Aligarh railway station
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Aligarh Junction
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| Indian Railway Junction Station | |
Aligarh Junction Station
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| Location | NH 91, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh India |
| Coordinates | 27°53′21″N 78°04′27″E / 27.8893°N 78.0741°ECoordinates: 27°53′21″N 78°04′27″E / 27.8893°N 78.0741°E |
| Elevation | 193 metres (633 ft) |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| Operated by | North Central Railway |
| Line(s) | Kanpur-Delhi section of Howrah-Delhi main line, Aligarh-Bareily branch line and Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line |
| Platforms | 7 |
| Tracks | 7 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Standard on ground |
| Parking | Yes |
| Bicycle facilities | No |
| Other information | |
| Status | Functioning |
| Station code | ALJN |
| Division(s) | Allahabad |
| History | |
| Opened | 1865-66 |
| Electrified | 1975-76 |
| Previous names | East Indian Railway Company |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers | 204,000 daily |
| Location | |
Aligarh railway station is an 'A' class junction station on the Kanpur-Delhi section of Howrah-Delhi main line and Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line. It is located in Aligarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It serves Aligarh.
Through trains started running on the East Indian Railway Company’s Howrah–Delhi line in 1866.
The Bareilly–Moradabad Chord via Rampur, with a branch line to Aligarh, was built by Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway in 1894.
The Tundla–Aligarh–Ghaziabad and Aligarh–Harduaganj sectors were electirified in 1975-76.
Aligarh railway station has 2 double-bedded non-AC retiring rooms.
Aligarh Junction railway station is the primary railway station for Aligarh city and is a major stop on the Delhi-Kolkata route. It connects Aligarh to the states of West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, north-east and most of Uttar Pradesh, and important cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Bareilly, Meerut, Moradabad, Bhopal, Indore, Dibrugarh, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jammu Tawi, Tatanagar, Gwalior, Lucknow, Jhansi, Puri, Kanpur, Agra, Varanasi and Jaipur. The station handles over 140 Mail/ Express/ E.M.U. Trains daily in both direction. Aligarh also having one Branch Railway Line to Bareily. In 2014–15 rail budget Kanpur–Jammu Tawi Peremium Express train announed is running biweekly via Meerut pass through Aligarh railway station. Aligarh City has following railway stations:
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