Garhi Harsaru Junction railway station explained

Garhi Harsaru Junction Railway Station
Type:Indian Railways station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Dhani Ramnagar, Garhi Harsaru, Gurgaon, Haryana
Country:India
Coordinates:28.4383°N 76.9307°W
Other:Auto stand
Elevation:221m (725feet)
Structure:Standard (on-ground station)
Platform:3
Tracks:8
Parking:No
Bicycle:No
Opened:1901
Electrified:Yes
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:Northern Railway
Status:Functioning

Garhi Harsaru Junction railway station is a small railway station in Gurgaon district, Haryana, India. Its code is GHH. It serves Garhi Harsaru town. The station consists of two platforms. The platform is not well sheltered. It lacks many facilities including water and sanitation.[1]

Garhi Harsaru is a main junction in Gurgaon district due to its proximity to Manesar. A branch line towards Farrukhnagar was laid in 1901 on Rajputana–Malwa Railway. For many years, the metre-gauge railway line was used to transport salt by steam engines and was closed in 2004 for gauge conversion. The converted broad-gauge track became operational in 2011. There has been a demand to extend the track to Jhajjar where it will join In 1982 shooting of famous movie "Gandhi" the station was depicted as Pietermaritzburg where Mahatma Gandhi was thrown out of first class compartment of being non white.Rewari–Jhajjar–Rohtak railway line.[2]

Garhi Harsaru is also a large inland container depot and serves as a hub for transshipment of containers from and to Mumbai Port and seaports on the west coast of India in Gujarat.[3] [4] [5]

Major trains

Some of the important trains that run from Garhi Harsaru Junction are:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GHH/Garhi Harsaru Junction. India Rail Info.
  2. Book: Imperial Gazetteer of India. Digital South Asia Library. 20. 349. Meyer. William Stevenson, Sir. Burn. Richard, Sir. Cotton. James Sutherland. Risley. Herbert Hope, Sir. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1931. 1909.
  3. Web site: Jat protest: Section 144 imposed in Gurgaon for two days. News18.com. 20 February 2016. Press Trust of India.
  4. Web site: Jat Stir Caused Over Rs. 250 Crore Damage To Railways: Official. NDTV. Indo-Asian News Service. 11 March 2016.
  5. Web site: Haryana government requests Centre to include Railway over Bridge in annual plan. India.com. Press Trust of India. 12 October 2015.