Vadodara Railway Station
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Vadodara Railway Station is the main station in the city of Vadodara
, Gujarat, India. It is the busiest Railway Station of Gujarat and one of the most busiest stations in the nation. The station is a major stop on the western railway zone of Indian railways
. It has two railway lines, a straight line between Ahmedabad and Mumbai & the other being the line to New Delhi via Ratlam,Kota and Mathura. Trains going towards northern region uses the Ratlam line while all the other trains use the Ahmedabad-Mumbai line like Ahemdabad Shatabdi,Delhi Sarai Rohilla Garib Rath, Gujarat Mail
,Karnavati Express,Suryanagari Express,Ranakpur Express etc..The prestigious trains Mumbai Rajdhani,August Kranti Rajdhani,Trivandrum Rajdhani,Golden Temple Mail, Avantika Express
etc.
The station was originally built in 1861 for Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway company by then ruler Maharaja Khanderao Gaekwad
. The existing building was newly constructed by Indian Railways
in 1954 by demolishing original smaller station. The Railway station celebrated 150 years of establishment on 9th January 2010.
It is a fairly big railway stations with 7 platforms on main line i.e. Platform 1,2,3,4,5 and 7. Another platform which is designated as no. 6 acts as a terminus for some passenger and MEMU trains and facilitates reversing of some trains like 9309/9310 Shanti Express,Gujarat Sampark Kranti etc. which use the Vadodara Delhi line as well as the Vadodara Ahmedabad line. An average of 81 trains inclusive of freight trains pass through the station every day.
Vadodara has one of the largest electric loco sheds in Western Railway zone. The loco shed houses around 130+ locomotives which includes WAP-4, WAM-4, WAG-5 locomotives. Additionally it also has an AC electric trip shed to house locos coming from other sheds and an AC/DC dual loco trip shed which houses WCAM class
locomotives from Valsad shed which caters locomotive change at Vadodara because the trains coming from New Delhi mainline are AC Locomotives and the trains going to Mumbai need AC/DC Loco. as Mumbai is under DC supply from before Borivali.
IT also has a MEMU
car shed which houses the Mainline Electric Multiple units which provides feeder services to Ahmedabad, Surat, Dahod and Godhra.
There is a serious need for an extra train between Vadodara and Mumbai starting from Vadodara as the one Vadodara Express
is always full.Also a new train is must to Delhi or further away.Also after the Gauge Conversion of Pratapnagar-Chota Udaepur Line from NG to BG,train services are started from Pratapnagar but not Vadodara railway station even if its connected by a BG track via by-passing Vishwamitri.
Some of the prestigious trains passing through the station are:
2. 2953/2954 Hazrat Nizammudin- Mumbai August Kranti Rajdhani Express
3. 2009/2010 Ahmedabad-Mumbai Shatabdi superfast express
4. 2961/2962 Indore
- Mumbai Central Avantika Express
5. 2215/2216 Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Bandra Terminus Garib rath
6. 2909/2910 Hazrat Nizammudin-Bandra Terminus Garib rath
7. 2927/2928 Vadodara Express
8. 2923/2924 Mumbai-Ahmedabad Karnavati Express
9. 2479/2480 Jodhpur-Bandra Terminus Suryanagari Express
10. 9012/9011 Gujarat Express
11. 2903/2904 Golden Temple mail (Earlier known as Frontier mail)
12. 9215/9216 Saurashtra Express
13. 9023/9024 Firozpur Janata Express
14. 9031/9032 Indore - Bandra Express
15. 9131/9132 Kutch Express
16. 9115/9116 Sayajinagari Express
17. 12901/12902 Gujarat Mail
18. 9144/9143 Lokshakti Express
19. 9005/9006 Saurashtra Mail
20. 9017/9018 Saurashtra Janata Express
21. 2955/2956 Jaipur-Mumbai Superfast Express
