Khurja Junction railway station explained

Khurja Junction
Type:	Indian Railways station
Style:	Indian Railways
Address:	Maina Mojpur, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh
Coordinates:	28.2078°N 77.8181°W
Map Type:	India#India Uttar Pradesh
Line:	Delhi–Aligarh, Khurja Jn–Meerut
Structure:	Standard on-ground station
Platform:	5
Elevation:	199m (653feet)
Parking:	Yes
Electrified:	Yes
Code:	KRJ
Owned:	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways

Khurja Junction railway station is a railway station at Khurja in Bulandshahr district on the North Central Railway network. It is an important station on the New Delhi–Aligarh–Kanpur main line.

Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC)

Dadri railway station on the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (Western DFC) will be connected with Khurja railway station on the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (Eastern DFC) via a 46 km long branch line, for movement of freight trains only. Both DFCs are under-construction.^[1]

Routes

The Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line passes through here. The following NCR's dedicated freight corridor will pass through here:

• Panipat–Rohtak line, via Panipat–Gohana–Rohtak, existing
• Rewari–Rohtak line, via Rohtak–Jhajjar–Rewari, existing
• Rewari–Khurja line, via Rewari–Palwal–Bhiwadi–Khurja, new rail line, survey completed
• Khurja–Meerut line, via Khurja–Bulandshahr–Hapur–Meerut, existing
• Meerut–Panipat line, new rail line, survey completed

Notes and References

1. Web site: Western Dedicated Freight Corridor. www.dfccil.gov.in. Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd..