Aligarh Junction railway station

Aligarh Junction
Indian Railway Junction Station
Aligarh Junction Station
Location	NH 91, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh India
Coordinates	27°53′21″N 78°04′27″E / 27.8893°N 78.0741°E / 27.8893; 78.0741Coordinates: 27°53′21″N 78°04′27″E / 27.8893°N 78.0741°E / 27.8893; 78.0741
Elevation	193 metres (633 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	North Central Railway
Line(s)	Kanpur-Delhi section of Howrah-Delhi main line, Aligarh-Bareily branch line and Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line
Platforms	7
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	ALJN
Division(s)	Allahabad
History
Opened	1865-66
Electrified	1975-76
Previous names	East Indian Railway Company
Traffic
Passengers	204,000 daily
Location
"Aligarh" railway station Location in Uttar Pradesh

Aligarh railway station is a 'A' class junction station on the Kanpur-Delhi section of Howrah-Delhi main line and Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line. It is located in Aligarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It serves Aligarh.

History

Through trains started running on the East Indian Railway Company’s Howrah–Delhi line in 1866.^[1]

The Bareilly–Moradabad Chord via Rampur, with a branch line to Aligarh, was built by Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway in 1894.^[2][3]

Electrification

The Tundla–Aligarh–Ghaziabad and Aligarh–Harduaganj sectors were electirified in 1975-76.^[4]

Amenities

Aligarh railway station has 2 double-bedded non-AC retiring rooms.^[5]

Connectivity

Aligarh Junction railway station is the primary railway station for Aligarh city and is a major stop on the Delhi-Kolkata route. It connects Aligarh to the states of West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, north-east and most of Uttar Pradesh, and important cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Bareilly, Moradabad, Bhopal, Indore, Dibrugarh, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jammu Tawi, Tatanagar, Gwalior, Lucknow, Jhansi, Puri, Kanpur, Agra, Varanasi and Jaipur. The station handles over 140 Mail/ Express/ E.M.U. Trains daily in both direction. Aligarh also having one Branch Railway Line to Bareily. In 2014–15 rail budget Kanpur–Jammu Tawi Peremium Express train announced which will pass through Aligarh railway station. Aligarh City has following railway stations:

• Aligarh Junction- a A-Class Railway Station
• Somna (Gabhana) railway station
• Mahrawal railway station
• Kalua railway station
• Daudkhan railway station
• Mandrak railway station
• Harduaganj railway station(Satha, near Kasimpur Power House)
• Manjoorgarhi railway station (Chherat)

Major trains

Major features

Foot Over bridge

There are 2 foot-over bridges; an escalator is under construction at Aligarh.

Improvement in the lighting Work

Improvement in the lighting work has been taken up. More lighting has been provided different platforms. New LED neon sign boards with the station's name embedded on it are being procured and will be installed on both sides of the railway station soon. A proposal has been sent to provide facade lighting in order to give station building a beautiful look during the night hours.

Availability of Drinking Water

For tackling the water crisis, an around the clock water monitoring committee has been brought into action, wherein senior supervisors of three departments of mechanical, civil and electrical are manning the platforms to ensure that there is a regular water supply at the platforms and also the water is available in the water tanks of various trains. A grievance committee has been made available to the passengers for getting their complaints registered related to non-availability of drinking water. The maintenance of the existing retiring room and dormitories would be taken up in the next phase.

Passenger Facilitation Center

The passenger facilitation center will consolidate all the necessary services from railway staff into one building. These services include train inquiries, retiring room/dormitory book, wheel chair booking for the handicapped passengers, sale of railway time-table and the platforms tickets. Also, all railway announcements will be made from there only. The central railway station will also have passenger amenity center in which the waiting hall and waiting room, booking office, cloak room, luggage and parcel booking office etc. will be there on platform only.3 New platforms are under construction at city side of station. Comesum Food plaza already opened at Aligarh Junction.

Token System for Reservation

The railway authorities have launched its token system for passengers. The token reservation system enables the passenger to curtail on the long hours of wait for getting the reservation done.

Coach Induction Units

Three new electronic coach indicator units at the platform number 2,3 and 4, so that it becomes easy for the passengers to identify their coach when the train halts.

Passengers

Aligarh railway station handles over 150 trains daily (in both directions) and serves around 204,000 passengers every day.^[6]

Accident

Five people were killed and many others injured in an accident at Aligarh railway station on Sunday evening (19 June 2011). The accident took place when a goods train was passing a crowded platform. According to officials, a brake lever snapped from the train and the wheel ploughed into passengers waiting at the platform. There were many people waiting for the Delhi-Tundla passenger train on the platform. The hand brake and the connecting rod had come loose and the protruding object turned deadly for the victims. While two people died on the spot, three others succumbed to their injuries in hospital. At least six other injured people were admitted to Aligarh Medical College Hospital.^[7]

References

External links

• Trains at Aligarh
• Aligarh travel guide from Wikivoyage