22. 9707/9708 Jaipur Bandra Aravali Express
23. 12971/12972 Mumbai(Bandra)-Bhavnagar Bhavnagar Express
2. 2431/2432 Trivandrum-Hazrat Nizammudin Rajdhani Express
3. 6333/6334 Veraval Trivandrum Central Express
4. 6336/6335 Gandidham-Nagercoil Express
5. 6336/6337 Okha-Ernakulam Express
6. 6312/6311 Bikaner-Kochuveli Express
7. 2287/2288 Dehradun-Kochuveli Express
8. 2484/2483 Amritsar-Kochuveli Express
9. 2217/2218/2653/2654 Kerala Sampark Kranti Express
10. 6613/6614 Coimbatore-Rajkot Express
11. 6501/6502 Ahmedabad-Bangalore city Express
12. 7017/7018 Rajkot Secunderabad Express
13. 7037/7038 Bikaner Secunderabad Express
14. 2977/2978 Ajmer Ernakulam Marusagar Superfast Express
15. 2449/2450 Goa Sampark Kranti Express
16. 2997/2998 Hapa Tirunelveli Superfast Express
17. 6125/6126 Jodhpur Chennai Egmore Express
2. 2905/2906 Porbander/Howrah Express
3. 5635/5636 Dwarka Express
4. 5667/5668 Kamakhya Gandidham Express
5. 2938/2938A Howrah Gandidham Superfast Express
6. 2947/2948 Patna Ahmedabad Azimabad Superfast Express
7. 2843/2844 Puri Ahmedabad Superfast Express
8. 8401/8402 Okha Puri Express
2. 2473/2474 Sarvodaya Superfast Express (Jammu Tawi)
3. 2475/2476 Hapa Jammu Tawi Superfast Express
4. 2477/2478 Jamnagar Jammu Tawi Superfast Express
5. 9019/9020 Dehradun Express
6. 2956/2925 Bandra Amritsar/Kalka Paschim Express
8. 2903/2904 Frontier Mail Mumbai - Amritsar
7. 2917/2918 Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express
8. 2907/2908 Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express
9. 2961/2962 Mumbai - Indore Avantika Express
10. 9031/9032 Bandra - Indore Express
11. 9309/9310 Ahmedabad - Indore Shanti Express
12. 9311/9312 Pune - Indore Express
13. 1463/1464 Veraval - Jabalpur Rajkot Express
14. 1465/1466 Somnath - Jabalpur Rajkot Express via. Bina
15. 1087/1088 Veraval Pune Express
16. 1091/1092 Ahimsa Express
17. 1095/1096 Ahmisa Express
18. 1463/1464/1465/1466 Jabalpur Somnath Express
19. 9309/9310 Indore Gandhinagar Shanti Express
20. 1049/1050 Ahmedabad Kolhapur Express
21.9037/9038/9039/9040 Bandra Terminus-Gorakhpur/Muzaffarpur Avadh Express
22. 4707/4708 Bikaner-Bandra Terminus Ranakpur Express
2. 12268/2267 Ahmedabad Mumbai Central AC Duronto Express
3. 12283/2284 Ernakulam Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express
4. 12239/12240 Jaipur Mumbai Central AC Duronto Express
5. 12227/12228 Indore Junction BG Mumbai Central AC Duronto Express
2. Vadodara-Valsad Intercity Express
3. Vadodara-Ahemdabad Intercity Express
4. Vadodara-Mumbai Central Express
5. Vadodara-Ahemdabad MEMU
6. Vadodara-Surat MEMU
7. Vadodara-Godhra MEMU
8. Vadodara-Dahod MEMU
9. Vadodara-Kathana Passenger
10. Vadodara-Anand Passenger
11. Vadodara-Kota Passenger
12. Vadodara-Dabhoi/Bodeli Passenger
Vadodara
Vadodara formerly known as Baroda is the third most populated city in the Indian State of Gujarat . It is one of the four cities with the population of over 1 million...
, Gujarat, India. It is the busiest Railway Station of Gujarat and one of the most busiest stations in the nation. The station is a major stop on the western railway zone of Indian railways
Indian Railways
Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....
. It has two railway lines, a straight line between Ahmedabad and Mumbai & the other being the line to New Delhi via Ratlam,Kota and Mathura. Trains going towards northern region uses the Ratlam line while all the other trains use the Ahmedabad-Mumbai line like Ahemdabad Shatabdi,Delhi Sarai Rohilla Garib Rath, Gujarat Mail
Gujarat Mail
Gujarat Mail is a superfast Indian Railways train which runs overnight in the Mumbai-Ahmedabad section of Western Railways.The train was originally numbered as 1DN/2UP Mail & is today renumbered to 12901/12902....
