Ghaziabad railway station
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Ghaziabad
ग़ाज़ियाबाद |
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| Location | Station Road, Guru Govind Singh Marg, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh India
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| Coordinates | 28°39′02″N 77°25′54″E / 28.6505°N 77.4318°ECoordinates: 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 |
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| Platforms | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Standard on ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | GZB | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Delhi | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1865-66 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1971-72 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | East Indian Railway Company | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (46,00,000) | 5,00,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Through trains started running on the East Indian Railway Company’s Howrah-Delhi line in 1866.
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.
The Ghaziabad-Moradabad link was established by Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway in 1900.
Ghaziabad Junction roof
An Old steam loco outside Ghaziabad Junction
Ghaziabad Junction
The Tundla-Aligarh-Ghaziabad sector was electrified in 1975-76, and the Ghaziabad-Nizamuddin-New Delhi-Delhi sector in 1976-77,
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 are available regularly from Ghaziabad for stations in the National Capital Region. Distance: New Delhi railway station (26 km), Old Delhi railway station (20 km), Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station (23 km), Anand Vihar (13 km).
Local trains which run on a reguler interwell are EMUs, MEMUs, Passengers. Local trains start in the early morning and run till midnight.
Amenities for passengers at Ghaziabad include: waiting rooms, water coolers, pure vegetarian restaurants, refreshment rooms, book stall, computerized reservation office, and telephone booths.
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