Jaipur Junction railway station

Jaipur Junction जयपुर जंक्शन
Indian Railway Station

Location	Hasanpura, Jaipur, Rajasthan India
Coordinates	26°55′15″N 75°47′12″E / 26.9208°N 75.7866°E / 26.9208; 75.7866Coordinates: 26°55′15″N 75°47′12″E / 26.9208°N 75.7866°E / 26.9208; 75.7866
Elevation	434 metres (1,424 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Delhi-Jaipur line Jaipur-Ahmedabad line Jaipur-Sawai Madhopur
Platforms	7
Construction
Parking	Available (paid)
Disabled access
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	JP
Zone(s)	North Western Railway
Division(s)	Jaipur railway division
History
Opened	1875 (1875)
Electrified	No

Jaipur Junction railway station (Code : JP) is a railway station in Jaipur. Jaipur also serves as the headquarters of the North Western Railway zone of the Indian Railways since 2002.^[1] The Jaipur Division of the North Western Railway is also headquartered at Jaipur.

Jaipur Junction platform board

Overview

It is located along Railway Road. The inter-state bus terminal Sindhi Camp is also close to the station. It is linked to other parts of the country by meter gauge and broad gauge lines. Jaipur station alone deals with 88 Broad Gauge and 22 Meter Gauge trains and 35,000 passengers in a day. It is the busiest railway station in Rajasthan.^[1] It has direct trains on the broad gauge network to all major cities in Rajasthan such as Ajmer,Jodhpur,Udaipur,etc. and India such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Indore, Chandigarh, Ernakulam, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Guwahati, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Nagpur, Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Patna, Visakhapatnam, Thiruvananthapuram etc. and metre gauge network to Sikar and Churu.

One of India's most famous and luxurious trains The Palace on Wheels, also makes a scheduled stop in Jaipur.^[2] Jaipur Junction is 5 km away from City wall of Jaipur. The newly constructed Jaipur metro has a stop here.

Lines

The main lines passing through Jaipur are :

. Delhi-Jodhpur line via Makrana, Degana, Merta road (Single Broad gauge Diesel line )
. Delhi- Ahmedabad line via Ajmer (Diesel broad gauge line)
. Sawai Madhopur - Jaipur line terminates at Jaipur (Single Broad gauge Diesel line )
. Jaipur - Churu (Meter gauge )

Nearby railway stations

Gandhinagar Jaipur railway station
Gator Jagatpura Railway Station
Durgapura railway station
Dehar Ka Balaji Railway Station
Bais Godam Railway Station
Kanakpura Railway Station

Services

Originating trains

Passing trains

References

External links

Railway stations in Rajasthan

Indian
Railways

NWR

Ajmer	Abu Road Ajmer Junction Marwar Junction Pushkar Udaipur City

Bikaner	Bikaner

Jaipur	Dausa Durgapura Gandhinagar Jaipur Jaipur Junction

Jodhpur	Bhagat Ki Kothi Jaisalmer Jodhpur Junction Munabao Pokaran

WCR

Kota	Bharatpur Junction Bhawani Mandi Bundi Fateh Singhpura Gangapur City Hindaun City Kota Junction Ramganj Mandi Junction Sawai Madhopur Junction Shri Mahabirji

Ratlam	Chittaurgarh Junction

Jaipur
metro

Jaipur Metro stations

Top 100 booking stations of Indian Railways

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Source: "100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways".

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