Palanpur Junction railway station

Palanpur Junction
Indian Railway Station

Palanpur Railway Station, 1952
Location Palanpur, Gujarat
India
Coordinates 24°10′29″N 72°25′49″E / 24.1747°N 72.4304°E / 24.1747; 72.4304Coordinates: 24°10′29″N 72°25′49″E / 24.1747°N 72.4304°E / 24.1747; 72.4304
Elevation 261 m (856 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by Western Railway
Line(s) Jaipur-Ahmedabad line
Gandhidham-Palanpur section
Platforms 5
Tracks 6
Connections Taxi stand, Autorickshaw
Construction
Parking Available
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code PNU
Zone(s) Western Railway Zone
Division(s) Ahmedabad Railway Division
Electrified Proposed
Traffic
Passengers 10000 daily

Palanpur railway station is one of the major railway station located in Palanpur, Gujarat, India. The railway station is under the administrative control of Western Railway of Indian Railways.

Overview

Palanpur Railway Station, on the Jaipur-Ahmedabad line, comes under the administrative control of Western Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It has direct rail links on the broad gauge to the cities of Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Mysore, Bangalore, Pune, Mumbai, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Delhi, Dehradun, Muzaffarpur, Bareilly and Jammu. It is connected to most of the cities and towns in Gujarat such as Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodra, Bhuj, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Porbandar.Indian Railways’ proposal to double the broad gauge line between Palanpur and Samakhiali has received government backing.The doubling will benefit the districts of Kutch, Patan and Banaskantha in the state of Gujarat. Palanpur Railway Station has 5 platforms and a total of 6 tracks.[1]

Passenger movement

Daily 10,000 passengers use Palanpur Railway Station to travel rest of the Indian cities.

References


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