Wankaner Junction railway station
Wankaner Junction | |||||
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| Indian Railway Station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Wankaner, Morbi district, Gujarat India | ||||
| Coordinates | 22°37′20″N 70°57′48″E / 22.622148°N 70.963372°E | ||||
| Elevation | 87 m (285 ft) | ||||
| Operated by | Western Railway | ||||
| Line(s) | Viramgam-Okha line Maliya Miyana-Wankaner section | ||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard (On Ground) | ||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | WKR | ||||
| Zone(s) | Western Railway | ||||
| Division(s) | Rajkot | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1890 | ||||
| Electrified | No | ||||
| Previous names | Morvi State Railway | ||||
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Wankaner Junction railway station is located in Wankaner city of Morbi district, Gujarat. It is under Rajkot division of Western Railway. Its code is WKR. It has four platforms. Passenger, DEMU, Express, and Superfast trains halt here.[1][2]
Wankaner Junction is well connected by rail to Veraval Junction, Okha, Porbandar, Hapa, Jamnagar, Rajkot Junction, Morbi, Gandhidham Junction, Ahmedabad Junction, Bilaspur Junction, Gorakhpur Junction, Rameswaram, Delhi Sarai Rohilla, Rewa, Secunderabad Junction, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, Thiruvananthapuram, Muzaffarpur Junction, Pune Junction, Jabalpur Junction, Indore Junction, Nathdwara, Kamakhya, Bandra Terminus and Mumbai Central.
History
The Morvi-Wankaner section was laid as a 2ft 6inch road side tram way in the year 1890 by Morvi Railway under the regime of Sir Waghji Thakor. Wadhwan-Rajkot metre gauge section of Morvi State Railway laid in the year 1890.[3] Rajkot-Wadhwan section was completed in the year 1905 by Morvi State Railway. Later Morvi-Wankaner section was converted to Metre gauge in 1924 to match rail lines of other state.[4]
Railway reorganization
Morvi State Railway was merged into the Western Railway on 5 November 1951. It was the last Steam engine hauled section in India in the year 2000. Before railbuses took over on Wankaner-Morvi, there were two-coach trains hauled by YG or YP steam locos (these were the last steam-hauled trains on those routes).[5] Wankaner-Maliya Miyana section Conversion to Broad gauge was completed in the year 2001.[6]
Trains
The following trains halt at Wankaner Junction railway station in both directions:
- 22991/92 Veraval - Bandra Terminus Superfast Express
- 22939/40 Hapa - Bilaspur Superfast Express
- 22957/58 Veraval - Ahmedabad Somnath Superfast Express
- 19215/16 Porbandar - Mumbai Central Saurashtra Express
- 15045/46 Okha - Gorakhpur Express
- 19217/18 Jamnagar - Bandra Terminus Saurashtra Janta Express
- 16733/34 Okha - Rameswaram Express
- 19263/64 Porbandar - Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express
- 17017/18 Rajkot - Secunderabad Express
- 22959/60 Jamnagar - Surat Intercity Superfast Express
- 22961/62 Hapa - Surat Intercity Superfast Express
- 12475/76 Hapa - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Sarvodaya Express
- 12477/78 Jamnagar - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Superfast Express
- 22945/46 Okha - Mumbai Central Saurashtra Mail
- 16333/34 Veraval - Thiruvananthapuram Express
- 19579/80 Rajkot - Delhi Sarai Rohilla Weekly Express
- 22951/52 Gandhidham - Bandra Terminus Weekly Superfast Express
- 19269/70 Porbandar - Muzaffarpur Express
- 11087/88 Veraval - Pune Express
- 11465/66 Somnath - Jabalpur Express (via Bina)
- 11463/64 Somnath - Jabalpur Express (via Itarsi)
- 19119/20 Ahmedabad - Somnath Intercity Express
- 19319/20 Veraval - Indore Mahamana Express
- 19575/76 Okha - Nathdwara Express
- 22937/38 Rajkot - Rewa Superfast Express
- 15667/68 Gandhidham - Kamakhya Express
- 22923/24 Bandra Terminus - Jamnagar Humsafar Express
Wankaner - Morbi DEMU and Wankaner - Rajkot DEMU start from here.
References
- ^ "WKR/Wankaner Junction". India Rail Info.
- ^ "Wankaner Junction: Train Timetable". Cleartrip.
- ^ "Irfca history Part-2".
- ^ "Irfca history Part-3".
- ^ "Irfca trivia".
- ^ "history of maliya miyana-wankaner section".
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