Gadra Road railway station explained

Gadra Road
Type:Indian Railways station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:State Highway 40, Gadra, Barmer district, Rajasthan
Country:India
Coordinates:25.7436°N 70.6434°W
Map Type:India#India Rajasthan
Other:Auto stand
Elevation:149m (489feet)
Structure:Standard (on-ground station)
Platform:2
Tracks:4
Parking:yes
Bicycle:yes
Electrified:Yes
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:North Western Railway
Status:Functioning

Gadra Road railway station is a railway station in Barmer district, Rajasthan, India. It used to serve the town of Gadra which is now in Sind province of Pakistan. The station consists of two platforms. The platforms are not well sheltered, and lack facilities including water and sanitation.Country's first railway shaeed smarak is situated in Gadra Road (Munabao),Badmer district of Rajasthan. [1] [2]

As the station and township of Gadra Road is close to the Pakistan border, it was subjected to shelling by the Pakistani army during the 1965 war. It's Memorials of indian railway victory.

Trains

Some of the trains that run from Gadra are:

These are slow passenger trains which run once a day except on Sundays.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GDD/Gadra Road. India Rail Info . 2 December 2018.
  2. Web site: अब 8 जून से बाड़मेर-मुनाबाव पैसेंजर ट्रेन के रोजाना दो फेरे. hi. 2 June 2015. bhaskar.com. Now the daily passenger train from 8 June Barmer–Munabao two rounds. 27 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160409165424/http://www.bhaskar.com/news-srh/RAJ-BARM-MAT-latest-barmer-news-044026-1991773-NOR.html. 9 April 2016. dead.