The railway station was built by the British in the late 1880s. After a long survey of three places the current site was selected for the station. The station has a massive fort-like building painted in maroon and off-white. During ancient times, Jhansi was a stronghold of the Chandela Rajput kings and was known as Balwant Nagar. However, it lost importance in the 11th century after the decline of the Chandela dynasty. It rose in prominence in the 17th century when Raja Bir Singh Deo of Orchha State constructed the Jhansi Fort in 1613. The station had three platforms in the beginning. Platform One is long making it the eighth longest station in India. It could easily handle two trains at a time. The station was the focal point for The Indian Midland Railways Company which laid down lines radially in all directions from Jhansi, and managed the large workshop at Jhansi. The first
Shatabdi Express of India started between New Delhi and Jhansi. The fastest train of India
Gatimaan Express runs between New Delhi and Jhansi. It is a high-priority train used by tourists and businessmen. Covering journey in 4 hours 25 minutes. Earlier Jhansi used to be a part of Central railways zone headquartered at Mumbai but now comes under North Central Railway Zone headquartered at
Allahabad. On 1 January 2022, the train station was renamed from Jhansi Junction to Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Jn. Railway Station in memory of
Rani Lakshmibai, the former Queen, or Rani, of Jhansi who fought against the British. This change also changed the station code from JHS to VGLB and then finally to VGLJ, and the numerical code to 13309727. There is a social media campaign against the new name, and people have complained about the name to the MP for Jhansi,
Anurag Sharma saying that "Jhansi" should be part of the station's name. ==Connectivity==