Mathura Junction


Mathura Junction Railway Station is the Important and Big Station on Agra-Delhi chord of Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Chennai lines. It is located in Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It serves Mathura and Vrindavan.

Overview

is the birthplace of Lord Krishna. He spent his childhood in Vrindavan, 11 km away from Mathura. Therefore, both are major pilgrimage centres for Hindus. Mathura Refinery of Indian Oil Corporation which is one of the largest oil refineries of India is located at Mathura.

History

The long Hath 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.
The long metre gauge Mathura-Vrindavan branch line was opened by Bombay, Baroda and Central Indian Railway in 1889.

Station

Mathura Junction has 10 Platforms. There is a junction for south bound and west bound trains. It has connectivity with all major cities of India. There are seven routes / lines from this railway junction station. Platform 9 dedicate for Vrindavan Metre-gauge trains. As per the 2018 report released by Quality Council of India, station was declared the least clean station among the 75 major stations.

Electrification

The Faridabad-Mathura-Agra section was electrified in 1982-85. The Mathura-Bharatpur-Gangapur city line was electrified in 1985-86.

Amenities

Mathura Junction railway station has a tourist information centre, telephone booths, computerised reservation centre, waiting room, vegetarian and non-vegetarian refreshment rooms, and a book stall.

Passengers

Mathura Junction is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway. The junction is important as from here the routes of train coming from Delhi are bifurcated towards Mumbai and South Indian cities of Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai.

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