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Overview of Jodhpur Railway Station (JU)

Jodhpur is Rajasthan’s second million-plus population city. Earlier the capital of the princely kingdom of Marwar, Jodhpur is now a top tourist center with its forts, palaces and the backdrop of the Thar Desert. Called Blue City because of the blue houses in the vicinity of Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur is also the Sun City because of its year-round sunny weather.

Jodhpur Railway Station is North Western Railway’s divisional headquarters. It is connected with many cities in the country by train routes such as Jaipur, Delhi, Mumbai, Alwar, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai, Trivandrum, Kota, Pune, Kanpur, Hyderabad, Bareilly, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Indore, Dhanbad, Nagpur, Lucknow, Guwahati and Gwalior. Jodhpur is among the top hundred booking stations of the Department of Railways.

The first train from Jodhpur Railway Station left for Luni as far back 1885. The New Jodhpur Railway merged with Bikaner Railway to form Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway in 1889. The rail projects were financed by the princely houses of Jodhpur and Bikaner. The construction of the Jodhpur-Bikaner railway line was completed in 1891. It was connected with Hyderabad, Sindh in 1900. Jodhpur- Bikaner Railway was merged with Western Railway in 1951. North Western Railway zone was carved out in 2002 from Western Railway and Northern Railway.

The Jodhpur Railway Station has five platforms and six tracks. It has a parking facility. The station is now being used every day by around 156000 passengers. The main Jodhpur station (station code JU) is getting congested. So the nearby suburban station, Bhagat ki Kothi (station code BGKT), is being developed now to release the pressure on Jodhpur station. Bhagat ki Kothi will serve as the second main station for passenger trains.

There are eight suburban railway stations in Jodhpur. They are Raikabagh Palace Junction(2 km from Jodhpur), Bhagat Ki Kothi (3 km), Mahamandir (5 km), Basani (6 km), Jodhpur Cantonment (8 km), Mandor (10 km), Banar (14 km) and Salawas (16 km).

Facilities at Jodhpur Station –

The Jodhpur Railway Station has the wheelchair facility for disabled passengers. It can be asked for by making a phone call and can also be booked through the website. It would be confirmed through an SMS. Retiring room facility can b availed on payment of prescribed charges for bonafide passengers at Jodhpur. The station has retiring rooms, AC rooms, and a dormitory. The station also has computerized reservation, computerized unreserved ticket counters, waiting rooms, tourist information centre, vegetarian and non-vegetarian refreshment rooms, book stall, tea stalls, STD and PCO booths, and the Government Railway Police office.

The main trains originating from Jodhpur Railway Station include Jodhpur-Indore Ranthambore Express, Jodhpur-Delhi Mandore Express, Jodhpur-Mumbai Suryanagri Express, Jodhpur-Lucknow Marudhar Express, and Jodhpur-Howrah Howrah Superfast. As many as 106 trains operate from the two stations at present.

Luxury trains ‘Palace on Wheels’ and ‘Royal Rajasthan on Wheels’ bring the real experience of the magnificence and royal opulence of Rajasthan to the passengers. Jodhpur is one of the major destinations of both of the trains. These trains are run jointly by the Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation and the Railways.

Bhagat Ki Kothi –

Bhagat Ki Kothi Railway Station has a large diesel loco shed for all types of the WDP 4 locos. These are used to power trains like Mandore express, Marudhar express, Ashram Express, Jaipur Duronto and Howrah Jodhpur Express. Some of the important trains that run from Bhagat Ki Kothi are Thar Link Express, Bangalore Express, Ranikhet Express, Bandra Express and Mannargudi Express.

Restaurants near Jodhpur Railway Station –

Some of the restaurants near station are-

  • TravelKhana – 08800313131
  • Midtown Ac Veg Restaurant
  • Hotel Priya & Restaurant
  • Janta restaurant
  • Ram Bhojanalya

Food Delicacies of Jodhpur –

Though Jodhpur has many of its own culinary specialties, it also serves foods of every cuisine from Indian to Mughlai to Chinese to Continental. But the famous Kachori is Jodhpur’s very own special dish, which is eaten with chutney. Then it has various types of laddoos and most people can’t stop eating them. And there is the alluring big glass of lassi. Don’t miss makhaniya lassi, mawa kachori, pyaaz Kachori, Dal bati churma, hot and spicy mirchi bada, mirchi ka kutaa, lasan ki chutney, gatte ki sabzi and lapsi and Panchkuta. Panchkuta is also called ker sangri sabzi and has the five ingredients of sangri, ker, kumatiya, dried goonda and dried red chilies. The Jodhpur style is to begin with sweets and then proceed to other foods. Some popular Jodhpur sweets are mave ki Kachori, besan ki chaaki, and maakhan vade, ras malai, malpua, ghevar, motichur ke laddu, and thorr.

