Marwar Junction railway station
Railway Station in Rajasthan, India
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Marwar Junction railway station (station code MJ) is located in Pali district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It serves the census town at Marwar Junction.
India
Marwar Junction | |||||
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hMarwar railway station platform | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | State Highway 61, Marwar Junction, Rajasthan India | ||||
| Coordinates | 25°43′14″N 73°36′33″E | ||||
| Elevation | 267 metres (876 ft) | ||||
| System | Indian Railways junction station | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operated by | North Western Railway | ||||
| Lines | Ahmedabad–Delhi main line Jaipur–Ahmedabad line Marwar Junction–Munabao line Mavli–Marwar line (MG) | ||||
| Platforms | 4 (3 broad gauge + 1 meter gauge) | ||||
| Tracks | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) and 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard on ground | ||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||
| Cycle facilities | No | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | MJ | ||||
| Division(s) | Ajmer | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1881 | ||||
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The railway station
Marwar Junction railway station is at an elevation of 267 metres (876 ft) and was assigned the code – MJ.[1]
History
Rajputana State Railway extended the Delhi–Ajmer 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)-wide metre-gauge line to Ahmeabad in 1881.[2] It was converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge in 1997.[3]
The Rajputana–Malwa Railway built the metre-gauge line from Marwar Junction to Pali in 1882. Later, this section was extended to Jodhpur and formed the Jodhpur Railway.[4] The line now runs up to Munabao on the India–Pakistan border and has been fully converted to broad gauge.[5]
Cultural references
In fiction
The station is mentioned in Chapter 1 of Rudyard Kipling's short story "The Man Who Would Be King" which was first published in The Phantom Rickshaw and other Eerie Tales (1888). It is the meeting place of the narrator, Kipling in all but name, and Daniel Dravot.[7]
