| Marwar Junction | |
| Type: | Indian Railways junction station |
| Style: | Indian Railways |
| Address: | State Highway 61, Marwar Junction, Rajasthan |
| Country: | India |
| Elevation: | 267m (876feet) |
| Line: | Ahmedabad–Delhi main line Jaipur–Ahmedabad line Marwar Junction–Munabao line Mavli–Marwar line (MG) |
| Structure: | Standard on ground |
| Platform: | 4 (3 broad gauge + 1 meter gauge) |
| Tracks: | and |
| Parking: | Yes |
| Bicycle: | No |
| Opened: | 1881 |
| Electrified: | Yes |
| Owned: | Indian Railways |
| Operator: | North Western Railway |
| Status: | Functioning |
| Map Type: | India Rajasthan |
| Map Dot Label: | Marwar Junction railway station |
| Map Size: | 300 |
Marwar Junction railway station (station code MJ) is located in Pali district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It serves the census town at Marwar Junction.
Marwar Junction railway station is at an elevation of 267m (876feet) and was assigned the code – MJ.[1]
Rajputana State Railway extended the Delhi–Ajmer -wide metre-gauge line to Ahmeabad in 1881.[2] It was converted to broad gauge in 1997.[3]
The Rajputana–Malwa Railway built the metre-gauge line from Marwar Junction to Pali in 1882. Later, this section was extended to Jodhpur and formed the Jodhpur Railway.[4] The line now runs up to Munabao on the India–Pakistan border and has been fully converted to broad gauge.[5]
The Mavli–Marwar metre-gauge line was opened in 1936.[6]
The station is mentioned in Chapter 1 of Rudyard Kipling's short story "The Man Who Would Be King" which was first published in The Phantom Rickshaw and other Eerie Tales (1888). It is the meeting place of the narrator, Kipling in all but name, and Daniel Dravot.[7]