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<p>minor fixes, replaced: <a href="/wiki/Visakhapatnam_railway_station" title="Visakhapatnam railway station">Visakhapatnam</a> → {{stnlnk|Visakhapatnam}} (6), (on ground station) → (on-ground station)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Railway station in Gujarat, India}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}<br /> {{Infobox station<br /> | name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|100px]]&lt;br/&gt;{{background color|darkblue|{{font color|white|Surendranagar Junction railway station}}}}<br /> | type = [[Indian Railways]] station<br /> | style = Indian Railways<br /> | image = <br /> | image_caption = <br /> | address = [[Surendranagar]], [[Gujarat]]<br /> | country = India <br /> | elevation = {{convert|72|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|22.744222|71.628800|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br /> | line = [[Viramgam–Okha line]]&lt;br&gt;[[Dharangadhra–Surendra Nagar section]]&lt;br&gt;[[Surendranagar–Bhavnagar line]]<br /> | other = <br /> | structure = Standard (on-ground station)<br /> | platform = 6<br /> | tracks = 11<br /> | parking = Yes<br /> | opened = 1872<br /> | closed = <br /> | rebuilt = <br /> | electrified = Yes<br /> | ADA = <br /> | code = {{Indian railway code<br /> | code = SUNR<br /> | zone = [[Western Railway zone|Western Railway]]<br /> | division = {{rwd|Rajkot}} <br /> }}<br /> | owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br /> | operator = [[Western Railway zone|Western Railway]]<br /> | status = Functioning<br /> | former = Morvi State Railway<br /> | passengers = <br /> | pass_year = <br /> | pass_percent = <br /> | pass_system = <br /> | map_locator = <br /> | map_type = India#India Gujarat<br /> | map_dot_label = Surendranagar Junction railway station<br /> | map_size = 300<br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Surendranagar Junction railway station&#039;&#039;&#039; belongs to Western Railway of Rajkot Division. It is located in Surendranagar district of Gujarat state.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Sir Lakhdhiraji Waghji,{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} who ruled from 1922 until 1948, acted as a ruler, manager, patron and policeman of the state with great authority. Sir Waghji, like other contemporary rulers of Saurashtra, built roads and a railway network (of seventy miles), connecting [[Wadhwan]] and Morbi. Surendranagar–Rajkot section was laid in 1905.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html |title = IR History: Part - 3 (1900–1947)}}&lt;/ref&gt; Gauge conversion of Viramgam–Hapa section via Surendranagar, Wankaner was completed by 1980.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history5.html |title = IR History: Part - 5 (1970–1995)}}&lt;/ref&gt; Morvi State Railway was merged into the [[Western Railway zone|Western Railway]] on 5 November 1951.<br /> <br /> ==Passenger amenities==<br /> About 108 passenger trains arrive at this station. There were trains [[Bandra Terminus railway station|Mumbai]], [[Delhi Junction railway station|Delhi]], {{stnlnk|Visakhapatnam}}, {{stnlnk|Secunderabad}}, {{stnlnk|Nagpur}}, {{stnlnk|Howrah}}, {{stnlnk|Kamakhya}}, {{stnlnk|Rajkot}}, [[Gandhidham Bg railway station|Gandhidham]], [[Wankaner Junction railway station|Wankaner]] etc.,<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Railway stations in Gujarat}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Railway stations in Surendranagar district]]<br /> [[Category:Rajkot railway division]]<br /> [[Category:Railway junction stations in Gujarat]]<br /> [[Category:Railway stations opened in 1905]]<br /> [[Category:1905 establishments in India]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Gujarat-railstation-stub}}</div>

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