Rishikesh railway station | |
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Indian Railways | |
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General information | |
Location | Rishikesh,Uttarakhand India |
Coordinates | 30°06′28″N78°17′17″E / 30.1077°N 78.2880°E /30.1077; 78.2880 |
Elevation | 372 metres (1,220 ft) |
Owned by | Indian Railways |
Line(s) | Raiwala–Rishikesh line |
Platforms | 3 |
Tracks | 3 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At grade |
Parking | Available (Paid) |
Other information | |
Status | Functioning |
Station code | RKSH[1] |
Zone(s) | Northern Railway |
Division(s) | Moradabad |
History | |
Opened | 2020 |
Electrified | Yes |
Rishikesh railway station, station code RKSH, is a railway terminal station serving the city ofRishikesh in the Indian state ofUttarakhand. It lies on Northern railway network zone ofIndian Railways. It is no longer the only station in Rishikesh, as another one has been built to increase capacity, known asYog Nagari Rishikesh railway station, located 2 km to the west of Rishikesh station.[2]
The railway station is located inRishikesh inDehradun district,Uttarakhand,India.
TheRL of the station is 372 m abovemean sea level inMumbai.[3]
The station signage is predominantly inEnglish,Hindi andSanskrit.[4]
The station acts as source station forHemkunt Express which runs from Rishikesh toShri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra at 05:20 PM (IST) with train number 14609 andShri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra to Rishikesh at 04:30 PM (IST) with train number 14610.
Apart from that several short and long-distance train originate from here.
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