridwar/Dehradun line.

Lines and Routes

It is a junction of Meerut-Bulandshahr-Khurja lines (93 km) that goes via Hapur Jn and connect to Kolkata-Delhi line, and Delhi-Meerut-Saharanpur line. Delhi to Meerut City is double-line and electrified while Meerut-Saharanpur section is single-electrified line.[2] Doubling of Meerut-Saharanpur section is on full swing.[3]

A 63 km (39 mi) rail link from Meerut to Bijnor is proposed to connect the two cities. Survey has been done and line is to be laid from Daurala station in Meerut to Bijnor. The cities which are expected to be included in the route are Daurala, Mawana, Hastinapur, Bahsuma and Daranagar.[4]

Trains

A total of 78 trains halt at Meerut City Jn railway station.[5] 8 trains originate from and terminate at Meerut City.[5] Sangam Express, Nauchandi Express, Rajya Rani Express are originating trains which goes to Allahabad via Bulandshahr-Aligarh-Kanpur, Allahabad via Bareilly-Lucknow and Bareilly-Lucknow respectively. Three Khruja-Meerut-Passenger trains shuttle between Meerut and Khurja and 1 train umbala passenger and Rewari passenger also originate from Meerut City. About 60 trains run up and down to Delhi, Mumbai, Madurai, Kochuvelli, Dehradun, Amritsar, Jammu Tawi, Okha, Bilaspur, Puri, Indore, Ujjain daily, biweekly or weekly.

After Meerut City, the second major railway station is Meerut Cantonment, located 4 km North.

Infrastructure

The station is equipped with route relay interlocking technology for managing tracks and signalling. The rail yard has 2 washing lines for maintenance or train rakes. It has also got a coach care facility with capacity of 2 coaches.

Station also has a dedicated cargo siding for freight loading and unloading. The siding has 3 zones: open siding for coal, cement, fertilizer etc, a petroleum terminal bay of BPCL and, a closed siding terminal for all other type of goods. The siding is located about 1.9 km East of the station.[6]

Amenities

City Railway station is a Class-A railway station of Norther Railway. It is equipped with most public amenities like restaurants, waiting room, retiring room, police station, post office etc. The station is fully disabled friendly. Escalators and elevators are being installed for easing passenger movement between platform 1 and 2-3.[7] PNB and SBI ATMs are also available at station entrance.

Station premises also have a Railway Hospital for railway staff.

Gallery

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  Meerut City Junction Platform View
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  Sangam Express at Meerut City
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  Station Logo

References

1. "MTC/Meerut City Junction Train Departure Timings". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
2. "Meerut-Saharanpur rail stretch goes electric - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
3. "दिल्ली-सहारनपुर रेल लाइन होगी डबल - Amarujala". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
4. "Railways complete survey on proposed Bijnor-Meerut rail link - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
5. Shaikh, Azar S. "MTC/Meerut City Junction Station - 75 Train Departures NR/Northern Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
6. "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
7. "SHRI SURESH PRABHAKAR PRABHU DEDICATES THE NEWLY ELECTRIFIED GHAZIABAD-MEERUT-SAHARANPUR RAIL SECTION AND ALSO LAYS THE FOUNDATION STONE FOR PROVISION OF ESCALATOR & LIFTS AT MEERUT CITY STATION - Railway Enquiry". m.indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 2 June 2017.