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Ankleshwar Junction railway station is a railway station serving
Ankleshwar Ankleshwar (sometimes written Ankaleshwar) is a city and a municipality in Bharuch district in the state of Gujarat, India. The city is located 14 kilometres from Bharuch. Ankleshwar Industrial Association (AIA) is the largest organisation of t ...
town, in Bharuch district of Gujarat State of India. It is under
Vadodara railway division Vadodara railway division is one of the six railway divisions under Western Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 1 April 1952 and its headquarter is located at Vadodara in the state of Gujarat of India. Mumbai WR r ...
of
Western Railway zone The Western Railway (abbreviated WR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways and is among the busiest railway networks in India, headquartered at Mumbai, Maharashtra. The major railway routes of Indian Railways which come under Western Railw ...
of Indian Railways. It is located on New Delhi–Mumbai main line of the Indian Railways. It is located at 20 m above sea level and has four platforms. , electrified double broad-gauge railway line exist and at this station, 87 trains stops and one train each originates and terminates. Surat Airport, is at distance of 65 kilo meters.


History

On 10 February 1860, BB&CI started its first section from to Utran. The BB&CI Railway was incorporated in 1855, starting with the construction of a broad-gauge track from Ankleshwar Junction to Utran in
Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...
on the West Coast.


See also

Rajpipla State Railway The Rajpipla State Railway (RSR) was a narrow-gauge railway, built by Rajpipla State. History The railway was constructed as a famine relief line to the Rajipipla District under the auspices of Maharana Chhatrasinhji, Raja of Rajpipla, as a sh ...


References

Railway stations in Bharuch district Vadodara railway division Railway junction stations in Gujarat Transport in Ankleshwar {{Gujarat-railstation-stub