Jaipur Junction
जयपुर जंक्शन |
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Express train and Passenger train Station | |
Location | Hasanpura, Jaipur, Rajasthan India |
Coordinates | 26°55′15″N 75°47′12″E / 26.9208°N 75.7866°ECoordinates: 26°55′15″N 75°47′12″E / 26.9208°N 75.7866°E |
Elevation | 434 metres (1,424 ft) |
Owned by | Indian Railways |
Line(s) |
Delhi-Jaipur line Jaipur-Ahmedabad line Jaipur-Sawai Madhopur |
Platforms | 7 |
Construction | |
Parking | Available |
Disabled access | |
Other information | |
Status | Functioning |
Station code | JP |
Zone(s) | North Western Railway |
Division(s) | Jaipur |
History | |
Opened | 1895 |
Electrified | No |
Jaipur Junction railway station (Code : JP) is a railway station in Jaipur. Jaipur also serves as the headquarters of the North Western Railway zone of the Indian Railways since 2002. The Jaipur Division of the North Western Railway is also headquartered at Jaipur.
It is located along Railway Road. The inter-state bus terminal Sindhi Camp is also close to the station. It is linked to other parts of the country by meter gauge and broad gauge lines. Jaipur station alone deals with 88 Broad Gauge and 22 Meter Gauge trains and 35,000 passengers in a day. It is the busiest railway station in Rajasthan. It has direct trains on the broad gauge network to all major cities in Rajasthan such as Ajmer,Jodhpur,Udaipur,etc. and India such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Indore, Chandigarh, Ernakulam, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Guwahati, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Nagpur, Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Patna, Visakhapatnam, Ernakulam etc. and metre gauge network to Sikar and Churu.