Palanpur Junction railway station
Palanpur Junction | |
|---|---|
| Indian Railway Station | |
 Palanpur Railway Station, 1952 | |
| Location |
Palanpur, Gujarat India |
| Coordinates | 24°10′29″N 72°25′49″E / 24.1747°N 72.4304°ECoordinates: 24°10′29″N 72°25′49″E / 24.1747°N 72.4304°E |
| Elevation | 261 m (856 ft) |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| Operated by | Western Railway |
| Line(s) |
Jaipur-Ahmedabad line Gandhidham-Palanpur section |
| Platforms | 5 |
| Tracks | 6 |
| Connections | Taxi stand, Autorickshaw |
| Construction | |
| Parking | Available |
| Other information | |
| Status | Functioning |
| Station code | PNU |
| Zone(s) | Western Railway Zone |
| Division(s) | Ahmedabad Railway Division |
| Electrified | Construction Electrification of Rani-Palanpur Section |
Palanpur railway station is one of the major railway station located in Palanpur, Gujarat, India. The railway station is under the administrative control of Western Railway of Indian Railways.
Overview
Palanpur Railway Station, on the Jaipur-Ahmedabad 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 Porbandar 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. Palanpur Railway Station has 5 platforms and a total of 6 tracks.[1]
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