Dwarka railway station is a small railway station in

Devbhumi Dwarka district Devbhumi Dwarka District is a district of India located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Kutch in the state of Gujarat. Its headquarters are located in the city of Jamkhambhaliya. The district was created on 15 August 2013 from Jamnagar distr ...

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 ...

. Its code is DWK. It serves

Dwarka Dwarka () is a city and a municipality of Devbhumi Dwarka district in the state of Gujarat in Western India. It is located on the western shore of the Okhamandal Peninsula on the right bank of the Gomti river at the mouth of the Gulf of Kut ...

city. The station has two platforms. Dwarka lies on the Jamnagar–Okha

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 ...

line which was opened for traffic in 1922 by

Jamnagar & Dwarka Railway Jamnagar & Dwaraka Railway was a metre gauge in the Nawanagar State in Gujarat during 19th century. History After the death of Vibhoji Ranmalji in 1895 Jashwantsinhji Vibhoji who came on to throne on 28 April 1895 started the first section ...

. Later Jamnagar & Dwarka Railway was merged into

Saurashtra Railway Saurashtra Railway came into being in April, 1948 with the amalgamation of state railways like Bhavnagar State Railway, Gondal Railway, Porbandar Railway, Jamnagar & Dwarka Railway, Morvi Railway, Dhrangadhra Railway, Okhamandal State Rail ...

in April 1948. Later it was undertaken by Western Railway.

Gauge conversion Gauge conversion is the changing of one railway track gauge (the distance between the running rails) to another. Sleepers If tracks are converted to a narrower gauge, the existing sleepers (ties) may be used. However, replacement is required if ...

of the Hapa–Okha section was later completed in 1984 by

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tot ...

Major trains

Following Express/Superfast trains halt at Dwarka railway station in both direction: * 15635/36

Dwarka Express The 15635 / 15636 Dwarka Express is an Express train of the Indian Railways connecting in Gujarat and in Assam. It is currently being operated with 15635/15636 train numbers on a weekly basis. Coach composition The train consists of 22 coa ...

* 15045/46

Gorakhpur–Okha Express The 15045 / 15046 Gorakhpur–Okha Express is an express train of the Indian Railways connecting in Uttar Pradesh and in Gujarat. It is currently being operated with 15045/15046 train numbers on a weekly basis. Coach composition The train ...

* 19567/68

Okha–Tuticorin Vivek Express The 19567 / 19568 Okha - Tuticorin Vivek Express is an express train belonging to Indian Railways - Western Zone that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 19567 from to and as train number 19568 in the reverse direction s ...

* 16337/38

Ernakulam–Okha Express The 16337 / 16338 Ernakulam–Okha Express also called as Okha Express is bi-weekly Express trains in India, Express train running between the cities of Kochi in Kerala and Okha, India, Okha in Gujarat. It mainly connects the people of Kerala l ...

* 19251/52

Somnath–Okha Express The 19251/19252 Somnath–Okha Express is an Express train belonging to Western Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 19251/19252 train numbers on a daily basis. Coach composition The train has stan ...

* 22969/70

Okha–Varanasi Superfast Express The 22969 / 22970 Okha–Varanasi Superfast Express is a superfast train belonging to Western Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 22969/22970 train numbers on a weekly basis. Coach composition Th ...

* 22905/06 Okha–Howrah Link Express * 16733/34

Rameswaram–Okha Express The 16733/16734 Rameswaram–Okha Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Madurai Division of the Southern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 16733 from Rameswaram to Okha and as t ...

* 19575/76

Okha–Nathdwara Express The 19575/19576 Okha - Nathdwara Express is an express train belonging to Western Railway zone that runs between Okha and Nathdwara in India. It is currently being operated with 19575/19576 train numbers on a weekly basis. Service The 19575/ ...

* 18401/02

Puri–Okha Dwarka Express The 20819/20820 Puri–Okha Dwarka Express is a superfast train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between and in India. It is currently operated with 20819/20820 train numbers on a weekly basis. Coach composition The train has standard ...

* 19565/66

Uttaranchal Express The 19565 / 19566 Okha–Dehradun Uttaranchal Express is an Express trains in India, Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Western Railway zone that runs between & in India. It operates as train number 19565 from Okha to Dehradun and ...

* 19573/74

Okha–Jaipur Weekly Express The 19573 / 19574 Okha–Jaipur Weekly Express is an Express train belonging to Western Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 19573/19574 train numbers on a weekly basis. Service *19573/Okha–Jaipur ...

* 22945/46

Saurashtra Mail The 22945 / 22946 Mumbai Central–Okha Saurashtra Mail is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Western Railway zone that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 22945 from Mumbai Central to Okha and as train numb ...

References

Railway stations in Devbhoomi Dwarka district Rajkot railway division Railway stations opened in 1922 Dwarka {{Gujarat-railstation-stub