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{{Short description|Railway station in India}}

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{{Infobox station
| name = Gwalior Junction
| style = historical
| image = Gwalior Jn PF1 042016.jpg
| image_caption = PF1 end of Gwalior Junction Railway Station.
| address = Racecourse road, Gwalior, [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|26|12|58|N|78|10|55|E|display=inline}}
| line = [[Delhi–Chennai line]] [[Agra–Bhopal section]] [[Indore–Gwalior line]] [[Gwalior–Sheopur line]] [[Gwalior–Etawah line]]|
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| depth =
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| tracks = 6 broad gauge 1 narrow gauge
| parking = 
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| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = Yes
| ADA =
| code = GWL
| owned = Indian Railways
| zone = Jhansi Division, Northern Central Railway
| former =
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| map_type = India#India Madhya Pradesh
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'''Gwalior Junction railway station''' (station code: '''GWL''') is the railway station of [[Gwalior|Gwalior City]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]. It is operated by [[Indian Railways]] and is part of the Jhansi Division of the North-Central Railways.

==Description==
{{More citations needed section|date=March 2021}}
Gwalior Junction is one of the major commercial railway stations of the [[North Central Railway zone]] of [[Indian Railways]], whose zonal headquarters are located in [[Allahabad]]. The station won awards from Indian Railways for clean infrastructure in 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1992.<ref>https://erail.in/info/gwalior-railway-station-GWL/22670</ref> Express trains such as the [[Bhopal Express]], [[Taj Express]], [[Rajdhani Express]], [[Garib Rath Express]], [[Bhopal Shatabdi]], and the [[Gatimaan Express]]—which was the fastest train in India until 2019<ref>{{cite web |title=India's fastest train Vande Bharat achieves 130 kmph(kilometer per hours) speed during inaugural run |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/indias-fastest-train-vande-bharat-achieves-130-kmph-speed-during-inaugural-run/articleshow/68016158.cms?from=mdr |website=The Economic Times |access-date=6 March 2021}}</ref>—as well as 165 other trains, all stop at Gwalior Junction. Approximately 12 trains originate from Gwalior.

Gwalior Junction is one of the few places in India where both [[Narrow-gauge railway|narrow-gauge]] and [[Broad-gauge railway|broad-gauge]] railway tracks are still operational. The Gwalior narrow-gauge track is the narrowest in India.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aug 13|first=Arvind Chauhan / TNN /|last2=2020|last3=Ist|first3=23:18|title=Heritage narrow gauge rail track to chug into history {{!}} India News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/heritage-narrow-gauge-rail-track-to-chug-into-history/articleshow/77531972.cms|access-date=2021-03-17|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

Gwalior Junction is well-connected to all parts of the country via train and metros. There are indirect trains to [[Mumbai]], [[Pune]], [[Delhi]], [[Kolkata]] (Howrah), [[Chennai]], [[Ujjain]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Ernakulam]] ([[Kochi]]), [[Indore]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Pune|Jabalpur]], [[Jammu]], [[Lucknow]], [[Bhopal]], [[Bangalore]], [[Jaipur]], [[Udaipur]], [[Dehradun]], [[Jamshedpur]], [[Sheopur]], and other major towns.

==Redevelopment==

The Gwalior Junction railway station has been proposed to be redeveloped at a cost of approximately 240 [[crore]]s under the station redevelopment program by the Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Ltd (IRSDC).<ref name="Gwalior reference 1">{{cite news |last1=Nikita |first1=Prasad |title=Indian Railways Gwalior station to be redeveloped with world-class facilities! Cool facts you must know |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/railways/indian-railways-gwalior-station-to-be-redeveloped-with-world-class-facilities-cool-facts-you-must-know/1804761/ |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=The Financial Express |publisher=Financial Express |date=26 December 2019}}</ref> Entry, exit, and block areas have been proposed to be redeveloped being in contrast with the heritage building in an area of approximately {{convert|9840|m2}}. It is one among the four new railway stations which had been finalized for redevelopment based on the public-private partnership (PPP) model.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nine firms in race to bag contracts for redevelopment of four railway stations under PPP |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/nine-firms-in-race-to-bag-contracts-for-redevelopment-of-four-railway-stations-under-ppp-6509329/ |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=The Indian Express |publisher=The Indian Express |date=16 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kirti |first1=Pandey |title=These 4 Indian Railways stations to get swanky makeover, IRSDC calls out interested bidders |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/article/these-4-indian-railways-stations-to-get-swanky-makeover-irsdc-calls-out-interested-bidders/609525 |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=www.timesnownews.com |publisher=Times Now |date=21 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> According to IRSDC, the in-principle approval for inviting the request for quotation (RFQ) for the redevelopment of the railway station based on the PPP model was granted by the Public-Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC) on December 20, 2019. The proposed area of the redevelopment of the station is approximately {{cvt|230425|m2}} with a proposed cost of around 240 crores, and will highlight the unique heritage building.

==Connectivity==
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[[File:Gwalior Railway Station 1.jpg|thumb|View of {{stnlnk|Gwalior Junction}}]]

Gwalior Junction is linked by direct train to other major Indian cities like [[New Delhi]], [[Vijayawada]], [[Bhopal]], [[Jabalpur]], [[Lucknow]], [[Chennai]], [[Bangalore]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Mumbai]], [[Pune]], [[Kolkata]], [[Jammu]], [[Agra]], [[Puri]], [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Amritsar]], [[Dehradun]], and [[Thiruvananthapuram|Thiruvananthpuram]].

Gwalior Junction is served by four broad-gauge routes:
*To [[Agra]]–[[New Delhi]]
*To [[Jhansi]]–[[Bhopal]]
*To [[Guna, India|Guna]]–[[Ujjain]]
*To [[Gwalior Birlanagar]]–[[Bhind]]–[[Etawah]]

Gwalior Junction is served by a narrow-gauge route called [[Gwalior Light Railway]].
* To [[Sabalgarh]]–[[Sheopur]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IndiaRailInfo|740}}
{{Gwalior topics}}
{{Railway stations in Madhya Pradesh}}

[[Category: Jhansi railway division]]
[[Category: Railway junction stations in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category: Railway stations in Gwalior]]
[[Category:Year of establishment missing]]
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