Hathras Junction railway station


Hathras Junction railway station is on the Kanpur-Delhi section of Howrah-Delhi main line and Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line. It is located in Hathras district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.It helps hathras and surrounding areas.

Station oddity

Hathras Junction railway station is one having an oddity. The station is on the wide broad gauge Kanpur-Delhi section. A broad gauge line takes off from this station and goes to Hathras Kuila railway station. At the Kanpur-end of the Hathras Junction railway station, the Mathura-Kasganj line cuts across the broad gauge line at right angles and has a separate overhead station named Hathras Road within the same premises. Hathras lies 9 km away in the west and is served by Hathras City railway station on the broad gauge line.

History

Through trains started running on the Howrah-Delhi line in 1865–66.
The long Hathras Road-Mathura Cantt line was opened in 1875 by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway. It was transferred to North Eastern Railway in 1952. The Mathura-Kasganj line was converted from wide metre gauge to wide broad gauge in 2009.

Electrification

The Tundla-Aligarh-Ghaziabad sector was electrified in 1975–76.

Connectivity

The station provides connectivity to neighbouring major railway stations like Delhi Junction, Ghaziabad, Aligarh Junction, Tundla Junction, Agra Cantt., Etawah, Phaphund, Kanpur Central etc.
It also facilitates connectivity to many cities like New Delhi, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Kanpur Kota, Jaipur, Tatanagar, Patna, Kolkata etc.