Wankaner Junction railway station


Wankaner Junction railway station is located in Wankaner city of Morbi district, Gujarat. It is under division of Western Railway. Its code is WKR. It has four platforms. Passenger, DEMU, Express, and Superfast trains halt here.
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History

The Morvi-Wankaner section was laid as a 2 ft 6inch road side tram way in the year 1890 by Morvi Railway under the regime of Sir Waghji Thakor. Wadhwan–ajkot metre-auge section of Morvi State Railway laid in the year 1890. Rajkot–Wadhwan section was completed in the year 1905 by Morvi State Railway. Later Morvi–ankaner section was converted to metre gauge in 1924 to match rail lines of other state.

Railway reorganization

Morvi State Railway was merged into the Western Railway on 5 November 1951. It was the last Steam engine hauled section in India in the year 2000. Before railbuses took over on Wankaner–Morvi, there were two-coach trains hauled by YG or YP steam locos. Wankaner–Maliya Miyana section Conversion to broad gauge was completed in the year 2001.

Trains

The following trains halt at Wankaner Junction railway station in both directions:
Wankaner–Morbi DEMU and Wankaner–Rajkot DEMU start from here.