Gadra Road railway station
Gadra Road | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | State Highway 40, Gadra, Barmer district, Rajasthan India | ||||
| Coordinates | 25°44′37″N 70°38′36″E / 25.7436°N 70.6434°E | ||||
| Elevation | 149 metres (489 ft) | ||||
| System | Indian Railways station | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operated by | North Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||
| Connections | Auto stand | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||
| Parking | yes | ||||
| Bicycle facilities | yes | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | GDD | ||||
| Zone(s) | North Western Railway | ||||
| Division(s) | Jodhpur | ||||
| History | |||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||
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Gadra Road railway station is a railway station in Barmer district, Rajasthan, India. The station is named after the town of Gadra, which is located in the Sindh province of Pakistan, approximately 8 km (5.0 mi) away across the border. The station consists of two platforms. The platforms are not well sheltered, and lack facilities including water and sanitation.
As the station and township of Gadra Road is close to the Pakistan border, it was subjected to shelling by the Pakistani army during the India–Pakistan War of 1965. The country's first railway memorial is situated there.[1][2]
Trains
Some of the trains that run from Gadra are:
- Barmer–Munabao Passenger
- Munabao–Barmer Passenger
These are slow passenger trains which run once a day except on Sundays.
References
- ^ "GDD/Gadra Road". India Rail Info. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
- ^ "अब 8 जून से बाड़मेर-मुनाबाव पैसेंजर ट्रेन के रोजाना दो फेरे" [Now the daily passenger train from 8 June Barmer–Munabao two rounds]. bhaskar.com (in Hindi). 2 June 2015. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.