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{{Infobox station
| name = Bikaner Junction
| other_name =
| style = Indian Railways
| type = [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]
| image = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|100px]]
| caption = Indian Railways logo
| address = [[Bikaner]], [[Bikaner district]] [[Rajasthan]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|28.0147|N|73.3159|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline, title}}
| elevation = {{convert|234.696|m|ft}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[North Western Railway zone|North Western Railways]]
| line = [[Jodhpur–Bathinda line]]<br/>[[Bikaner–Rewari line]]
| platform = 6
| tracks = 8 {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]
| ADA =
| bicycle = No
| parking = Yes
| structure = Standard on ground
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = BKN
| zone = [[North Western Railway zone]]
| division = {{rwd|Bikaner}}
}}
| status = Functioning
| closed =
| former =
| opened = 1891
| rebuilt =
| electrified = Announced in 2017–18 Budget by govt
| passengers =
| pass_system =
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| pass_percent =
| map_type = India Rajasthan#India
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}}

'''Bikaner railway station''' is located in [[Bikaner district]] in the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]]. It serves [[Bikaner]]. Bikaner is headquarters of Bikaner railway division.

==The railway station==
Bikaner railway station is at an elevation of {{convert|226|m|ft}} and was assigned the code – BKN.<ref name=munabao>{{cite web|url= http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/bikaner-junction-bkn/117|title= Arrivals at Bikaner|publisher= indiarailinfo| access-date=7 May 2014}}</ref>

Bikaner is served by more than 21 pairs of trains each day with multiple daily connections to Delhi, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Mumbai and Chandigarh. Within Rajasthan, there are also multiple daily trains available for Jodhpur, Jaipur, Nagaur, Ratangarh, Churu, Barmer and Jaisalamer. There are also daily trains to Kota.

Daily connections to Pathankot, Amritsar, Jammu, Kalka, Haridwar, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, Durgapur, Kolkata, Guwahati and Dibrugarh are also available.

Most other major Indian cities such as Ujjain, Pune, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Chennai, Coimbatore, Mangalore, Kochi, Trivandrum, Goa, Puri, Bubaneswar, Sambalpur, Raipur, Bilaspur and Bhopal are connected via weekly, biweekly or tri-weekly trains.

<ref>http://indiarailinfo.com/</ref>

==History==
{{see also | History of rail transport in India | label 1 = Indian railway history | Northern Railway zone#History | label 2 = NR history | North Western Railway zone#History | label 3 = NWR history | North Central Railway zone#History | label 4 = NCR history | North Eastern Railway zone#History | label 5 = NER history }}
Bikaner railway station was constructed in 1891 with a Rs. 3,46,000 donation by Rai Bahadur Dewan Bahadur Sir Kasturchand Daga, a known trader from the city.

In 1889, the two states of Jodhpur and Bikaner formed the Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway to promote railway development jointly within the [[Rajputana Agency]]. In 1891 the {{track gauge|1000mm}}-wide [[metre-gauge]] [[Jodhpur–Bikaner line]] was opened. In 1901–02, the metre-gauge line was extended to Bathinda.<ref name="fibis">{{cite web| url = http://www.wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Jodhpur-Bikaner_Railway| title = Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway| publisher = fibis| access-date = 7 May 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140202124719/http://www.wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Jodhpur-Bikaner_Railway| archive-date = 2 February 2014| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="irfcaii">{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html |title = IR History: Part II (1870–1899)| publisher=IRFCA | access-date = 7 May 2014}}</ref>

==Gauge conversions==
The Jodhpur–Bikaner track, along with the link to Phulera, had been taken in/before 1991 for conversion to {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lsdeb/ls10/ses1/02060891.htm |title = Written answers to Qustion asked in Parliament | work= Railway expansion programme in Rajasthan|publisher= Government of India| access-date = 7 May 2014}}</ref> According to a Press Information Bureau release issued in 2008, the Jodhpur–Merta City–Bikaner–Bathinda line was broad gauge.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=37655|title = Railway line along Indian border| publisher= Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India, 21 April 2008| access-date = 7 May 2014}}</ref>

The Bikaner–Rewari line was converted to broad gauge during the period 2008–2011.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1390378076313-Overview%20dt.21.01.14.pdf | title = Overview of Bikaner Division | publisher = North Western Railway | access-date = 7 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140508030427/http://www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1390378076313-Overview%20dt.21.01.14.pdf | archive-date = 8 May 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Workshop==
The Bikaner (Lalgarh) workshop was set up in 1926. It carries out periodic overhauling of metre gauge coaches and wagons.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |title= Sheds and workshops|publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 7 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1383134993568-BIKANER%20WORKSHOP%20WEB.pdf |title=Brief History of Bikaner Workshop |publisher=North Western Railway |access-date=7 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508025129/http://www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1383134993568-BIKANER%20WORKSHOP%20WEB.pdf |archive-date=8 May 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==Museum==
Bikaner Heritage Rail Museum at Bikaner displays items related to the Jodhpur and Bikaner Railway era. It was opened in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Bikana-Heritage-Rail-Museum-opened-for-public-viewing/articleshow/16867351.cms |title= Bikana Heritage Rail Museum opened for public viewing|work=The Times of India|date=18 October 2012| access-date = 7 May 2014}}</ref>Turban Museum in platform one open on 2021. Displays longest turban and smallest turban in world made by a Bikaner artist.[https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/rajasthan/bikaner/turban-will-enhance-the-beauty-of-bikaner-railway-station/articleshow/81259786.cms][https://www.patrika.com/bikaner-news/rajasthani-turban-will-become-the-center-of-attraction-for-travelers-6721735/]

==References==
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https://www.patrika.com/bikaner-news/rajasthani-turban-will-become-the-center-of-attraction-for-travelers-6721735/

==External links==

* [http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/bikaner-junction-bkn/117 Trains at Bikaner]
* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Bikaner}}

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{{Railway stations in Rajasthan}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Bikaner district]]
[[Category:Bikaner railway division]]
[[Category:Transport in Bikaner]]

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