Marwar Junction railway station

3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gaugeConstructionStructure typeStandard on groundParkingYesBicycle facilitiesNoOther informationStatusFunctioningStation codeMJ Division(s) AjmerHistoryOpened1881ElectrifiedYes

Location
Marwar Junction railway station Location in Rajasthan

Marwar Junction railway station (station code MJ) is located in Pali district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It serves the census town at Marwar Junction.

The railway station

Marwar Junction railway station is at an elevation of 267 metres (876 ft) and was assigned the code – MJ.^[1]

History

Rajputana State Railway extended the Delhi–Ajmer 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)-wide metre-gauge line to Ahmeabad in 1881.^[2] It was converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge in 1997.^[3]

The Rajputana–Malwa Railway built the metre-gauge line from Marwar Junction to Pali in 1882. Later, this section was extended to Jodhpur and formed the Jodhpur Railway.^[4] The line now runs up to Munabao on the India–Pakistan border and has been fully converted to broad gauge.^[5]

The Mavli–Marwar metre-gauge line was opened in 1936.^[6]

Cultural references

In fiction

The station is mentioned in Chapter 1 of Rudyard Kipling's short story "The Man Who Would Be King" which was first published in The Phantom Rickshaw and other Eerie Tales (1888). It is the meeting place of the narrator, Kipling in all but name, and Daniel Dravot.^[7]

References

External links

• Trains at Marwar Junction

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Dhareshwar towards ?		North Western Railway zone Jaipur–Ahmedabad line		Auwa towards ?
Terminus		North Western Railway zone Marwar Junction–Munabao line		Rajakiawas towards ?
		North Western Railway zone Mavli–Marwar line		Marwar Ranawas towards ?