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Hathras Junction railway station is on the Kanpur–Delhi section of Howrah–Delhi main line and Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line. It is located in Hathras district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.It helps hathras and surrounding areas.
Station oddity
Hathras Junction railway station is one having an oddity. The station is on the Template:Track gauge broad gauge Kanpur–Delhi section. A broad-gauge line takes off from this station and goes to Hathras Kuila railway station. At the Kanpur-end of the Hathras Junction railway station, the Mathura–Kasganj (now broad gauge) line cuts across the broad-gauge line at right angles and has a separate overhead station named Hathras Road within the same premises. Hathras lies 9 km away in the west and is served by Hathras City railway station on the broad gauge (previously metre gauge) line.[1]
History
Through trains started running on the Howrah–Delhi line in 1865–66.[2][3][4]
The Template:Convert long Hathras Road-Mathura Cantt line was opened in 1875 by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway. It was transferred to North Eastern Railway in 1952. The Mathura–Kasganj line was converted from Template:Track gauge-wide metre gauge to Template:Track gauge broad gauge in 2009.[5][6][7]
Electrification
The Tundla–Aligarh–Ghaziabad sector was electrified in 1975–76.[8]
Connectivity
The station provides connectivity to neighbouring major railway stations like Template:Stnlnk, Template:Stnlnk, Template:Stnlnk, Template:Stnlnk, Agra Cantt., Etawah, Template:Stnlnk, Template:Stnlnk etc.
It also facilitates connectivity to many cities like New Delhi, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Kanpur Kota, Jaipur, Tatanagar, Patna, Kolkata etc.
See also
•Tundla Junction railway station
•Aligarh Junction railway station
•Kanpur Central railway station
References
- ↑ Trivia. IRFCA. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ↑ IR History: Early History (1832–1869). IRFCA. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ Allahabad Division: A Historical Perspective. North Central Railway. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ↑ Railways enter 159th year of its journey(23 June 2013). Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ↑ IR History:Early Days II (1870–1899). IRFCA. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ↑ Indian Railways line history, 2 North Eastern Railway. wordpress. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ↑ IR History: Early Days II (1870–1899). IRFCA. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ↑ History of Electrification. IRFCA. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
External links
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