Gwalior Junction railway station

Gwalior railway Station Main Station Junction
Gwalior station sign and platform
Station statistics
Address	Lashkar, Gwalior India
Line(s)	Chennai Central - New Delhi Agra-Bhopal section
Connections	Etawah - Indore (not fully constructed)
Platforms	1, 2, 3, 4 (broad gauge), 5 (narrow gauge) 2 broad gauge to be made
Tracks	6 broad gauge 1 narrow gauge
Other information
Station code	GWL
Owned by	Indian Railway
Fare zone	Jhansi Division, Northern Central Railway

The Gwalior Junction railway station (station code: GWL) is an important railway station of Gwalior City in the state of Madhya Pradesh. It is operated by North Central Railway.^[1]

The Gwalior Junction GWL is part of the Jhansi Division of the North Central Railways.

Gwalior is one of the major commercial railway stations of the North Central Railway of Indian Railways, which zonal Head Quarter is centered in Allahabad. The station has won awards from Indian Railways for clean infrastructure in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1992.^{[citation needed]} Express trains such as the Bhopal Express, Taj Express, Rajdhani Express, Garib Rath Express, Bhopal Shatabdi, and about 100 trains (considering both up and down tracks) stop at Gwalior.

Gwalior is, perhaps, one of the few places where both narrow gauge and broad gauge railways tracks are still operational. The Gwalior narrow gauge track is the narrowest in India.^{[citation needed]}

Gwalior is well connected via train services to all parts of the country including 4 metros. There are direct trains to Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata (Howrah), Chennai, Ujjain, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam (Kochi), Indore, Ahmedabad, Pune, Jammu, Lucknow, Bhopal, Bangalore, Jaipur, Udaipur, Dehradun and other major towns. Gwalior is the main station serving most of the important and long distance trains. There are two other stations within the city limits, named Birla nagar and Sithouli. These stations interconnect to other stations and also serve the short distance trains connecting Gwalior to nearby towns and villages.

There are other narrow gauge stations within the city, named and Motijheel. Gwalior lies on the longest functional broad gauge line in India between Delhi and Mumbai.^{[citation needed]}

Connectivity

Gwalior Junction is linked with many industrial and important cities of India by direct trains like New Delhi, Bhopal, Lucknow, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Jammu, Agra, Bhubaneshwar, Ahmedabad, etc.

Gwalior Junction is served by 4 broad gauge routes:

1. To Agra - New Delhi
2. To Jhansi - Bhopal
3. To Guna - Ujjain
4. To Gwalior Birlanagar - Bhind

Gwalior Junction is served by 1 Narrow Gauge Route Called Gwalior Light Railway.

1. To Sabalgarh - Sheopur

Important trains originating

The Following Train Run From Gwalior Junction

1. Indore–Gwalior Intercity Express

2. Gwalior Barauni Mail

3. Gwalior-Howrah Chambal Express

4. Gwalior-Varanasi Bundelkhand Express

5. Bhopal–Gwalior Intercity Express (Via Bina, Guna)

6. Gwalior-Bina Passenger (Via Guna)

7. Gwalior-Bhind Passenger

8. Gwalior-Bhind Passenger

9. Gwalior-Agra Passenger

Narrow Gauge Trains

1. Gwalior-Sabalgarh Passenger

2. Gwalior-Sheopur Passenger

3. Gwalior-Sabalgarh Passenger

Demands For New Trains

The railway station of Gwalior is always "Un-Touched" in every railway budget. Despite of heavy passenger traffic, there are no actions on demands of the people such as starting new services:

1.Gwalior - New Delhi Shatabdi (Morning Departure from Gwalior)

2. Gwalior-Mumbai Express (Via Guna)

3. Gwalior-Mumbai Express (Via Jhansi, Bhopal, Itarsi, Bhusawal, Manmad)

4. Gwalior-Habibganj Intercity Express (Via Jhansi, Bina)

5. Gwalior-Jaipur Express (via Guna,Kota)

6. Gwalior-Nagpur Express

7. Gwalior-chittoregarh intercity ( via Guna, Ratlam)

8. Gwalior-Gandhinagar Express(Via Guna, Ujjain, Ratlam, Ahmedabad)

9. Gwalior-Patna Express (Via Agra, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi)

10. Gwalior-Jabalpur Garib Rath Express(Via Bina, Katni)

11. Gwalior-Indore Express(Via Jhansi, Bhopal, Maksi, Dewas)

12. Gwalior-Kanpur Intercity Express(Via Agra,Etawah)

13. Gwalior-Pune Express(Via Guna, Ujjain, Ratlam, Vadodara, Vasai Road, Kalyan)

14. Gwalior-Pune Express(Via Jhansi, Bina, Bhopal, Itarsi, Amla, Nagpur, Bhusawal, Manmad, Daund)

15. Gwalior-Guwahati Express(Via Jhansi, Bina, Katni, Singrauli, Chopan, Gaya, Bhagalpur, Malda Town, New Jalpaiguri, Kamakhya)

16. Gwalior-Chennai Egmore Express(Via Jhansi, Bhopal, Nagpur, Vijaywada, Tenali, Gudur)

17. Gwalior-Balaghat Express(Via Bhopal, Nagpur, Gondia)

18. Gwalior-Raipur Express(Via Bina, Katni, Anuppur, Bilaspur)

19. Howrah JN - Ahmedabad SUPER FAST Express(Via Etawah-Gwalior-Guna)

20. Gwalior - Jammu Garib rath express

21. Gwalior - Indore Shatabdi express

Extensions

1. Kolkata-Jhansi Pratham Swatrantata Sangrm Express Extension From Jhansi to Gwalior.

2. Lucknow-Jhansi Intercity Express From Jhansi to Gwalior

3. Ajmer-Agra Express From Agra to Gwalior.

4. Hz. Nizamuddin - Agra Intercity Express From Agra to Gwalior.

5. Jaipur - Agra Shatabdi from Agra to Gwalior

Stoppages Of Some Trains

Stations wants stoppages of some trains

1. Kanniyakumari - Hz.Nizamuddin Thirukural Express

2. Durg - Jammu tawi Express.

3. Puducherry - New Delhi S.F. Express

4. Haridwar - Mumbai(LTT) AC Express

5. Khajuraho - Hz. Nizamuddin UP Sampark Kranti Express (Slip)

6. Bilaspur - New Delhi Rajdhani Express

7. Bangalore - H. Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express

References

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