Ghaziabad Junction railway station

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Ghaziabad Junction railway station - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 28°39′02″N 77°25′54″E / 28.6505°N 77.4318°E

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Ghaziabad Junction

Indian Railway and Delhi Suburban Railway station

Ghaziabad Junction railway station Platform 1.

General information

Location

Station Road, Guru Govind Singh Marg, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
India

Coordinates

28°39′02″N 77°25′54″E / 28.6505°N 77.4318°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

Tracks

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

Passengers

46,00,000

5,00,000

Services

Preceding station		Following station
Chipyana Buzurg towards ?	Northern Railway zone Kanpur–Delhi section	Sahibabad towards ?
Terminus	Northern Railway zone Delhi–Moradabad line	Mahrauli towards ?
Terminus	Northern Railway zone Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line	New Ghaziabad towards ?

Route map

Legend

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

Meerut City

067

Nurnagar

Partapur

061

Chandsara

Kharkhauda

SH 119

Kalli

Hapur Road

Mohiuddinpur

056

Delhi–Moradabad line

Hapur Junction

Modinagar

048

Delhi–Moradabad line

Hafizpur

Upper Ganga Canal

Gulaothi

Chhaprawat

Muradnagar

038

Baral

Numaishgarh halt

Duhai halt

033

Bulandshahr

Maman

Guldhar

030

NH 91

Khurja City

New Ghaziabad

026

Kanpur–Delhi section

Khurja Junction

Delhi–Moradabad line

Kanpur–Delhi section

020

013

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

Delhi–Jaipur line

NH 2

Agra Chord to
Kanpur–Delhi section

					Sources: Google Maps 54505 Delhi–Ambala Passenger 54402 Meerut–Khurja Passenger

Location
Ghaziabad railway station Location in Uttar Pradesh

Interactive map

Ghaziabad Junction railway station (station code: GZB) is on the Kanpur–Delhi section of Howrah–Delhi main line, Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line,New Delhi - Meerut - Saharanpur line and New Delhi–Bareilly–Lucknow line. It is located in Ghaziabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It serves Ghaziabad.

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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.^{[citation needed]}

The Scinde, Punjab & 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 regular interval 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, automated teller machines, 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 phase locomotives like WAP-5 & WAP-7 locomotives.

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

Gallery

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.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Ghaziabad". Make my trip. Retrieved 28 June 2013.

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