Laksar Junction railway station

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Laksar Junction
Indian Railways station
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General information
Location	Main Bazar NH-334A, Laksar, Uttarakhand  India
Coordinates	29°45′10″N 78°01′10″E / 29.7528°N 78.0195°E / 29.7528; 78.0195
Elevation	287 metres (942 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Northern Railways
Line(s)	Laksar–Dehradun line Moradabad–Ambala line
Platforms	6
Tracks	11
Construction
Parking	Yes
Other information
Status	Active
Station code	LRJ
Fare zone	Northern Railway zone, Moradabad Division
History
Opened	1866
Electrified	Yes
Location Laksar Junction Location within Uttarakhand Show map of Uttarakhand Laksar Junction Laksar Junction (India) Show map of India

Laksar Junction railway station is a railway station located in Laksar, a small city in Haridwar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.^[1]

Laksar Junction railway station (code LRJ) is a major railway station in Uttarakhand, the largest railway junction in the state. It opened in 1866 when the Awadh-Rohilkhand line was extended to Saharanpur.

The station serves Laksar city and environs. Laksar Junction is an A Category station under the Moradabad Division of the Northern Railway. It is one of the busiest stations in Uttarakhand in terms of frequency and the second largest in number of platforms. This station has 6 platforms serving Mail/Express, Superfast Express, Garib Rath Express, Antyodaya Express and local trains passing.

The station has direct connectivity with major cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Meerut, Jabalpur, Lucknow, Agra, Guwahati, Surat, Prayagraj, Patna, Dhanbad, Gorakhpur, Darbhanga, Kamakhya, Kota, Jammu, Aligarh, Mathura, Ayodhya, Ramnagar, Kathgodam, Haridwar, Dehradun and Rishikesh. Nearly 90 trains stop at Laksar Junction on a daily, weekly or bi-weekly basis.^{[clarification needed]}

Laksar Junction railway station is located at the junction point of Dehradun, Saharanpur and Moradabad. It is an interchange station for the trains coming from Saharanpur, Dehradun, Haridwar and Rishikesh, including several trains such as Kanpur Central-Jammu Tawi Superfast Express, Kamakhya-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express, Maur Dhawaj Express and Darbhanga-Jalandhar City Antyodaya Express.