Ghaziabad Junction railway station

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{{short description|Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|100px]]<br/>{{background color|darkblue|{{font color|white|Ghaziabad Junction}}}}
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = hi
| style = Indian Railways
| image =
| image_caption = Indian Railways logo
| address = Station Road, Guru Govind Singh Marg, [[Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh|Ghaziabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|28.6505|N|77.4318|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|217.00|m|ft}}
| line = [[Kanpur–Delhi section]]<br/>[[Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line]]<br/>[[Delhi–Moradabad line]]
| other =
| structure = Standard on ground
| platform = 6
| tracks = 13
| parking = Yes
| bicycle = Yes
| opened = 1865–66
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 1971–72
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = GZB
| division = {{rwd|Delhi}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]]
| status = Functioning
| former = [[East Indian Railway Company]]
| passengers = 5,00,000
| pass_year = 46,00,000
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India Uttar Pradesh
| map_dot_label = Ghaziabad railway station
| map_size = 300
| map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh
| services = {{s-rail|title=Indian Railways}}
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways |previous=Maripat|next=Sahibabad| line=Northern Railway zone| branch=[[Kanpur–Delhi section]]}}
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways |previous=| next=Mehrauli| line=Northern Railway zone| branch=[[Delhi–Moradabad line]]}}
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways |previous=| next=New Ghaziabad| line=Northern Railway zone| branch=[[Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line]]}}
| route_map = {{Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line|inline=1}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}
'''Ghaziabad Junction railway station''' (station code:- '''GZB''') is on the [[Kanpur–Delhi section]] of [[Howrah–Delhi main line]], Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line and New Delhi–Bareilly–Lucknow line. It is located in [[Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh|Ghaziabad district]] in the ndian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. It serves [[Ghaziabad]].

==History==
{{main|Northern_Railway_zone#History | label 1 = Northern Railway zone history}}

Through trains started running on the [[East Indian Railway Company]]'s Howrah–Delhi line in 1866.<ref name=irfcai>{{cite web| url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html |title=IR History: Early History (1832–1869)| publisher=IRFCA| access-date=28 June 2013}}</ref>

The railway line between Meerut and Delhi was constructed in 1864.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

The [[Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway]] completed the {{convert|483|km|mi|0|adj=mid|-long}} Amritsar–Ambala–Saharanpur–Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting [[Multan Cantonment railway station|Multan]] (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|title=IR History: Early Days II (1870–1899) |url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html| access-date=7 March 2014}}</ref>

The Ghaziabad–Moradabad link was established by [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]] in 1900.<ref name=orr>{{cite web| url=http://management.ebooks6.com/The-Oudh-Rohilkhand-Railway-download-w23852.pdf| title=The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway| publisher=Management E-books6| access-date=28 June 2013}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Electrification===

The Tundla–Aligarh–Ghaziabad sector was electrified in 1975–76, and the Ghaziabad–Nizamuddin–New Delhi–Delhi sector in 1976–77,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html| title=History of Electrification| publisher=IRFCA| access-date=28 June 2013}}</ref>

The {{convert|140|km|mi|0|adj=mid|long}} Ghaziabad–Moradabad line was completely electrified in January 2016. The Ghaziabad–Meerut–Muzaffarnagar–Saharanpur–Roorkee–Haridwar line is also open to electric trains with effect from March 2016.

==Local electric trains==
Local electric trains are available regularly from Ghaziabad for stations in the [[National Capital Region (India)|National Capital Region]]. Distance: {{stnlnk|New Delhi}} (26 km), {{stnlnk|Old Delhi}} (20 km), {{stnlnk|Hazrat Nizamuddin}} (23 km), {{stnlnk|Anand Vihar Terminal}} (13 km).<ref name=makemytrip>{{cite web |url= http://www.makemytrip.com/railways/newdelhi.html |title= Ghaziabad| publisher= Make my trip| access-date = 28 June 2013 }}</ref>

==List of local trains==
Local trains which run on a regular interval are EMUs, MEMUs, Passengers. Local trains start in the early morning and run till midnight.

==Amenities==
Amenities for passengers at Ghaziabad include: waiting rooms, escalators, water coolers, automated teller machines, pure vegetarian restaurants, refreshment rooms, book stall, computerized reservation office, and telephone booths.<ref name=makemytrip />

==Electric Loco Shed==
The Ghaziabad electric locomotive shed serves the Delhi area. It houses and maintains India's fastest locomotives which are mostly used in the [[Rajdhani Express|Rajdhani]], the [[Shatabdi Express|Shatabdi]] and the [[Duronto Express|Duronto]] Expresses. It stores 3 phase locomotives like [[WAP-5]] & [[WAP-7]] locomotives.

It is currently holds 100+ WAP-5 locomotives and 150+ WAP-7 locomotives.

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IndiaRailInfo|348}}

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[[Category:Railway junction stations in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Ghaziabad district, India]]
[[Category:Delhi railway division]]
[[Category:Transport in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1865]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh]]

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