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Surendranagar Junction railway station | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Surendranagar, Gujarat India | ||||
| Coordinates | 22°44′39″N 71°37′44″E / 22.744222°N 71.628800°E | ||||
| Elevation | 72 m (236 ft) | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operated by | Western Railway | ||||
| Line(s) | Viramgam–Okha line Dharangadhra–Surendra Nagar section Surendranagar–Bhavnagar line | ||||
| Platforms | 6 | ||||
| Tracks | 11 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | SUNR | ||||
| Zone(s) | Western Railway | ||||
| Division(s) | Rajkot | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1872 | ||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||
| Previous names | Morvi State Railway | ||||
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Surendranagar Junction railway station belongs to Western Railway of Rajkot Division. It is located in Surendranagar district of Gujarat state.
Sir Lakhdhiraji Waghji,[citation needed] who ruled from 1922 until 1948, acted as a ruler, manager, patron and policeman of the state with great authority. Sir Waghji, like other contemporary rulers of Saurashtra, built roads and a railway network (of seventy miles), connecting Wadhwan and Morbi. Surendranagar–Rajkot section was laid in 1905.[1] Gauge conversion of Viramgam–Hapa section via Surendranagar, Wankaner was completed by 1980.[2] Morvi State Railway was merged into the Western Railway on 5 November 1951.
About 108 passenger trains arrive at this station. There were trains Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Visakhapatnam, Secunderabad, Nagpur, Howrah, Kamakhya, Rajkot, Gandhidham, Wankaner etc.,