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{{Short description|Railway station in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]] {{font color|blue|GWALIOR JUNCTION}}
| style = Indian Railways
| type = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|30px]] [[Indian Railways]] station
| image = Gwalior Junction.jpg
| caption = Main Entrance of Gwalior Junction Railway Station
| address = The Loco, Racecourse Road, [[Gwalior |Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh]]
| country = {{flagu|India}}
| coordinates = {{coord|26|12|58|N|78|10|55|E|display=inline}}
| line = [[Delhi–Chennai line]] [[Agra–Bhopal section]] [[Indore-Gwalior line|Gwalior-Indore line]] [[Gwalior Light Railway|Gwalior-Kota line (Maharaja Line)]] [[Gwalior–Etawah-Kanpur line]]|
| connections = Taxi Stand, Auto Stand, E-rickshaw
| structure = [[Intersection_(road)#At_grade_railways|At grade]]
| platform = 6
| depth =
| levels =
| tracks = 16
| parking = {{rint|park}} Available
| bicycle = Yes
| accessible = {{access icon|20px}} Available
| opened = {{Start date and age|1878}}
| closed =
| rebuilt = {{Start date and age|1940}}
| electrified = Yes
| elevation = 211.52 metres (694 ft)
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[North Central Railway zone|North Central Railway Zone]]
| status = Functioning
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = '''GWL'''
| zone = [[North Central Railway zone]]
| division = {{rwd|Jhansi}}
}}
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| passengers = Avg 1,00,000/day
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| map_type = India Madhya Pradesh
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'''Gwalior Junction Railway Station''' (station code: '''GWL''') is a major railway Junction of [[Gwalior|Gwalior City]] in the northern part of the Indian state of [[Madhya Pradesh]]. Gwalior Junction is the busiest and an important commercial junction of Bundelkhand region that connects different remote parts of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh also known as the crown of Bundelkhand, and it comes under the administrative control of [[North Central Railway zone|North Central Railway Zone]] of [[Indian Railways]]. It lies on the main Delhi–Chennai and one of the Delhi–Mumbai lines.

== History ==
'''Gwalior Junction Railway Station''' came into existence with the formation of the [[Agra]]-[[Gwalior]] rail section which was completed in 1881. After that Gwalior Station was transferred to the Indian Midland Railway. Later this section was operated by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway|G.I.P. Railways]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-25 |title=About: Gwalior Station {{!}} 40kmph.com |url=https://www.40kmph.com/madhya-pradesh/about-gwalior-station/ |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=40kmph.com {{!}} A personal travelogue about India}}</ref> [[Madho Rao Scindia|Maharaja Madho Rao Scindia]] laid a light [[Narrow-gauge railway|narrow gauge rail line]] in his territory in 1899 between [[Gwalior]]-[[Bhind]], [[Gwalior]]-[[Shivpuri]], and in 1904 from [[Gwalior]] to [[Sabalgarh]] and in 1909 from [[Sabalgarh]] to [[Sheopur|Sheopur Kalan]], which became known as [[Gwalior Light Railway]]. The [[Gwalior Light Railway|Gwalior narrow-gauge]] track was the narrowest in India.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Arvind Chauhan |date=13 August 2020 |title=Heritage narrow gauge rail track to chug into history {{!}} India News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/heritage-narrow-gauge-rail-track-to-chug-into-history/articleshow/77531972.cms |access-date=17 March 2021 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> The station had also won awards from [[Indian Railways]] for clean infrastructure in 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1992.

