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{{Infobox rail line<br />
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| name = Delhi–Moradabad line<br/>including Gajraula–Najibabad branch line<br />
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| caption = Ghaziabad Junction is an important railway station on Delhi–Moradabad line<br />
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| status = Operational<br />
| locale = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| start = [[Delhi Junction railway station|Old Delhi]]<br />
| end = {{stnlnk|Moradabad}}<br />
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| open = 1900<br />
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| owner = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]]<br />
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| elevation = New Delhi {{convert|239|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}, Moradabad {{convert|201|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br />
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The '''Delhi–Moradabad line''' is a railway line connecting [[Delhi Junction railway station|Delhi]] and {{stnlnk|Moradabad}} the latter in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. The Gajraula–Najibabad branch line is included in this line. The line is under the administrative jurisdiction of [[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]].<br />
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[[File:Shramjeevi Express in Ghaziabad Junction 01.jpg|thumb|Shramjeevi Express on Delhi-Moradabad line]]<br />
==History==<br />
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 = 10 June 2014 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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==Electrification==<br />
The Delhi–Ghaziabad–Hapur–Moradabad line, as of 19 January 2016, is a fully electrified double line and Gajraula–Najibabad branch is also electrified as on 12 April 2019.<br />
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==Loco shed==<br />
Ghaziabad electric loco shed serves the Delhi area. It housed 47 WAP-1 locos in 2008. It also has [[Indian locomotive class WAM-4|WAM-4]], [[Indian locomotive class WAP-4|WAP-4]], [[Indian locomotive class WAP-5|WAP-5]], [[Indian locomotive class WAP-7|WAP-7]] and [[Indian locomotive class WAG-5|WAG-5HA]] locos.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |title= Sheds and workshops|publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 10 March 2014 }}</ref><br />
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Since this stretch is now electrified, this stretch would start seeing electric locomotives mostly.<br />
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==Passenger movement==<br />
Moradabad is the only station on this line that is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |title=Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry |work=Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways |publisher=IRFCA |access-date=10 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510115649/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |archive-date=10 May 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> But this station has not any originating Mail/Express train.<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Railways in Northern India}}<br />
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[[Category:5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]<br />
[[Category:Railway lines in Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1900]]<br />
[[Category:Moradabad railway division|*]]<br />
[[Category:Delhi railway division|*]]<br />
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