Moradabad Junction | |||||||
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 Moradabad railway station | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | NH 24,Moradabad,Uttar Pradesh India | ||||||
| Coordinates | 28°49′52″N78°45′58″E / 28.831°N 78.766°E /28.831; 78.766 | ||||||
| Elevation | 271.230 metres (889.86 ft) | ||||||
| System |  Regional rail andLight rail station | ||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||
| Operated by | Northern Railway zone | ||||||
| Lines | Lucknow–Moradabad line Moradabad–Ambala line Delhi–Moradabad line Chandausi loop Moradabad–Aligarh line Ramnagar–Moradabad line | ||||||
| Platforms | 7 | ||||||
| Tracks | 11 | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||
| Bicycle facilities | yes | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||||
| Station code | MB | ||||||
| Zone(s) | Northern Railway | ||||||
| Division(s) | Moradabad | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 1873; 152 years ago (1873) | ||||||
| Electrified | 2012; 13 years ago (2012) | ||||||
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Moradabad railway station is located inMoradabad district in the Indian state ofUttar Pradesh and servesMoradabad, which is known for its brassware industries. Moradabad is a major railway station ofWestern Uttar Pradesh and is located just 157 kilometres (98 mi) from national capitalNew Delhi. Moradabad also has the divisional headquarters of theNorthern Railway.Rajdhani,Shatabdi,Garib Rath Express, Double Decker Express and many Superfast Express trains pass through and stop at Moradabad Junction.
After connectingVaranasi with Delhi, theOudh and Rohilkhand Railway started working west ofLucknow and it reachedBareilly in 1873. A line connecting Moradabad toChandausi was also built in 1872 and it was continued up to Bareilly in 1873. The Bareilly–Moradabad chord was completed in 1894. The former main line became Chandausi Loop and the one via Rampur became main line. It was extended toSaharanpur in 1887.[1][2]A branch line to Aligarh via Chandausi was opened in 1894.[1]Moradabad was linked to Ghaziabad in 1900.[1]
Electrification of the 646 km (401 mi)-longMughasarai–Moradabad line was completed in 2013.[3][4] Many trains on theAmbala andLucknow line run with electric locomotives (including Freight trains). Electrification of theDelhi–Moradabad line was completed in 2015. Being one of the important sections of theNorthern Railways, Indian railway gave this project a high priority.
Moradabad is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.[5] Moradabad is one of the highest-booking stations in Uttar Pradesh.
Moradabad railway station is a category 'A' railway station.It has a Tourist Information Centre, Post Office, telegraph office, General Railway Police office, computerised reservation counters, retiring room, vegetarian and non vegetarian refreshment rooms, tea stall and book stall.[6] It also has the Tatkal seat booking counter.[7]
Moradabad is called an interchange station due to its five-line junction. Many passengers change trains at Moradabad because there are plenty of trains to different destinations. After electrification theDelhi–Moradabad line railway has planned to make this route an alternative to the Delhi–Kanpur–Mugalsarai grand chord route. Moradabad is a preferred option to get trains for the tourists who want to go toRamnagar,Jim Corbett National Park,Nainital,Almora and other parts ofKumaon region ofUttarakhand because it is the nearest station which is connected by train to the Kumoun region.
Moradabad is the busiest railway station ofWestern Uttar Pradesh with more than 200 stopping trains.[8] Many local passenger trains are available to nearby cities. There are many trains to major cities like Mau, Ghazipur City, New Delhi,Guwahati,Ahmedabad,Chandigarh,Lucknow,Varanasi,Dehradun,Patna,Jaipur,Jodhpur,Dibrugarh,Amritsar,Kolkata,Dhanbad,Ludhiana,Jammu Tawi,Tatanagar,Kanpur,Aligarh,Surat,Mumbai,Gwalior andAgra etc. Daily about 10 trains run from Moradabad toRamnagar[9] and more than 60 trains run toLucknow.[10] More than 50 trains run to New Delhi. Even though Moradabad has more than 200 stopping trains it does not have any direct train to cities likeChennai,Bangalore,Bhopal,Hyderabad and other important cities of Central, Western and Southern parts of the Country.
Moradabad travel guide from Wikivoyage| Preceding station |  Indian Railways | Following station | ||
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| Katghar towards ? | Northern Railway zone Lucknow–Shahranpur main line | Harthala towards ? | ||
| Terminus | Northern Railway zone Chandausi loop | Macharya towards ? | ||
| Northern Railway zone Moradabad–Ghaziabad link | Lodipur Bishanpur towards ? | |||