==Services==
'''Gwalior Junction''' lies on the [[New Delhi–Chennai main line]] and [[New Delhi-Mumbai main line|New Delhi - Mumbai line]] along with 3 lines originating from here namely 1. [[Indore–Gwalior line|Gwalior - Indore Main Line]], 2. [[Gwalior Light Railway|Gwalior - Kota Line]] (formerly known as the Maharaja Line) and 3. [[Gwalior-Etawah line|Gwalior - Etawah - Kanpur Line]] of the [[Indian Railways]] which halts more than 200 daily trains, and 18 trains originates from here serving more than 1,00,000 (One Lac) passengers a day. Express trains such as the [[Rajdhani Express]], [[Rani Kamalapati–New Delhi Shatabdi Express|Shatabdi Express]], [[Gatimaan Express]], [[Humsafar Express]], [[Duronto Express]], [[Sampark Kranti Express|Sampark Kranti trains]], [[Garib Rath Express]],[[Taj Express]] as well as [[Rani Kamalapati (Habibganj)–Hazrat Nizamuddin Vande Bharat Express|Vande Bharat Express]] Trains which are India's semi-highspeed trains, stops here. Notable originating and terminus include the [[Howrah–Gwalior Chambal Express|Chambal Superfast Express]], [[Sushasan Express|Sushasan SF Express]], [[Bundelkhand Express]], [[Gwalior - Daund Superfast Express]], [[Bhopal-Gwalior Intercity Express]], [[Ratlam-Gwalior Intercity Express]], [[Gwalior - Sabarmati Superfast Express]], [[Kolkata-Agra Cantonment Superfast Express|Kolkata - Gwalior Superfast Express]], [[Barauni-Gwalior Mail]], [[Gwalior - SMVT Bengaluru Express]] and Gwalior Prayagraj Express.

Narrow-gauge train operation of [[Gwalior Light Railway|Gwalior-Sheopur Kalan]] line closed in 2020 and now this section is under conversion to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) [[Broad-gauge railway|broad gauge]] line.

==Redevelopment==

The Gwalior Junction railway station has been proposed to be redeveloped at a cost of approximately {{INR}} 290 [[crore]]s under the station redevelopment program by the [[Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation|Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Ltd]] (IRSDC).<ref name="Gwalior reference 1">{{cite news |last1=Nikita |first1=Prasad |title=Indian Railways Gwalior station to be redeveloped with world-class facilities! Cool facts you must know |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/railways/indian-railways-gwalior-station-to-be-redeveloped-with-world-class-facilities-cool-facts-you-must-know/1804761/ |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=The Financial Express |publisher=Financial Express |date=26 December 2019}}</ref> Entry, exit, and block areas have been proposed to be redeveloped being in contrast with the heritage building in an area of approximately {{convert|9840|m2}}. It is one among the four new railway stations which had been finalized for redevelopment based on the public-private partnership (PPP) model.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nine firms in race to bag contracts for redevelopment of four railway stations under PPP |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/nine-firms-in-race-to-bag-contracts-for-redevelopment-of-four-railway-stations-under-ppp-6509329/ |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=The Indian Express |publisher=The Indian Express |date=16 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kirti |first1=Pandey |title=These 4 Indian Railways stations to get swanky makeover, IRSDC calls out interested bidders |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/article/these-4-indian-railways-stations-to-get-swanky-makeover-irsdc-calls-out-interested-bidders/609525 |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=www.timesnownews.com |publisher=Times Now |date=21 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> According to IRSDC, the in-principle approval for inviting the request for quotation (RFQ) for the redevelopment of the railway station based on the PPP model was granted by the Public-Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC) on 20 December 2019. The proposed area of the redevelopment of the station is approximately {{cvt|230425|m2}} with a proposed cost of around 240 crores, and will highlight the unique heritage building.

==Connectivity==
Gwalior Junction is well-connected to all parts of the country via train like [[New Delhi]], [[Mumbai]], [[Vijayawada]], [[Kota, Rajasthan|Kota]], [[Jaipur]], [[Bhopal]], [[Jabalpur]], [[Indore]], [[Lucknow]], [[Chennai]], [[Bangalore]],[[Bareilly]],[[Hyderabad]], [[Pune]], [[Kolkata]], [[Jammu]], [[Puri]], [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Amritsar]], [[Ujjain]], [[Dehradun]], and [[Thiruvananthapuram]].

Gwalior Junction served passengers by five broad-gauge routes:
*To [[Agra]]–[[New Delhi]]
*To [[Jhansi]]–[[Bhopal]]
*To [[Guna, India|Guna]]–[[Ujjain]]-[[Godhra]]
*To [[Bhind]]–[[Etawah]]-[[Kanpur]]
* To [[Sabalgarh]]-[[Sheopur Kalan railway station|Sheopur Kalan]]- [[Kota, Rajasthan|Kota]] (Under Broad-gauge conversion)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IndiaRailInfo|740}}
{{Gwalior topics}}
{{Railway stations in Madhya Pradesh}}

[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1878]]
[[Category:Jhansi railway division]]
[[Category:Railway junction stations in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Gwalior]]
[[Category:Year of establishment missing]]

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