Agra Fort railway station

Broad gauge WAP-4 class electric locomotive No 22538 with a westbound passenger train at Agra Fort, 29 December 2008.

Agra Fort Railway Station, is located near Agra Fort, in Rawatpara, Agra. It is one of the few stations in India that has both broad gauge and metre gauge. Agra Fort Railway Station comes under the Western Railways. It is also a terminus of the metre gauge trains.

History

There was a spacious, octagonal Tripolia Chowk which existed between the Jama Masjid and the Delhi gate of the Agra Fort. This Tropolia was destroyed in order to create the Agra Fort Railway Station, which was also the first Railway Station of Agra and also one of the oldest in the country.

Station Code

AF

See also

• Agra Cantt
• Raja ki mandi
• Railways in Agra

External links

• List of trains stopping at Agra Fort Railway Station
• History of Mughal Architecture