Rishikesh railway station, station code RKSH, is a railway terminal station serving the city of

Rishikesh Rishikesh, also spelt as Hrishikesh, is a city near Dehradun in the Indian state Uttarakhand. The northern part of Rishikesh is in the Dehradun district while the southern part is in the Tehri Garhwal district. It is situated on the right bank ...

in the Indian state of

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...

. It lies on Northern railway network zone of

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. It is no longer the only station in Rishikesh, as another one has been built to increase capacity, known as

Yog Nagari Rishikesh railway station Yog Nagari Rishikesh railway station (station code: YNRK) is a railway station serving the city of Rishikesh in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It lies in the Northern railway network zone of Indian Railways. History The train station opene ...

, located 2 km to the west of Rishikesh station.

Location

The railway station is located in

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Reduced Level

The RL of the station is 372 m above

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Signage

The station signage is predominantly in English,

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and

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Source station

The station acts as source station for Hemkunt Express which runs from Rishikesh to

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra railway station (station code: SVDK) is a railway station on the Jammu Udhampur Srinagar Baramulla Railway Link in Reasi district in the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It mainly serves for the town of ...

at 05:20 PM (IST) with train number 14609 and

to Rishikesh at 04:30 PM (IST) with train number 14610. Apart from that several short and long-distance train originate from here.

References

Railway stations in India opened in 2020 Railway stations in Dehradun district Moradabad railway division Transport in Rishikesh Year of establishment missing {{Uttarakhand-railstation-stub

Location

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Signage

Source station

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