Porbandar railway station

Porbandar
पोरबंदर
પોરબંદર
Indian Railway Station
Terminal Station
Location Porbandar, Gujarat
 India
Coordinates 21°38′34″N 69°36′55″E / 21.64278°N 69.61528°E / 21.64278; 69.61528
Elevation 7 m (23 ft)
Line(s) Jamnagar-Porbandar line, Porbandar-Jetalsar section
Platforms 3
Construction
Parking Available
Other information
Status functioning
Station code PBR
Zone(s) Western Railways
Division(s) Bhavnagar railway division
History
Opened 1888
Electrified No
Previous names Porbandar State Railway
Location
Porbandar railway station
Location in Gujarat

Porbandar railway station is a train terminus in the coastal city of Porbandar in the Indian state of Gujarat. It belongs to the Bhavnagar Division of Western Railways. It is one of the western most Broad gauge railway station in India.

History

Porbandar railway station was owned by Porbandar State Railway during the Princely rule. Porbandar-JamJodhpur metre gauge railway line was opened in 1888[1] by working with Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway. Later it was merged into Saurashtra Railway in 1948.[2] Further it is under taken by Western Railway on 5 November 1951.[3] Gauge conversion of Wansajaliya-Jetalsar section completed in 2011 giving connectivity to Somnath.

Express Trains from Porbandar (PBR)

As of September 2015 there were 13 trains departing Porbandar of which 8 were Express trains while the rest were slow passenger trains.[4]

Train No.(Up/Down) Train Name Going to Passing through
12905/12906 Porbandar Howrah Express Howrah Jamnagar, Ahmedabad, Surat, Bhusawal, Nagpur, Durg, Raipur, Bilaspur, Rourkela, Tatanagar, Kharagpur etc.
12949/12950 Porbandar Santragachi Kavi Guru Express Santragachi Jetalsar, Ahmedabad, Surat, Bhusawal, Nagpur, Durg, Raipur, Bilaspur, Rourkela, Tatanagar, Kharagpur etc.
19202/19201 Porbandar Secunderabad Weekly Express Secunderabad Jamnagar, Ahmedabad, Surat, Vasai Road, Pune, Daund, Solapur, Wadi etc.
19216/19215 Saurashtra Express Mumbai Central All intercity stations between Jamnagar, Ahmedabad, Surat etc.
19262/19261 Porbandar Kochuveli Weekly Express Kochuveli Jamnagar, Vasai Road, Panvel, Madgaon, Mangaluru (Mangalore), Kannur, Kozhikode(Calicut), Ernakulam, Kollam etc.
19263/19264 Porbandar Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express Delhi Sarai Rohilla Jamnagar, Ahmedabad, Abu Road, Marwar, Ajmer, Jaipur, Alwar, Rewari etc.
19269/19270 Porbandar Muzaffarpur Express Muzaffarpur Up to Delhi Sarai Rohilla as above then Moradabad, Bareilly, Lucknow, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Narkatiaganj, Motihari etc.
19572/19571 Porbandar Rajkot Express Rajkot Ranavav, Wansjaliya, Jam Jodhpur, Paneli Moti, Bhayavadar, Upleta, Dhoraji, Jetalsar, Navagadh, Virpur, Gondal, Bhakti Nagar

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References

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