Wankaner Junction railway station

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Wankaner Junction railway station
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General information
Location Wankaner, Morbi district, Gujarat
India
Coordinates 22°37′20″N70°57′48″E / 22.622148°N 70.963372°E / 22.622148; 70.963372
Elevation87 m (285 ft)
Operated by Western Railway
Line(s) Viramgam–Okha line
Maliya Miyana–Wankaner section
Platforms4
Tracks6
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on ground)
ParkingYes
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeWKR
Zone(s) Western Railway
Division(s) Rajkot
History
Opened1890
ElectrifiedYes
Previous names Morvi State Railway
Location
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Wankaner Junction railway station
Wankaner Junction railway station (Gujarat)

Wankaner Junction railway station is located in Wankaner city of Morbi district, Gujarat. It is under Rajkot division of Western Railway. Its code is WKR. It has four platforms. Passenger, DEMU, Express, and Superfast trains halt here. [1] [2]

Contents

Wankaner Junction is well connected by rail to Veraval Junction, Okha, Porbandar, Hapa, Jamnagar, Rajkot Junction, Morbi, Gandhidham Junction, Ahmedabad Junction, Bilaspur Junction, Gorakhpur Junction, Rameswaram, Delhi Sarai Rohilla, Rewa, Secunderabad Junction, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, Thiruvananthapuram, Muzaffarpur Junction, Pune Junction, Jabalpur Junction, Indore Junction, Nathdwara, Kamakhya, Bandra Terminus and Mumbai Central.

History

The Morvi-Wankaner section was laid as a 2 ft 6inch road side tram way in the year 1890 by Morvi Railway under the regime of Sir Waghji Thakor. Wadhwan–ajkot metre-auge section of Morvi State Railway laid in the year 1890. [3] Rajkot–Wadhwan section was completed in the year 1905 by Morvi State Railway. Later Morvi–ankaner section was converted to mtre gauge in 1924 to match rail lines of other state. [4]

Railway reorganization

Morvi State Railway was merged into the Western Railway on 5 November 1951. It was the last Steam engine hauled section in India in the year 2000. Before railbuses took over on Wankaner–Morvi, there were two-coach trains hauled by YG or YP steam locos (these were the last steam-hauled trains on those routes). [5] Wankaner–Maliya Miyana section Conversion to broad gauge was completed in the year 2001. [6]

Trains

The following trains halt at Wankaner Junction railway station in both directions:

Wankaner–Morbi DEMU and Wankaner–Rajkot DEMU start from here.

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References

  1. ↑ "WKR/Wankaner Junction". India Rail Info.
  2. ↑ "Wankaner Junction: Train Timetable". Cleartrip.
  3. ↑ "Irfca history Part-2".
  4. ↑ "Irfca history Part-3".
  5. ↑ "Irfca trivia".
  6. ↑ "history of maliya miyana-wankaner section".


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