Platforms 4? Elevation 183 m | Operated by North Central Railway Structure type Standard on ground Phone 080060 20384 | |
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Similar Firozabad railway station, Aligarh Junction railway st, Shikohabad railway station, Etawah Junction railway st, Khurja Junction railway st | ||
Hathras Junction railway station is on the Kanpur-Delhi section of Howrah-Delhi main line and Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line. It is located in Hathras district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Station oddity
Hathras Junction railway station is one having an oddity. The station is on the 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge Kanpur-Delhi section. A broad gauge line takes off from this station and goes to Hathras Kuila railway station. At the Kanpur-end of the Hathras Junction railway station, the Mathura-Kasganj {now broad gauge} line cuts across the broad gauge line at right angles and has a separate overhead station named Hathras Road within the same premises. Hathras lies 9 km away in the west and is served by Hathras City railway station on the broad gauge (previously metre gauge) line.
History
Through trains started running on the Howrah-Delhi line in 1865-66.
The 29 mi (47 km) long Hathras Road-Mathura Cantt line was opened in 1875 by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway. It was transferred to North Eastern Railway in 1952. The Mathura-Kasganj line was converted from 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge in 2009.
Electrification
The Tundla-Aligarh-Ghaziabad sector was electirified in 1975-76.