Agra Fort railway station, is located near

Agra Fort The Agra Fort is a historical fort in the city of Agra in India also known as the Red Fort. Rebuilt by the Mughal emperor Akbar in 1565 and completed in 1573, it served as the main residence of the rulers of the Mughal Dynasty until 1638, when ...

, in

Rawatpara Rawatpara is one of the oldest localities of the historic city of Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is situated very close to Agra Fort and also the river Yamuna. Etymology Rawatpara draws its name from the Hindu-origin title Rawat which mean ...

Agra Agra (, ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital New Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is ...

. It used to be one of the stations in India that had both broad gauge and metre gauge, until the line to Jaipur was converted to broad gauge. Agra Fort railway station comes under the

North Central Railways The North Central Railway (abbreviated NCR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India. The largest railway station in NCR is Kanpur Central. It is headquartered at Prayagraj and comprises three divisions: Allahabad division, Jhansi division, A ...

Overview

, the 16-17th century capital of the

Mughals The Mughal Empire was an early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries. Quote: "Although the first two Timurid emperors and many of their noblemen were recent migrants to the subcontinent, the d ...

, is home to monuments such as the

Taj Mahal The Taj Mahal (; ) is an Islamic ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1631 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan () to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mu ...

and

. The Taj Mahal attracts 7–8 million tourists annually. About 0.8 million foreign tourists visit it.

History

The -wide

metre-gauge Metre-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. The metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by European colonial powers, such as the French, British and German Empires. In Europe, la ...

Delhi–Bandikui and Bandikui–Agra lines of

Rajputana State Railway Rājputana, meaning "Land of the Rajputs", was a region in the Indian subcontinent that included mainly the present-day States of India, Indian state of Rajasthan, as well as parts of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, and some adjoining areas of Sin ...

were opened in 1874. The Agra–Jaipur line was converted to broad gauge in 2005. There was a spacious, octagonal Tripolia Chowk which existed between the Jama Masjid and the Delhi gate of the

. This Tripolia was destroyed in order to create the Agra Fort railway station, which was also the first railway station of

and also one of the oldest in the country.

Electrification

The Faridabad–Mathura–Agra section was electrified in 1982–85, Tundla–Yamuna Bridge in 1988–89 and Yamuna Bridge–Agra in 1990–91.

Passengers

Agra Fort railway station serves around 87,000 passengers every day.

Amenities

Agra Fort railway station has a telephone booth, a waiting room, a refreshment room, water coolers and a book stall. Taxis, auto-rickshaws and cycle-rickshaws are available for local movement. The

3.8 km, the

0.9 km, the Sikandra 10.4 km, the Mankameshwar Temple 0.15 km, the

Fatehpur Sikri Fatehpur Sikri () is a town in the Agra District of Uttar Pradesh, India. Situated 35.7 kilometres from the district headquarters of Agra, Fatehpur Sikri itself was founded as the capital of Mughal Empire in 1571 by Emperor Akbar, serving this ...

38 km, and the Agra Airport 3.8 km.

Gallery

Vintage postcard of Agra Railway Station.jpg, Vintage postcard of Agra railway station WDM2B-16609 Agra Fort (1).JPG, Agra Fort railway platform

References

External links

* Railway stations in Agra Agra railway division 1874 establishments in India Railway stations opened in 1874 {{UttarPradesh-railstation-stub