Ghaziabad Junction railway station


Ghaziabad railway station is on the Kanpur-Delhi section of Howrah-Delhi main line, Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line And New Delhi-Moradabad-Lucknow line. It is located in Ghaziabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It serves Ghaziabad.

History

Through trains started running on the East Indian Railway Company’s Howrah-Delhi line in 1866.
The railway line between Meerut and Delhi was constructed in 1864.
The Sind, Punjab and Delhi railway completed the Amritsar–Ambala–Saharanpur–Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting Multan with Delhi.
The Ghaziabad-Moradabad link was established by Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway in 1900.

Electrification

The Tundla-Aligarh-Ghaziabad sector was electrified in 1975-76, and the Ghaziabad-Nizamuddin-New Delhi-Delhi sector in 1976-77,
The Ghaziabad-Moradabad line was completely electrified in January 2016. The Ghaziabad-Meerut-Muzaffarnagar-Saharanpur-Roorkee-Haridwar line is also open to electric trains with effect from March 2016.

Local electric trains

Local electric trains are available regularly from Ghaziabad for stations in the National Capital Region. Distance: New Delhi, Old Delhi, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Anand Vihar Terminal.

List of local trains

Local trains which run on a reguler interwell are EMUs, MEMUs, Passengers. Local trains start in the early morning and run till midnight.

Amenities

Amenities for passengers at Ghaziabad include: waiting rooms, escalators, water coolers,Water ATM, pure vegetarian restaurants, refreshment rooms, book stall, computerized reservation office, and telephone booths.

Electric Loco Shed

The Ghaziabad electric locomotive shed serves the Delhi area. It houses and maintains India's fastest locomotives which are mostly used in the Rajdhani, the Shatabdi and the Duronto Expresses. It stores 3 phaser locomotives like WAP 5 & WAP 7 locomotives.
It is currently holds 100+ WAP 5 locomotives and 150+ WAP 7 locomotives.