Gwalior Junction railway station

Gwalior Junction
Main Station Junction
PF1 of Gwalior Junction Railway Station
Location	Lashkar, Gwalior India
Coordinates	26°12′58″N 78°10′55″E / 26.21611°N 78.18194°E / 26.21611; 78.18194
Owned by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Delhi–Chennai line Agra–Bhopal section Guna–Gwalior–Etawah Section
Platforms	1, 2, 3, 4 (broad gauge), 5 (narrow gauge) 2 broad gauge to be made
Tracks	6 broad gauge 1 narrow gauge
Other information
Station code	GWL
Fare zone	Jhansi Division, Northern Central Railway
Location
Gwalior Location within Madhya Pradesh

Gwalior railway station (station code: GWL) is an important railway station of Gwalior City in the state of Madhya Pradesh. It is operated by North Central Railway.^[1]

The Gwalior Junction GWL is part of the Jhansi Division of the North Central Railways.

Gwalior is one of the major commercial railway stations of the North Central Railway of Indian Railways, which zonal Headquarters is centered in Allahabad. The station has won awards from Indian Railways for clean infrastructure in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1992. Express trains such as the Gatimaan express , fastest in India , Bhopal Express, Taj Express, Rajdhani Express, Garib Rath Express, Bhopal Shatabdi, [[H.Nizamuddin Jabalpur MP Sampark kranti Express]] and about 150 trains (considering both up and down tracks) stop at Gwalior and 10 trains originating from Gwalior.

Gwalior is, perhaps, one of the few places where both narrow-gauge and broad-gauge railway tracks are still operational. The Gwalior narrow-gauge track is the narrowest in India.

Gwalior is well connected via train services to all parts of the country including 4 metros. There are direct trains to Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Kolkata (Howrah), Chennai, Ujjain, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam (Kochi), Indore, Ahmedabad, Jabalpur, Jammu, Lucknow, Bhopal, Bangalore, Jaipur, Udaipur, Dehradun and other major towns. Gwalior is the main station serving most of the important and long distance trains. There are two other stations within the city limits, named Birla nagar and Sithouli. These stations interconnect to other stations and also serve the short distance trains connecting Gwalior to nearby towns and villages.

There are other narrow-gauge stations within the city, named and Motijheel. Gwalior lies on the longest functional broad-gauge line in India between Delhi and Mumbai.

Connectivity

Gwalior Junction is linked with many industrial and important cities of India by direct trains like New Delhi, Vijayawada, Bhopal, Lucknow, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Jammu, Agra, Jhansi, Bhubaneswar, Ahmedabad, etc.

Gwalior Junction is served by 4 broad-gauge routes:

1. To Agra–New Delhi
2. To Jhansi–Bhopal
3. To Guna–Ujjain
4. To Gwalior Birlanagar–Bhind- etawah

Gwalior Junction is served by a narrow-gauge route called Gwalior Light Railway.

1. To Sabalgarh–Sheopur

View of Gwalior Junction

Originating trains

Gwalior Junction Railway Station

Some important train that origins/terminates:

Train No.	Train Name	Train Type	Arrivals	Arrival Time	Departures	Departure Time
12175	Chambal Express	SuperFast	Mon, Wed, Thu	17:15	Tue, Thu, Sat	7:15
12197	Bhopal–Gwalior Intercity Express	SuperFast	Sun, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat	0:15	Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat	6:20
11101	Pune - Gwalior Weekly Express	Express	Tue	3:10	Sat	15:00
11107	Bundelkhand Express	Express	Daily	9:05	Daily	20:40
11111	Sushasan Express	Express	Fri	6:10	Wed	13:05
11123	Barauni–Gwalior Mail	Express	Daily	20:50	Daily	11:50
11125	Indore–Gwalior Intercity Express	Express	Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri	7:47	Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri	19:30
22548	Ahmedabad - Gwalior Superfast Express	Express	Tue, Fri, Sat	10:20	Wed, Sat, Sun	20:05

Other Passenger Trains

Train	Train no.	Destination	Via
Gwalior – Agra Fast Passenger	51881	Agra	Morena
Gwalior–Bina Passenger	51884	Bina	Guna
Gwalior-Bhind Passenger	59823,59825	Bhind	Malanpur

Narrow-gauge trains

• Gwalior–Sabalgarh Passenger
• Gwalior–Sheopur Passenger
• Gwalior–Sabalgarh Passenger

References