Moradabad railway station

Moradabad Junction मोरादाबाद जंक्शन
Indian Railway Junction Station
Moradabad railway station entrance
Location	NH 24, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh India
Coordinates
Elevation	193.230 metres (633.96 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Northern Railway
Line(s)	Lucknow–Moradabad line Moradabad-Ambala line Delhi-Moradabad line Chandausi loop Moradabad-Aligarh line Ramnagar-Moradabad line
Platforms	7
Tracks	11
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	MB
Division(s)	Moradabad railway division
History
Opened	1873
Electrified	2012
Location
Moradabad railway station Location in Uttar Pradesh

Moradabad railway station is located in Moradabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and serves Moradabad which is namesake for its Brassware Industries. Moradabad is major railway station of Western Uttar Pradesh and located just 167 km from National Capital New Delhi, Moradabad also has the divisional headquarters of Northern Railway. It lies on Lucknow–Moradabad line Moradabad-Ambala line and Delhi–Moradabad line. Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Garib Rath Express, Double Decker Express and many Super Fast Express trains pass through and stop at Moradabad junction.

History

After connecting Varanasi with Lucknow, the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway started working west of Lucknow and it reached Bareilly in 1873. A line connecting Moradabad to Chandausi 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 to Shahranpur in 1886. A branch line to Aligarh via Chandausi was opened in 1894. Moradabad was linked to Ghazabad in 1900.

Electrification

Electrification of the 636 km (395 mi) long Mughasarai-Moradabad line was completed in 2013. Many trains on the Ambala and Lucknow line run with electric locomotives (including Freight trains). Electrification of the Delhi-Moradabad line was completed in 2015. Being one of the important sections of the Northern Railways, Indian railway gave this project a high priority.

Passenger movement

Moradabad is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway. Moradabad is one of the highest booking stations in Uttar pradesh.

Amenities

Moradabad railway station is a categeory '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. It also has the Tatkal seat Booking counter.

Importance

Moradabad is called an inter-change station due to its 5 line junction. Many passengers change trains at Moradabad because there are plenty of trains to different destinations. After electrification the Delhi-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 to Ramnagar, Jim Corbett National Park, Nanital, Almoda and other parts of Kumaon region of Uttrakhand because it is the nearest station which is connected by train to the Kumoun region.

A chilly sunny morning at Moradabad Railway station.

Connectivity

Moradabad is Busiest Railway station of Western Uttar Pradesh with more than 200 stopping trains. Many local passenger trains are available to nearby Cities. There are many trains to major cities like Kolkata, New Delhi, Guwahati, Ahemedabad, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Varanasi, Dehradun, Patna, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Dibrugarh, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jammu Tawi, Tatanagar, Kanpur, Aligarh, Gwalior and Agra Etc. Daily about 10 trains run from Moradabad to Ramnagar and more than 60 trains run to Lucknow. 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 like Mumbai, Channai, Banglore, Bhopal, Hyderabad and other important cities of Central, Western and Southern parts of the Country.

Major trains

Some major trains at Moradabad are as follows:

12435/12436 Dibrugarh Town New Delhi, Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express

12235/12236 Dibrugarh New Delhi, Rajdhani Express

12429/12430 Lucknow Rajdhani Express

12583/12584 Lucknow Jn. Anand Vihar Terminal(Delhi) Double Decker Express

12039/12040 Anand Vihar Kathgodam Shatabdi Express

12203/12204 Saharsa Amritsar Garib Rath Express

12207/12208 Jammu Tawi Kathgodam Garib Rath Express

22407/22408 Varanasi Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express

12211/12212 Anand Vihar Muzaffarpur Garib Rath Express

14605/14606 Lal Kuan Amritser, Garibrath Express

12331/12332 Kolkata Hawrah Junction Jammutawi Himgiri SF Express

12229/12230 Lucknow New Delhi, Lucknow mail

12317/12318 Sealdah Kolkata Amritsar, Akal takth SF Express

12357/12358 Kolkata Chitpur Amritsar, Durgiana Superfast Express

13005/13006 Hawrah Amritsar, (Punjab) Mail

15013/15014 Kathgodam Jaisalmer, Ranikhet Express

15035/15036 Kathgodam Delhi, Uttarakhand Sampark Kranti Express

12237/12238 Varansi Jammutawi, Begampura SF Express

12369/12370 Hawrah Haridwar, Kumbha Express

12327/12328 Hawrah Dehradun, Upasana Express

14311/14312 Barielly Bhuj, Ala Hazrat Express

15609/15610 Tinsukia Lalgarh, Avadh Assam Express

12557/12558 Muzzafarpur Anand Vihar, Sapt Kranti Express

15715/15716 Kishanganj Ajmer, Garib Nawaz Express

54055/54056 Moradabad Delhi Passenger

54307/54308 Moradabad Delhi Passenger

54315/54316 Moradabad Saharanpur Passenger

54391/54392 Aligarh Moradabad Passenger

External links

• Trains at Moradabad
• Moradabad travel guide from Wikivoyage

Preceding station		Indian Railways		Following station
Katghar		Northern Railway zone Lucknow-Shahranpur main line		Harthala
Terminus		Northern Railway zone Chandausi loop		Macharya
Terminus		Northern Railway zone Moradabad-Ghaziabad link		Lodipur Bishanpur