The Delhi–Moradabad line is a railway line connecting

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

and the latter in the Indian state of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

. The Gajraula–Najibabad branch line is included in this line. The line is under the administrative jurisdiction of Northern Railway. Shramjeevi Express in Ghaziabad Junction 01

Shramjeevi Express in Ghaziabad Junction 01

History

The Ghaziabad–Moradabad link was established by

Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was an extensive railway network in the North India, mostly north of the Ganges, starting from Benares and subsequently up to Delhi. History The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was formed in 1872 with the assets of ...

in 1900.

Electrification

The Delhi–Ghaziabad–Hapur–Moradabad line, as of 19 January 2016, is a fully electrified double and Gajraula–Najibabad branch is also electrified as on 12 April 2019.

Speed Limit

Delhi-Ghaziabad-Hapur-Moradabad line is classified as a "Group D" line and can take speeds up to 110 km/h. and Gajraula-Najibabad branch line is classified as a "Group D" line and can take speeds up to 100 km/h.

Loco shed

Ghaziabad electric loco shed serves the Delhi area. It housed 47 WAP-1 locos in 2008. It also has

WAM-4 The Indian locomotive class WAM-4 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1970 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), alternating current (A), mixed traffic ( ...

WAP-4 The Indian locomotive class WAP-4 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1993 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic (P) ...

WAP-5 The Indian locomotive class WAP-5 is the name of a class of "High Speed" electric locomotives produced and used by Indian Railways. The first 10 locomotives were imported from ABB in Switzerland in 1995. They are supposed to be a variant of th ...

WAP-7 The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 Volt, kV Alternating current, AC Electric locomotive, electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for 5 ft 6 ...

and WAG-5HA locos. Since this stretch is now electrified, this stretch would start seeing electric locomotives mostly.

Passenger movement

Moradabad is the only station on this line that is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway. But this station has not any originating Mail/Express train.

References

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