[2] It is located on the Sahibabad Junction-Delhi Junction branch of the Delhi-Howrah main line.

The station was opened in 1907 as part of the Shahdara–Saharanpur light railway built by Martin's Light Railways, which connected the station to Saharanpur in UP.

[3][4] It was closed in 1970 and reopened a few years later after the line was converted to broad gauge.

[5] The station, which has four platforms and three radiating lines, is maintained by Northern Railways.

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