Gwalior Junction Railway Station (station code: GWL) is a major railway Junction of Gwalior City in the northern part of in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Gwalior Junction is part of the Jhansi Division and falls under the administrative control of North Central Railway Zone of Indian Railways.
Gwalior Junction ग्वालियर जंक्शन | |||||||||
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 Indian Railways station | |||||||||
 Main Entrance of Gwalior Junction Railway Station | |||||||||
| General information | |||||||||
| Location | The Loco, Racecourse Road, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh India | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°12′58″N 78°10′55″E / 26.21611°N 78.18194°E | ||||||||
| Elevation | 211.52 metres (694 ft) | ||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||
| Operated by | North Central Railway Zone | ||||||||
| Line(s) | Delhi–Chennai line Agra–Bhopal section Gwalior-Indore line Gwalior–Sheopur Kalan-Kota line Gwalior–Etawah-Kanpur line | ||||||||
| Platforms | 6 | ||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||||||
| Connections | Taxi Stand, Auto Stand, E-rickshaw | ||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (On-Ground) | ||||||||
| Parking |  Available | ||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||
| Accessible |  Available | ||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||||||
| Station code | GWL | ||||||||
| Zone(s) | North Central Railway zone | ||||||||
| Division(s) | Jhansi | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| Opened | 1878 | ||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1940 | ||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||
| Avg 60,000/day | |||||||||
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History
editGwalior Junction Railway Station came into existence with the formation of the Agra-Gwalior rail section which was completed in 1881. After that Gwalior Station was transferred to the Bhopal–Jhansi section of the Indian Midland Railway whose headquarters was in Jhansi. Later this section was operated by G.I.P. Railways.[1] Maharaja Madho Rao Scindia laid a light narrow gauge rail line in his territory in 1899 between Gwalior-Bhind, Gwalior-Shivpuri, and in 1904 from Gwalior to Sabalgarh and in 1909 from Sabalgarh to Sheopur Kalan, which became known as Gwalior Light Railway. The Gwalior narrow-gauge track was the narrowest in India.[2] The station had also won awards from Indian Railways for clean infrastructure in 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1992.
Services
editGwalior Junction lies on the New Delhi–Chennai main line of the Indian Railways which halts more than 200 daily trains including origination and terminating like Chambal Express, Bundelkhand Express others. Express trains such as the Rajdhani Express, Shatabdi Express, Gatimaan Express, Humsafar Express, Duronto Express, Taj Express, Garib Rath Express as well as Vande Bharat Express which is India's semi-highspeed train, stops at Gwalior Junction.
Narrow-gauge train operation of Gwalior-Sheopur Kalan line closed in 2020 and now this section is under conversion to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge line.
Redevelopment
editThe Gwalior Junction railway station has been proposed to be redeveloped at a cost of approximately ₹ 290 crores under the station redevelopment program by the Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Ltd (IRSDC).[3] Entry, exit, and block areas have been proposed to be redeveloped being in contrast with the heritage building in an area of approximately 9,840 square metres (105,900 sq ft). It is one among the four new railway stations which had been finalized for redevelopment based on the public-private partnership (PPP) model.[4][5] According to IRSDC, the in-principle approval for inviting the request for quotation (RFQ) for the redevelopment of the railway station based on the PPP model was granted by the Public-Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC) on 20 December 2019. The proposed area of the redevelopment of the station is approximately 230,425 m2 (2,480,270 sq ft) with a proposed cost of around 240 crores, and will highlight the unique heritage building.
Connectivity
editGwalior Junction is well-connected to all parts of the country via train like New Delhi, Mumbai, Vijayawada, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Lucknow, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Kolkata, Jammu, Puri, Bhubaneswar, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Dehradun, and Thiruvananthapuram.
Gwalior Junction is served by five broad-gauge routes:
References
edit- ^ "About: Gwalior Station | 40kmph.com". 40kmph.com | A personal travelogue about India. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ Arvind Chauhan (13 August 2020). "Heritage narrow gauge rail track to chug into history | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ Nikita, Prasad (26 December 2019). "Indian Railways Gwalior station to be redeveloped with world-class facilities! Cool facts you must know". The Financial Express. Financial Express. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Nine firms in race to bag contracts for redevelopment of four railway stations under PPP". The Indian Express. The Indian Express. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ Kirti, Pandey (21 June 2020). "These 4 Indian Railways stations to get swanky makeover, IRSDC calls out interested bidders". www.timesnownews.com. Times Now. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
External links
edit- Gwalior Junction railway station at the India Rail Info
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