Rajkot Railway Station
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Rajkot Railway Station also known as Rajkot Junction is main railway station in the city of Rajkot in Gujarat, India
. It is the primary terminus
for rail transport for the city. It falls under the Western Railways zone of the Indian Railways
. Bhaktinagar Railway Station is the other railway station in Rajkot.
, 88 km.
which is run by the State Bank of Saurashtra
. The government is also considering to provide Cyber cafe, various ATMs, Vending-machine, Cafeteria, and waiting rooms. The station is undergoing large-scale automation and infrastructure development.
India
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. It is the primary terminus
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for rail transport for the city. It falls under the Western Railways zone of the Indian Railways
Indian Railways
Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....
. Bhaktinagar Railway Station is the other railway station in Rajkot.
The Station
Station Code: RJT. The station is situated on the Ahmedabad-Hepa broad gauge line. It is linked to Viramgam- Okha rail route by meter gauge line. Towards west, the major railhead is at JamnagarJamnagar
Jamnagar is a city and a municipal corporation in Jamnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The city was built up substantially by Maharaja Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji in the 1920s, when the district was known as Nawanagar. The district lies just to the south of the Gulf of Kutch and is...
, 88 km.
Facilities
The station has tea stalls, enquiry counters and Reservation halls. The station also has one ATMAutomated teller machine
An automated teller machine or automatic teller machine, also known as a Cashpoint , cash machine or sometimes a hole in the wall in British English, is a computerised telecommunications device that provides the clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public...
which is run by the State Bank of Saurashtra
State Bank of Saurashtra
State Bank of Saurashtra was a government-owned bank in India. It was one of the seven Associate Banks of the State Bank of India, with which it merged on 13 August 2008...
. The government is also considering to provide Cyber cafe, various ATMs, Vending-machine, Cafeteria, and waiting rooms. The station is undergoing large-scale automation and infrastructure development.
Destinations
One may find trains to the following destinations from the Rajkot Railway Station.- Gujarat- Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Porbandar, Okha, Bhuj, Mehasana, Himatnagar, Anand, Nadiad, Amreli, Junagadh, Palanpur, Gandhidham,Veraval.
- Maharastra- Mumbai(Central), Mumbai(Bandra), Pune, Nagpur, Kolhapur, Nasik, Aurangabad, Satara/Sangli, Bhusaval
- Madhya PradeshMadhya PradeshMadhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....
- Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Ujjain, Satna, Saugor, Ashoknagar, Katni, Damoh, Itarsi, Narsinghpur, Dewas, Nagda, Ratlam, Mekashabad - RajasthanRajasthanRājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
- Jaipur, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Udiapur, Jaisalmer, Abu Road, Falna, Kota, Bikaner,nana beda - KarnatakaKarnatakaKarnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
- Bangalore, Mangalore, Mysore, Hubli, Belgaum. - Tamil NaduTamil NaduTamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
- Coimbatore, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Nagercoil, Rameshwaram. - KeralaKeralaor Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
- Trivandrum, Kochi, Ernakulam, Calicut - Andhra PradeshAndhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
- Hyderabad, Vishakapatnam. - OrissaOrissaOrissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
- Bhubaneshwar, Puri. - West BengalWest BengalWest Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
- Kolkata - Uttar PradeshUttar PradeshUttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
- Lucknow, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Bareilly, Agra, Gaziabad, Allahbad. - DelhiDelhiDelhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
- PunjabPunjab (India)Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
- Amritsar, Chandigarh - Jammu and KashmirJammu and KashmirJammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...
- Jammu - BiharBiharBihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....
- Patna, Ranchi
Trains
- Rajkot - Jabalpur ExpressJabalpur - Somnath ExpressThe Jabalpur - Somnath Express is a daily mail express train offered by West Central Railway which runs between Jabalpur Junction railway station of Jabalpur in Eastern Madhya Pradesh and Somnath in the western most point of Gujarat.-External links:****...
(1463/1464 AND 1465/1466) - Rajkot Secunderabad Express (7017/7018)Rajkot Secunderabad ExpressThe Rajkot Secunderabad Express is an express train operated by South Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways between Secunderabad Railway Station in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh and Rajkot Railway Station in Rajkot, Gujarat.- History :...
- Saurashtra Mail (9005/9006)
- Saurashtra Janata Express (9017/9018)
- Saurashtra Express (9215/9216)
- Somnath Express (9221/9222)
- Somnath - Jabalpur Express (1465/1466)
- Porbandar - Howarh Express (2905/2906)
- Puri - Okha Express (8401/8402)
- Okha - Guwahati Express (5635/5636)
- Okha - Varanasi Express (9569/9570)
- Okha Gorakhpur Express (5045-5046)
- Uttaranchal Express (9265-9266)
- Okha Eranakulam Express (6337-6338)
- Veraval Trivandrum Express (6333-6334)
- Rajkot Coimbatore Express (6613-6614)
- Jamnagar JammuTawi Express (2477–2478)
- Hapa JammuTawi Express (2475–2476)
- Porbandar Delhi Express (9263-9264)
- Veraval Pune Express (1087–1088)
- Tirunelveli Hapa Super Fast (2997/2998)