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Ujjain Junction railway station is the main railway station of Ujjain city in the western part of Madhya Pradesh. Its code is UJN. Ujjain Junction falls under the administrative control of Western Railway Zone of Indian Railways. Ujjain Junction is A – category railway station of Western Railway Zone. It consists of 8 railway platforms.[1][2]

Ujjain Junction
Indian Railways station
Ujjain Junction railway station
General information
Location	Station Road, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh India
Coordinates	23.1796°N 75.7819°E / 23.1796; 75.7819
Elevation	492 m (1,614 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Western Railway
Line(s)	Nagda–Ujjain section Ujjain–Bhopal section Akola–Ratlam line
Platforms	8
Tracks	15
Connections	Taxi stand, Auto stand
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Available
Disabled access
Other information
Status	Double electric line
Station code	UJN
Zone(s)	Western Railway
Division(s)	Ratlam
History
Opened	1876; 146 years ago (1876)
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Scindia–Neemuch Railway Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
Passengers
75000 daily
Route map Durg Rewa Raipur Satna Bilaspur Anuppur Katni Katni Murwara Jabalpur Damoh Madan Mahal Gadarwara Sagar Pipariya Habibganj Itarsi Jhansi Maksi Dewas Ujjain Indore Ratlam This diagram: view talk edit
Location
Ujjain Junction Location within Madhya Pradesh

History

The Indore–Ujjain branch line was opened in August 1876 and the line was completed in 1879–80. It was part of Scindia Railway. Ratlam–Ujjain line completed and opened for traffic during the year 1896.

The surveys of Indore–Neemuch line via Ujjain started long back in 1871–72 when the plan and estimates for the whole project was submitted to the Government of India in 1872–73.

Maharaja Jayajirao Scindia of Gwalior agreed to grant a loan of Rs. 7.5 million at 4 per cent per annum interest for the project.

Scindia Neemuch Railway amalgamated under a single management in the year 1881–82 and were named as Rajputana Malwa railway.

In November 1951, Western Railway with its headquarters at Mumbai came into existence after merging of Rajputana Malwa railway with the other State Railways and overtook the administration of Ujjain. The broad-gauge portion was extended from Ujjain – Maksi–Indore in 1964–66 and the doubling of the Indore–Bhopal sections was completed during 1993–2001.[3]

The doubling of the sections Nagda–Ujjain section was done in 1979–1981 followed by in Ujjain–Maksi section 1964–1965.

This junction is electrified in 1992 and Ratlam–Bhopal passenger was first electric train. The Ujjain-Indore route and Indore Junction were electrified in 2011.

Gauge conversion of Ujjain–Fatehabad line has an estimated cost of Rs 120 crore. It will reduce the distance between Ujjain and Indore by 20 km as well as reduce one and a half hour. The Railways had closed this 134-year old metre-gauge rail section in February 2014.[4][5][6][7]

In September 2017, the station was the award for the Best Tourist Friendly Railway Station by President Ramnath Kovind at a glittering ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.[8]

Link route

The main station of Ujjain lies on the Ratlam–Bhopal, Indore–Nagda and Guna–Khandwa route. To the west it is connected to Ratlam Junction, to the north it is connected with Nagda Junction, to the east it is connected with Maksi Junction, Bhopal Junction, and to the south it is connected to Indore Junction BG, Dewas Junction.

Suburban stations

The city of Ujjain has four other railway stations which are:

• Vikramnagar
• Matana Buzurg
• Pingleshwar
• Chintaman Ganesh

References

External links

• Trains at Ujjain
• Ratlam Division

Ujjain travel guide from Wikivoyage

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