Hathras Junction railway station is on the Kanpur-Delhi section of Howrah-Delhi main line and Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line. It is located in Hathras district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Hathras Junction railway station is one having an oddity. The station is on the 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge Kanpur-Delhi section. A broad gauge line takes off from this station and goes to Hathras Kuila railway station. At the Kanpur-end of the Hathras Junction railway station, the Mathura-Kasganj {now broad gauge} line cuts across the broad gauge line at right angles and has a separate overhead station named Hathras Road within the same premises. Hathras lies 9 km away in the west and is served by Hathras City railway station on the broad gauge (previously metre gauge) line.