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{{short description|Railway station in Gujarat, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|100px]]<br/>{{background color|darkblue|{{font color|white|Wankaner Junction railway station}}}}
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image =
| image_caption =
| address = [[Wankaner]], [[Morbi district]], [[Gujarat]]
| country = India
| elevation = {{convert|87|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| coordinates = {{coord|22.622148|70.963372|format=dms|display=inline}}
| line = [[Viramgam–Okha line]]<br>[[Maliya Miyana–Wankaner section]]
| other =
| structure = Standard (on ground)
| platform = 4
| tracks = 6
| parking = Yes
| opened = 1890
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = No
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = WKR
| zone = [[Western Railway zone|Western Railway]]
| division = {{rwd|Rajkot}}
}}
| owned =
| operator = [[Western Railway zone|Western Railway]]
| status = Functioning
| former = [[Morvi Railway|Morvi State Railway]]
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_locator =
| map_type = India#India Gujarat
| map_dot_label = Wankaner Junction railway station
| map_size = 300
}}
'''Wankaner Junction railway station''' is located in [[Wankaner]] city of [[Morbi district]], [[Gujarat]]. It is under {{rwd|Rajkot}} division of [[Western Railway zone|Western Railway]]. Its code is '''WKR'''. It has four platforms. Passenger, DEMU, Express, and Superfast trains halt here.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/wankaner-junction-wkr/1664|title=WKR/Wankaner Junction|website=India Rail Info}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cleartrip.com/trains/stations/WKR/|title=Wankaner Junction: Train Timetable|website=Cleartrip}}</ref>

'''Wankaner Junction''' is well connected by rail to {{stnlnk|Veraval Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Okha}}, {{stnlnk|Porbandar}}, {{stnlnk|Hapa}}, {{stnlnk|Jamnagar}}, {{stnlnk|Rajkot Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Morbi}}, {{stnlnk|Gandhidham Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Ahmedabad Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Bilaspur Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Gorakhpur Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Rameswaram}}, {{stnlnk|Delhi Sarai Rohilla}}, {{stnlnk|Rewa}}, {{stnlnk|Secunderabad Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra}}, {{stnlnk|Thiruvananthapuram}}, {{stnlnk|Muzaffarpur Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Pune Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Jabalpur Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Indore Junction}}, [[Nathdwara]], {{stnlnk|Kamakhya}}, {{stnlnk|Bandra Terminus}} and {{stnlnk|Mumbai Central}}.

==History==
The Morvi-Wankaner section was laid as a 2 ft 6inch road side tram way in the year 1890 by [[Morvi Railway]] under the regime of Sir Waghji Thakor. Wadhwan–ajkot metre-auge section of Morvi State Railway laid in the year 1890.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html |title=Irfca history Part-2}}</ref> Rajkot–Wadhwan section was completed in the year 1905 by Morvi State Railway. Later Morvi–ankaner section was converted to mtre gauge in 1924 to match rail lines of other state.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html |title=Irfca history Part-3}}</ref>

==Railway reorganization==
Morvi State Railway was merged into the [[Western Railway zone|Western Railway]] on 5 November 1951. It was the last Steam engine hauled section in India in the year 2000. Before railbuses took over on Wankaner–Morvi, there were two-coach trains hauled by YG or YP steam locos (these were
the last steam-hauled trains on those routes).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-trivia.html |title=Irfca trivia}}</ref> [[Maliya Miyana–Wankaner section|Wankaner–Maliya Miyana section]] Conversion to [[broad gauge]] was completed in the year 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.videoscene.co.uk/last-wisps-of-indian-steam.html |title=history of maliya miyana-wankaner section}}</ref>

==Trains==

The following trains halt at Wankaner Junction railway station in both directions:

* 22991/92 [[Bandra Terminus–Veraval Superfast Express]]
* 22939/40 [[Hapa–Bilaspur Superfast Express]]
* 22957/58 [[Somnath Superfast Express]]
* 19215/16 [[Saurashtra Express]]
* 15045/46 [[Gorakhpur–Okha Express]]
* 19217/18 [[Bandra Terminus–Jamnagar Saurashtra Janta Express]]
* 16733/34 [[Rameswaram–Okha Express]]
* 19263/64 [[Porbandar–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express]]
* 17017/18 [[Rajkot–Secunderabad Express]]
* 22959/60 [[Surat–Jamnagar Intercity Express]]
* 22961/62 [[Surat–Hapa Intercity Express]]
* 12475/76 [[Hapa–Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Sarvodaya Express]]
* 12477/78 [[Jamnagar–Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express]]
* 22945/46 [[Saurashtra Mail]]
* 16333/34 [[Thiruvananthapuram–Veraval Express]]
* 19579/80 [[Rajkot–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Weekly Express]]
* 22951/52 [[Bandra Terminus–Gandhidham Weekly Superfast Express]]
* 19269/70 [[Porbandar–Muzaffarpur Express]]
* 11087/88 [[Veraval–Pune Express]]
* 11465/66 [[Somnath–Jabalpur Express (via Bina)]]
* 11463/64 [[Somnath–Jabalpur Express (via Itarsi)]]
* 19119/20 [[Ahmedabad–Somnath Intercity Express]]
* 19319/20 [[Veraval–Indore Mahamana Express]]
* 19575/76 [[Okha–Nathdwara Express]]
* 22937/38 [[Rajkot–Rewa Superfast Express]]
* 15667/68 [[Kamakhya–Gandhidham Express]]
* 22923/24 [[Bandra Terminus–Jamnagar Humsafar Express]]

'''Wankaner–Morbi DEMU''' and '''Wankaner–Rajkot DEMU''' start from here.

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Railway stations in Gujarat}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Rajkot district]]
[[Category:Rajkot railway division]]
[[Category:Railway junction stations in Gujarat]]

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