Ajmer Junction railway station

Location
	Ajmer Junction railway station Location in Rajasthan

Ajmer Junction
Ajmer Junction
Express train and Passenger train station
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General information
Location	Jaipur Road, Patel Nagar, Topdara, Ajmer, Ajmer district, Rajasthan; India
Coordinates	26°27′23.80″N 74°38′14.86″E / 26.4566111°N 74.6374611°E
Elevation	464 metres (1,522 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	North Western Railway zone
Line(s)	Ahmedabad–Delhi main line, ; Jaipur–Ahmedabad line, ; Ajmer–Chittaurgarh line
Platforms	6
Tracks	10
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	AII
Zone(s)	North Western Railway
Division(s)	Ajmer
Fare zone	Indian Railways
History
Electrified	Yes
Location
Location
	Ajmer Junction railway station Location in Rajasthan

Ajmer Junction railway station (station code: AII) is located in Ajmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

History

Initially it was built as a metre-gauge (MG) station with lines from Chittaurgarh Junction railway station, Ahmedabad Junction railway station, Phulera Junction railway station. In the 1990s, the Delhi–Jaipur line and Jaipur–Ahmedabad line were converted to broad gauge (BG). Then the station had a parallel BG – MG lines coming from north from Phulera Junction railway station, and after the station the MG line to Chittaurgarh crossed over to the Southeast side while the BG continued Southwest to Beawar railway station and Ahmedabad Junction railway station. Finally, somewhere in 2007, the line going toward Ratlam Junction railway station to Chittaurgarh was converted to BG.

Location and layout

Ajmer Junction (station code: AII) is an important railway junction having five platforms and situated in the heart of the city. It is at an elevation of 464 metres (1,522 ft) and was assigned the code – AII. Other Suburban Station of Ajmer are Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz Madar Junction (MDJN), Daurai (DOZ), and Adarsh Nagar (AHO). It has a railway complex, which includes a major workshop.^[1]

Branchings

It has four branchings of broad-gauge lines to Beawar in south-west, Chittorgarh Junction in South, Phulera Junction in North and Pushkar Terminus in West.^[2]