Palanpur Junction railway station

Palanpur Junction
Indian Railways station
Palanpur railway station, 1952
General information
Location	Palanpur, Banaskantha district, Gujarat India
Coordinates	24°10′28″N 72°25′50″E
Elevation	261 m (856 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Western Railway
Line(s)	Ahmedabad–Delhi main line Jaipur–Ahmedabad line Gandhidham–Palanpur section
Platforms	5
Tracks	7
Connections	Taxi stand, Autorickshaw
Construction
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	PNU
Zone(s)	Western Railway Zone
Division(s)	Ahmedabad
History
Electrified	Yes
Location Palanpur Junction railway station Location within India Palanpur Junction railway station Palanpur Junction railway station (Gujarat)

Palanpur Junction railway station is a major railway station located in Palanpur, Gujarat, India. The railway station is under the administrative control of Western Railway of Indian Railways. Palanpur Junction railway station has five platforms and a total of six tracks.

Overview

Palanpur Junction railway station, on the Delhi–Ahmedabad main line, comes under the administrative control of Western Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It has direct rail links on the broad gauge to the cities of Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Mysore, Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Delhi, Dehradun, Muzaffarpur, Bareilly and Jammu. It is connected to most of the cities and towns in Gujarat such as Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodra, Bhuj, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Veraval, Porbandar, Bhavnagar and Gandhidham. Indian Railways’ proposal to double the broad-gauge line between Palanpur and Samakhiali has received government backing. The doubling will benefit the districts of Kutch, Patan and Banaskantha in the state of Gujarat.

See also

• Gandhidham Junction railway station
• Bhuj railway station