Elevation 72 m (236 ft) Tracks 6 | Opened 1905 Platforms in use 4 | |
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Line(s) Viramgam-Okha lineSurendra Nagar-Dharangadhra sectionSurendranagar-Bhavnagar line Structure type Standard (on ground station) Similar Hapa railway station, Rajkot Junction railway st, Okha railway station, Nadiad Junction railway st, Somnath railway station | ||
The Surendranagar railway station belongs to Western Railway of Rajkot Division. It is located in Surendranagar district of Gujarat State.
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History
Sir Lakhdhiraji Waghji, who ruled from 1922 until 1948. Sir Waghji acted as a ruler, manager, patron and policeman of the state with great authority. Sir Waghji, like other contemporary rulers of Saurashtra, built roads and a railway network (of seventy miles), connecting Wadhwan and Morbi. Surendranagar-Rajkot section was laid in 1905. Gauge conversion of Viramgam-Hapa section via Surendranagar, Wankaner was completed by 1980. Morvi State Railway was merged into the Western Railway on 5 November 1951.
Passenger amenities
About 35 passenger trains arrive at this station daily. There were trains Mumbai, Delhi, Visakhapatnam, Secunderabad, Nagpur, Howrah, Kamakhya, Rajkot, Gandhidham, Wankaner etc.,