Dadri railway station explained

Dadri Railway Station
Style:Indian Railways
Type:Indian Railways station
Address:Dadri, Gautam Buddh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh
Country:India
Coordinates:28.5388°N 77.5374°W
Map Type:India#India Uttar Pradesh
Elevation:212m (696feet)
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:North Central Railway
Platform:4
Tracks:5 (double electrified broad gauge)
Other:Autorickshaw stand
Bicycle:No
Parking:No
Structure:Standard (on-ground station)
Status:Functioning
Electrified:Yes

Dadri railway station is a railway station serving the city of Dadri in Gautam Buddh Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India, on the Delhi–Aligarh–Kanpur section, around 50 km east of Delhi. Its station code in Indian Railways terminology is DER. Dadri is a wayside station at which only a few commuter trains stop. The station consists of four platforms which are not well sheltered and lack most facilities including sanitation.[1] [2] [3]

The Electronic interlocking and massive yard remodelling has been commissioned at Dadri station.[4] Dadri is a complex yard in North Central Railway (NCR) spread over 6 km on busy Delhi–Kanpur-Howrah route and also having connectivity with NTPC Dadri Power Plant and Container Depot.[5]

Trains

Trains that halt at Dadri:

Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC)

Dadri railway station on the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (Western DFC) will be connected with Khurja railway station on Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (Eastern DFC) via a 46 km long branch line, for movement of Freight trains only. Both DFCs are under-construction.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DER/Dadri. India Rail Info.
  2. Web site: दादरी और बोड़ाकी रेलवे स्टेशन हो सकते हैं एक. hi. Jagran News. 27 October 2014.
  3. Web site: एक्सप्रेस ट्रेनों का ठहराव खत्म होने पर आंदोलन करेंगे यात्री. Jagran News. hi. 11 October 2013.
  4. News: Dadri yard remodelling commissioned by Railways. 2017-04-24.
  5. Web site: The mobility in Train Operations on the busiest route of Delhi Howrah section of Indian Railway network gets a boost with the commissioning of Electronic Interlocking & massive Yard Remodeling commissioned at Dadri. pib.nic.in. 2017-04-24.
  6. Web site: HRF-DLI MEMU (64581) Train Live Running status. status. Train running. trainsrunningstatus.net. 2017-11-03.
  7. Web site: Western Dedicated Freight Corridor. www.dfccil.gov.in. Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd.. 14 December 2016. 10 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161210183000/http://dfccil.gov.in/dfccil_app/Western_Corridor. dead.