Hathras Junction railway station explained

Hathras Junction
Type:	Indian Railways junction station
Style:	Indian Railways
Address:	Hathras, Uttar Pradesh
Elevation:	183m (600feet)
Line:	Kanpur–Delhi section Hathras–Hathras Kila link
Structure:	Standard on ground
Platform:	4
Tracks:	8
Bicycle:	No
Opened:	1885-86
Electrified:	1975–76
Owned:	Indian Railways
Operator:	North Central Railways
Status:	Functioning
Map Type:	India Uttar Pradesh#India

Hathras Junction railway station is on the Kanpur–Delhi section of Howrah–Delhi main line and Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line. It is located in Hathras district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It serves Hathras and surrounding areas.

Station oddity

Hathras Junction railway station is one having an oddity. The station is on the broad gauge Kanpur–Delhi section. A meter-gauge line takes off from this station and goes to Hathras Kila railway station. At the Kanpur-end of the Hathras Junction railway station, the Mathura–Kasganj (now broad gauge) line cuts across the broad-gauge line at right angles and has a separate overhead station named Hathras Road within the same premises. Hathras lies 9 km away in the west and is also served by Hathras City railway station on the broad gauge (previously metre gauge) line.^[1]

History

Through trains started running on the Howrah–Delhi line in 1865–66.^{[2] [3] [4]}

The 470NaN0 long Hathras Road-Mathura Cantt line was opened in 1875 by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway. It was transferred to North Eastern Railway in 1952. The Mathura–Kasganj line was converted from -wide metre gauge to broad gauge in 2009.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Electrification

The Tundla-Hathras-Aligarh-Ghaziabad sector was electrified in 1975–76.^[8]

Connectivity

The station provides connectivity to neighbouring major railway stations like,,,,,,, Agra Cantt., Etawah,, etc.
It also facilitates connectivity to many cities like New Delhi, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Kanpur, Kota, Jaipur, Tatanagar, Patna, Kolkata etc.

See also

•Hathras Kila railway station

•Hathras City railway station

•Hathras Road railway station

•Tundla Junction railway station

•Aligarh Junction railway station

•Agra Fort railway station

•New Delhi railway station

•Kanpur Central railway station

Notes and References

1. Web site: Trivia . Station Oddities. IRFCA. 26 June 2013.
2. Web site: IR History: Early History (1832–1869) . IRFCA. 23 June 2013.
3. Web site: Allahabad Division: A Historical Perspective. North Central Railway. 24 May 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130601154617/http://www.ncr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1%2C396%2C403%2C500. 1 June 2013. dmy-all.
4. Web site: Railways enter 159th year of its journey. https://web.archive.org/web/20120822142843/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-12/patna/31330356_1_indian-railways-danapur-division-railway-board . dead . 22 August 2012 . 23 June 2013. . 24 May 2013.
5. Web site: IR History:Early Days II (1870–1899). IRFCA. 23 June 2013 .
6. Web site: Indian Railways line history, 2 North Eastern Railway . Bombay, Baroda and Central Indian Railway. wordpress. 2 July 2013 .
7. Web site: IR History: Early Days II (1870–1899). IRFCA. 2 July 2013 .
8. Web site: History of Electrification. IRFCA. 24 June 2013.