Delhi Sarai Rohilla railway station
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Delhi Sarai Rohilla
दिल्ली सराय रोहिल्ला |
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| Regional rail and Light rail station | |
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| Location | New Rohtak Road, New Delhi India |
| Coordinates | 28°39′47″N 77°11′11″E / 28.66306°N 77.18639°ECoordinates: 28°39′47″N 77°11′11″E / 28.66306°N 77.18639°E |
| Elevation | 220.950 metres (724.90 ft) |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| Operated by | Indian Railways |
| Line(s) |
Delhi-Fazilka line Delhi-Jaipur line |
| Platforms | 7 |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Bus routes | Delhi, Garhi Harsaru, Rewari, Rohtak, Sonipat |
| Construction | |
| Parking | Available |
| Other information | |
| Status | Functional |
| Station code | DEE |
| Zone(s) | Northern Railway zone |
| Division(s) | Delhi |
| History | |
| Opened | 1873 |
| Rebuilt | 2013 |
| Electrified | Yes |
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Delhi Sarai Rohilla railway station, is situated about 4 km from old Delhi railway junction in India. Its station code is DEE. It is managed by Delhi Division of Northern Railway zone. Many trains from Delhi to Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat stop at this station. More than twenty trains including Duronto and AC trains originate at this station.
Sarai means an inn or resting place for travellers. The station is named after the medieval village it was located in. The village itself was named after a sarai, named after Ruhullah Khan, a noble in the Mughal court. Once it was a sarai on the busy road to Delhi and pilgrimage town of Ajmer. He was one of the three sons of Khalil Ullah Khan, the Governor of Delhi province during reign of Mughal Emperor Shahjahan, and also a distant relative of Empress Mumtaz Mahal. Over time, this name has been corrupted to Rohilla after Rohillas who ruled a region called Rohilkhand around Bareilly and Rampur northeast of Delhi during the Mughal era.
Sarai Rohilla railway station was established in 1872 when the metre gauge railway line from Delhi to Jaipur and Ajmer was being laid. It was a small station just outside Delhi as Delhi was confined to walled city then. All the metre gauge trains starting from (and terminating at) Delhi (station code DLI) to Rewari, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat passed through this station. The track from Delhi to Sarai Rohilla was double. The single track from Sarai Rohilla to Rewari was doubled up to Rewari from where single tracks diverged in five directions.
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