Rajkot Railway Station

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Rajkot Railway Station is main railway station of Rajkot, Gujarat, India. Rajkot has Bhaktinagar Railway Station, apart from Rajkot Railways Station. Rajkot Railway Station is popularly referred as Rajkot Junction. Rajkot Junction is the primary terminus of rail transport for the city of Rajkot in the state of Gujarat, India and an important center of the Western Railways zone of the Indian Railways. The station has five platforms. There are ample numbers of tea stalls, snack bars, medical shops, enquiry desk. The station also has one ATM which is run by the State Bank of Saurashtra. The government is also considering to provide Cyber cafe, various ATMs, Vending-machine, Cafeteria, Urban waiting rooms and rest rooms. The station is undergoing large-scale automation and infrastructure development.

[edit] History

Rajkot city was capital of Princely States of Rajkot. Rajkot Railway Station was situated on north east bank of Aji River. It was shifted to Sadar bazaar during British Raj. There were only meter gauge and narrow gauge rails and connected to few nearly princely states like Gondal and Navanagar. Currently It has broad gauge rails.
Rajkot Railway Station is currently on west bank of Aji River and connected to major roads. It has zonal office of Western Railways, which is in Kothi Compound.

[edit] Destinations

One may find trains to the following destinations from the Rajkot Railway Station.

Gujarat- Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Porbandar, Okha, Bhuj, Mehasana, Himatnagar, Anand, Nadiad, Amreli, Junagadh, Palanpur, Gandhidham
Maharastra- Mumbai(Central), Mumbai(Bandra), Pune, Nagpur, Kolhapur, Nasik, Aurangabad, Satara/Sangli, Bhusaval
Rajasthan- Jaipur, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Udiapur, Jaisalmer, Abu Road, Falna, Kota, Bikaner,nana beda
Karnataka- Bangalore, Mangalore, Mysore, Hubli, Belgaum.
Tamil Nadu- Chennai, Madurai, Kanyakumari, Coimbatore.
Kerala- Trivandrum, Kochi, Ernakulam, Calicut
Andhra Pradesh- Hyderabad, Vishakapatnam.
Orissa- Bhubaneshwar, Puri.
West Bengal- Kolkata
Madhya Pradesh- Bhopal, Indore, Satna, Jabalpur
Uttar Pradesh- Lucknow, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Bareilly, Agra, Gaziabad, Allahbad.
Delhi
Punjab- Amritsar, Chandigarh
Jammu and Kashmir- Jammu
Bihar- Patna, Ranchi