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Ahmednagar Junction railway station

Coordinates: 19°04′31″N 74°43′18″E / 19.0753°N 74.7217°E / 19.0753; 74.7217
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Ahmednagar Junction
Indian Railways station
General information
LocationStation Road, Ahmednagar
India
Coordinates19°04′31″N 74°43′18″E / 19.0753°N 74.7217°E / 19.0753; 74.7217
Elevation650 metres (2,130 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated byCentral Railway
Line(s)Daund–Manmad line
Ahmednagar–Beed–Parli Vaijnath line
Platforms2
Construction
Structure typeStandard, on ground
ParkingAvailable
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeANG
Zone(s) central railway
Division(s) Solapur
History
Opened1878
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesGreat Indian Peninsula Railway
Location
Ahmednagar Junction is located in Maharashtra
Ahmednagar Junction
Ahmednagar Junction
Location within Maharashtra
Ahmednagar Junction is located in India
Ahmednagar Junction
Ahmednagar Junction
Ahmednagar Junction (India)

Ahmednagar Junction serves Ahmednagar in Ahmednagar district in the Indian state of Maharashtra

History

The 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge Manmad–Daund line was opened in 1878, and connects the two main sections (south-east and north-east) of Great Indian Peninsula Railway. The line is being doubled by Central Railway along with 4 other busy routes nearby.[1][2]

Ahmednagar station will now be a part of the Pune railway division. Twenty-four stations on the Daund–Ankai section will be merged with the Pune railway division. The Daund–Ankai section is currently under the management of the Solapur railway division. The change to the Pune division will increase the chances of starting DEMU services between Ahmednagar and Pune stations.[3]

One of the oldest and most important railway projects of Ahmednagar railway station was the Kalyan–Ahmednagar railway project which was in the planning stage since British Raj. It was referred to as the 3rd ghat project. The surveys of this project was carried out in 1973, 2000, 2006, 2014 etc. This project was in pink book[clarify] in 2010. This project could not be completed. The alignment length of this project was 184 km and it could have been shortest route for Marathwada, Andhra and Telangana. The major challenge for this project was the 18.96 km long tunnel in the Malshej Ghat section.[4]

Malshej–Kriti–Samiti is following the Kalyan–Ahmednagar railway project. Kalyan–Murbad section which is the first phase of this project is already in survey stage.[5]

Survey of the Ahmednagar–Aurangabad railway line with 115 kms length was also carried out in March 2021. The DPR Report on this project is under preparation.[6]

An Ahmednagar–Karmala railway option is also being explored. Ahmednagar railway station will become an important railway junction in future to a level similar to Daund railway junction. Kalyan–Murbad–Ahmednagar line is also possible in future.[7]

With a deadline of 2019, the Indian Railways has initiated work on the railway line between Parli and Beed, which is part of the long-pending Parli–Beed–Ahmednagar project. Work on the multicrore project has begun from both ends of the proposed 261 km track. The route has a financial outlay of Rs 2,272 crore. The centre and state governments have agreed to bear 50% of the cost each. The work is still going on at a very slow pace.[8][9]

The direct route between following places had not been started as of November 2017.

  • Ahmednagar–Pune
  • Ahmednagar–Nashik
  • Ahmednagar–Aurangabad
  • Ahmednagar–Kalyan

Amenities

Amenities at Ahmednagar railway station include: computerized reservation office, subscriber trunk dialling/public call office booth, waiting room, retiring room, vegetarian refreshments, and book stall.[10]

Through trains from Ahmednagar

Express/mail trains

Train name Departure days Arrival days
Kolhapur–Gondia Maharashtra Express
Solapur–Gondia Maharashtra Express slip
Kolhapur–Gorakhpur Express slip 		Daily Daily
New Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin)–Vasco da Gama Goa Express
New Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin)–Hubli Express slip 		Daily Daily
New Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin)–Bangalore Karnataka Express Daily Daily
Pune–Jammu Tawi Jhelum Express Daily Daily
Pune–Howrah Azad Hind Express Daily Daily
Pune–Danapur Superfast Express Daily Daily

NOTE: Days of arrival/departure are on Ahmednagar.

No slip coach attached/detached at Bhusawal. Passengers who board between Kolhapur & Bhusawal and travelling beyond Bhusawal up to Gorakhpur in S1 coach need to get down at Bhusawal and have to board 15017 at Bhusawal Jn and sit in same berth number of S1 coach. S1 coach of 15017 is reserved for 11039 slip train passengers who board from Bhusawal Jn.

Garib Rath/express/mails trains (weekly, biweekly, triweekly)

Train name Departure days Arrival days
Pune–Manduadih Gyan Ganga Express Monday Thursday
CSMT Kolhapur–Hazrat Nizamuddin Superfast Express Tuesday Friday
Pune–Darbhanga Gyan Ganga Express Wednesday Sunday
Mysore–New Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin Swarna Jayanti Express Saturday Tuesday
Hatia–Pune Superfast Express Sunday, Wednesday Tuesday, Saturday
Pune–Nagpur Express Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday
Pune–Nagpur Garib Rath Express Monday, Wednesday, Saturday Monday, Wednesday, Saturday
Bilaspur–Pune Express Friday Friday
Pune–Nanded Superfast Express (via Manmad) Tuesday, Thursday Monday, Wednesday
Mysore–Sainagar Shirdi Express Wednesday Tuesday
Chennai–Sainagar Shirdi Express Friday Thursday
Sainagar Shirdi–Pandharpur Express Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday
Yesvantpur–Ahmedabad Weekly Express Monday Thursday
Kolhapur–Dhanbad Deekshabhoomi Express Friday Wednesday

NOTE: Days of arrival/departure are on Ahmednagar.

Passenger trains

Train name Departure days Arrival days
Daund–Nanded Passenger Daily Daily
Pune–Manmad Passenger Daily Daily
Pune–Nizamabad Passenger Daily Daily
Mumbai CST–Sainagar Shirdi Fast Passenger (via Daund Junction) Daily Daily

NOTE: Days of arrival/departure are on Ahmednagar.

References

  1. ^ "Railways". Ahmadnagar District Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Track doubling work on Pune–Daund, Manmad–Daund routes to begin soon". Samachar.com/ DNA. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. ^ Dheeraj Bengrut (3 November 2021). "Pune railway division area to increase, 24 stations to be added". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  4. ^ "कल्याण-नगर रेल्वे हा विकासाचा मार्ग - Development route of Kalyan Ahmednagar railway". Maharashtra Times (in Marathi). 4 August 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Revive Malshej Ghat Railway Line". 2 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Field survey for rail line begins today". The Times of India. 28 February 2021.
  7. ^ "अहमदनगर-करमाळा नवीन रेल्वे मार्गाबाबत लवकरच निर्णयाची शक्यता". 2 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Work begins on Parli, Ahmednagar railway route". The Times of India. 4 June 2017.
  9. ^ https://www.lokmat.com/beed/ahmednagar-ashti-high-speed-railway-run-december-17-a320/amp/
  10. ^ "Ahmadnagar Railway Station". makemytrip. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
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