Structure type at grade Bicycle facilities No | Connections Auto stand Parking No Elevation 520 m Platforms in use 3 | |
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Similar Lalkuan Junction railway st, Rudrapur railway station, Haldwani railway station, Moradabad railway station, Dehradun railway station | ||
How beautiful is the kathgodam railway station
Kathgodam railway station is railway station located in Kathgodam town near Haldwani in Nainital district of Uttarakhand State of India.
Contents
- How beautiful is the kathgodam railway station
- Kathgodam railway station
- Location
- History
- Major trains
- References
The station code is KGM and is 99 km from the headquarter of the Izzatnagar railway division of North Eastern Railway Zone of Indian Railways. There are 3 platforms and Single Broad Gauge railway line uses the Diesel Engines.
Kathgodam railway station
Location
The Railway station is located in Kathgodam city at the foot of shivalik hills at a distance of 35 km from Nainital. It is located at 520 m above Mean Sea Level. The nearest airport is Pantnagar Airport at the distance of 28 km.
Kathgodam Railway Station is linked by roads to inner Himalayan region of Kumaon. It is connected to Nainital via Jeolikote, which is connected to Almora, Ranikhet, Baijnath, Gwaldam, Bageshwar and further eastwards to Pithoragarh.
History
By the end of 19th Century, Kathgodam formed one end of the 66 mile long Kumaun-Rohilkhand railway, a private line that conneced Kathgodam to Bareilly.