Trains Passing through Jodhpur Railway Station (JU) –

Train No. Train Name Arr. Time Dep. Time
ADI JAT GR SPL
23:45
23:55
ADI JAT GR SPL
23:45
23:55
ADI JAT GR SPL
23:45
23:55
JAT ADI GR SPL
03:45
04:10
YPR-BKN PRUM SPL
00:50
01:00
BKN-YPR PRUM SPL
23:10
23:20
HSR BDTS EXP
03:15
03:35
SBI BAHTINDA SP
17:50
18:00
BTI SBI SPL
19:10
19:20
ST SGNR SPL
11:45
12:00
BKN BL SPL
01:15
01:30
BL BKN AC SPL
10:50
11:00
JU BDTS SPL
06:40
06:50
JU ADI AC SPL
origin
17:45
SDAH JU PREMIUM SPL
20:55
destination
BGKT ERS SPL
01:00
00:30
Degana – Jodhpur Special(DNA-JU)
02:30
destination
Jodhpur – Degana Special(JU-DNA)
origin
00:15
BGKT – KYQ PUJA SPL
16:00
16:40
YPR BKN EXP
01:00
01:30
BKN YPR SPL
02:45
03:00
Bikaner – Hazur Sahib Nanded (One Trip) Puja Special
01:15
01:30
BSP BGKTSPECIAL
04:30
05:00
BGKT BSP SPL
00:15
00:30
VSKP BGKT SPL
21:55
22:10
BGKT VSKP SPL
14:30
14:45
BDTS JSM EXP
05:30
05:55
Howrah – Jodhpur SF Express
06:25
destination
Jodhpur-Howrah SF Express
origin
20:30
Mandore Express
07:45
destination
Mandore Express
origin
20:00
Rajasthan Sampark Kranti Express
08:25
destination
Rajasthan Sampark Kranti Express
origin
19:00
Ranthambhore Express
22:15
destination
Ranthambhore Express
origin
06:10
Suryanagari SF Express
origin
18:45
Suryanagari SF Express
06:30
destination
Bikaner-Dadar Express(BKN-DDR)
18:05
18:20
Dadar-Bikaner Express(DDR-BKN)
07:45
07:55
Delhi-Jaisalmer Express(DLI-JSM)
05:05
05:30
Jaisalmer Delhi Express(JSM-DLI)
22:25
23:00
Delhi Barmer Link Express(JU-BME)
origin
05:05
Malani Express(BME-DLI)
21:45
23:00
Ranakpur Express
14:30
14:45
Ranakpur Express
09:50
10:00
Jodhpur Gandhidham Express(JU-GIMB)
origin
20:50
Gandhidham Jodhpur Express(GIMB-JU)
06:10
destination
Jaisalmer Jodhpur Express
12:15
destination
Jodhpur – Jaisalmer Express
origin
23:45
Marudhar Express ( via Faizabad)
17:50
destination
Marudhar Express ( via Faizabad)
origin
09:45
Marudhar Express (via Sultanpur)
17:50
destination
Marudhar Express (via Sultanpur)
origin
09:45
Marudhar Express (via Pratapgarh)
17:50
destination
Marudhar Express (via Pratapgarh)
origin
09:45
Kalka – Barmer Chandigarh Express
16:00
16:15
Barmer-Kalka Express
10:10
10:45
Ranikhet Express
05:15
05:40
Ranikhet Express
17:55
18:15
Barmer – Guwahati Express
02:00
02:10
Guwahati Barmer Express(GHY-BME)
04:40
04:50
Chennai Egmore – Jodhpur Express
11:00
destination
Jodhpur – Chennai Egmore Express
origin
21:15
Bikaner – Kochuveli Express
01:15
01:30
Kochuveli-Bikaner Express
16:25
16:30
Secunderabad-Bikaner Express
10:50
11:00
Bikaner-Secunderabad Express
21:00
21:15
Puri-Jodhpur Express
12:00
destination
Jodhpur-Puri Express
origin
14:15
VSKP BGKT EXP
21:55
22:10
BGKT VSKP EXP
14:30
14:45
Mumbai Bandra – Jammu Tawi Vivek Express(BDTS-JAT)
04:20
04:30
Jammu Tawi-Mumbai BandraT Vivek Express(JAT-BDTS)
02:45
03:35
Valsad – Jodhpur Weekly Express
14:30
destination
Jodhpur – Valsad Weekly express(JU-BL)
origin
16:25
BDTS JSM EXP
7:25
7:33
JSM BDTS EXP
23:35
23:45
Ahmedabad-Udhampur Janmabhoomi Express(ADI-UHP)
17:10
17:20
Udhampur-Ahmedabad Janmabhoomi Express(UHP-ADI)
21:00
21:15
Ahmedabad – Jammu Tawi Express
19:40
20:15
JammuTawi – Ahmedabad Express
05:35
06:10
Bikaner – Mumbai Bandra (T.) SF Express
19:10
19:20
Mumbai Bandra – Bikaner SF Express(BDTS-BKN)
07:25
07:35
BKN CBE AC SF
10:50
11:00
BIKANER AC EXP
10:40
10:50
JU – JP SF EXP
origin
18:05
JU DEE SUP(JU-DEE)
origin
19:00
DEE JU SUP(DEE-JU)
09:10
destination
JU GIMB EXP
origin
20:50
BDTS HSR SF EXP
05:35
05:45
HSR BDTS S F EX
23:45
23:55
BDTS JSM EXP
07:25
07:35
JSM BDTS EXP
23:45
23:55
Haridwar-Barmer Link Express
16:00
16:15
Barmer-Haridwar Link Express
10:10
10:45
Corbett Park Link Express(RMR-MB)
17:55
18:15
Abohar-Jodhpur Passenger
13:00
destination
Jodhpur Bhatinda Passenger
origin
13:50
Jodhpur – Ajmer [ Ratlam ] Fast Passenger
origin
07:00
Ajmer – Jodhpur [ Ratlam ] Fast Passenger
19:55
destination
Bhopal-Jodhpur Passenger
19:45
destination
Jodhpur-Bhopal Passenger
origin
08:05