Aligarh Junction railway station is an 'A' class

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on the Kanpur–Delhi section of Howrah–Delhi main line and Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line. It is located in

Aligarh district Aligarh () is one of the 75 districts in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This district is a part of Aligarh Division. The districts which adjoin Aligarh are (clockwise from north) Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bulandshahr, Sambhal, Bada ...

in the Indian state of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

. It serves

Aligarh Aligarh (; formerly known as Koil) is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Aligarh district and lies northwest of state capital Lucknow and approximately southeast of the capital, New Delhi. ...

History

Trains started running on the

East Indian Railway Company The East Indian Railway Company, operating as the East Indian Railway (reporting mark EIR), introduced railways to East India and North India, while the Companies such as the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, South Indian Railway, Bombay, Barod ...

's Howrah–Delhi line in 1866. The Bareilly–Moradabad Chord via Rampur, with a branch line to Aligarh, was built by

Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was an extensive railway network in North India, mostly north of the Ganges, starting from Benares and subsequently up to Delhi. History The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was formed in 1872 with the assets of th ...

in 1894.

Electrification

The Tundla–Hathras—Aligarh–Ghaziabad and Aligarh–Harduaganj sectors were electrified in 1975–76.

Infrastructure

There are Seven platforms with three foot bridges. Lift facility is available at platform numbers 1&2,3&4,5&6. Escalators also available at platform 2 and 7. A new terminal at city side is now also in working. It also has two double-bedded non-AC retiring rooms.

Accident

Five people were killed and many others injured in an accident at Aligarh railway station on the evening of Sunday 19 June 2011. The accident took place when a goods train was passing a crowded platform. According to officials, a brake lever snapped from the train, and the projecting wheel ploughed into passengers waiting at the platform. There were many people waiting for the

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

–

Tundla Tundla () is a town and a municipal board in Firozabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is an important railway junction between the Delhi-Kanpur main line and the Agra branch line. Tundla is a railway town that sprang up when ...

passenger train on the platform. The hand brake and the connecting rod had come loose and the protruding object turned deadly for the victims. While two people died on the spot, three others succumbed to their injuries in hospital. At least six other injured people were admitted to Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College Hospital at

Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University is a Collegiate university, collegiate, Central university (India), central, and Research university, research university located in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Kh ...

Major Trains

* Anand Vihar Terminal–Ayodhya Cantonment Vande Bharat Express *

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* Neelachal Express * Nandan Kanan Express * Lucknow–New Delhi Swarna Shatabdi Express * Kanpur–New Delhi Shatabdi Express * Darbhanga–Anand Vihar Terminal Amrit Bharat Express * Champaran Humsafar Express * Kaifiyat Express * Brahmaputra Mail * Farakka Express (via Sultanpur) * Farakka Express (via Ayodhya Cantt) * Bhagalpur–Anand Vihar Terminal Garib Rath Express * Rewa–Anand Vihar Superfast Express * Jaynagar–Anand Vihar Garib Rath Express * North East Express *

Lichchavi Express The 14005 / 14006 Lichchavi Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Northern Railway zone that runs between and Sitamarhi in India. It operates as train number 14006 from Anand Vihar Terminal to Sitamarhi and as train nu ...

Magadh Express The 20801 / 20802 Magadh Express is a superfast train running between New Delhi and . Its number is 20801/20802 and it departs from Islampur and reaches New Delhi the following day. In the past, its number was 2401/2402 and was run from the N ...

Amrapali Express The 15707 / 15708 Amrapali Express is an Express trains in India, Express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 15707 in Up direction from Katihar Junction of North east Frontier railw ...

* Sangam Express * Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Bareilly Weekly Express * Indore–Bareilly Weekly Express * Sambalpur–Jammu Tawi Express * Muri Express * Gomti Express *

Swatantra Senani Superfast Express The 12561 / 12562 Swatantrata Senani Superfast Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 12561 from Jaynagar to New Delhi and as train number 12562 in the re ...

* Mahabodhi Express * Sikkim Mahananda Express * Netaji Express * Seemanchal Express * Poorva Express (via Patna) * Poorva Express (via Gaya) *

Unchahar Express The 14217 / 14218 Unchahar Express is an Express trains in India, Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Northern Railway zone, Northern Railways zone that runs between and in India. First run on track on 1986. It operates as train n ...

* Kalindi Express * Bhrigu Superfast Express * Vaishali Express *

Prayagraj Express ''The 12417 / 12418 Prayagraj S. F Express'' is a daily Overnight Superfast Express VVIP train which runs between the cities of Prayagraj (earlier known as ''Allahabad'') and New Delhi, India. Prayagraj Express along with Shram Shakti Expres ...

* Santragachi–Anand Vihar Superfast Express

References

External links

* * {{Railway stations in Uttar Pradesh Railway stations in India opened in 1866 Railway junction stations in Uttar Pradesh Railway stations in Aligarh district Prayagraj railway division Buildings and structures in Aligarh