,Karnavati Express,Suryanagari Express,Ranakpur Express etc..The prestigious trains Mumbai Rajdhani,August Kranti Rajdhani,Trivandrum Rajdhani,Golden Temple Mail, Avantika Express
Avantika Express
The Avantika Express is a superfast express train service which runs between Indore Junction BG railway station of Indore City in the western part of Madhya Pradesh state and Mumbai Central railway station of Mumbai the capital of Maharashtra...
etc.
The station was originally built in 1861 for Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway company by then ruler Maharaja Khanderao Gaekwad
Gaekwad
The Gaekwad or Gaikwad was a Maratha dynasty that ruled the princely state of Baroda in western India from the mid-18th century until 1947...
. The existing building was newly constructed by Indian Railways
Indian Railways
Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....
in 1954 by demolishing original smaller station. The Railway station celebrated 150 years of establishment on 9th January 2010.
It is a fairly big railway stations with 7 platforms on main line i.e. Platform 1,2,3,4,5 and 7. Another platform which is designated as no. 6 acts as a terminus for some passenger and MEMU trains and facilitates reversing of some trains like 9309/9310 Shanti Express,Gujarat Sampark Kranti etc. which use the Vadodara Delhi line as well as the Vadodara Ahmedabad line. An average of 81 trains inclusive of freight trains pass through the station every day.
Vadodara has one of the largest electric loco sheds in Western Railway zone. The loco shed houses around 130+ locomotives which includes WAP-4, WAM-4, WAG-5 locomotives. Additionally it also has an AC electric trip shed to house locos coming from other sheds and an AC/DC dual loco trip shed which houses WCAM class
WCAM Class
WCAM is the dual-power AC/DC series locomotive used by Indian Railways. These locomotives can run under both DC traction and AC traction. All the WCAM locos were made by BHEL...
locomotives from Valsad shed which caters locomotive change at Vadodara because the trains coming from New Delhi mainline are AC Locomotives and the trains going to Mumbai need AC/DC Loco. as Mumbai is under DC supply from before Borivali.
IT also has a MEMU
MEMU
MEMU is a commuter rail system in India operated by the Indian Railway.The system uses Mainline Electrical Multiple Units operating on Alternating Current drawn from over-head cables through the catenary system....
car shed which houses the Mainline Electric Multiple units which provides feeder services to Ahmedabad, Surat, Dahod and Godhra.
There is a serious need for an extra train between Vadodara and Mumbai starting from Vadodara as the one Vadodara Express
Vadodara Express
Vadodara Express is a superfast train which runs on the Western Railway between Vadodara and Mumbai Central....
is always full.Also a new train is must to Delhi or further away.Also after the Gauge Conversion of Pratapnagar-Chota Udaepur Line from NG to BG,train services are started from Pratapnagar but not Vadodara railway station even if its connected by a BG track via by-passing Vishwamitri.
Some of the prestigious trains passing through the station are:
Trains to Mumbai
1. 2951/2952 New Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani Express2. 2953/2954 Hazrat Nizammudin- Mumbai August Kranti Rajdhani Express
3. 2009/2010 Ahmedabad-Mumbai Shatabdi superfast express
4. 2961/2962 Indore
Indore
Indore is one of the major city in India, the largest city and commercial center of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Indore is located 190 km west of the state capital Bhopal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Indore city has a population of 1,960,631...
- Mumbai Central Avantika Express
Avantika Express
The Avantika Express is a superfast express train service which runs between Indore Junction BG railway station of Indore City in the western part of Madhya Pradesh state and Mumbai Central railway station of Mumbai the capital of Maharashtra...
5. 2215/2216 Delhi Sarai Rohilla-Bandra Terminus Garib rath
6. 2909/2910 Hazrat Nizammudin-Bandra Terminus Garib rath
7. 2927/2928 Vadodara Express
8. 2923/2924 Mumbai-Ahmedabad Karnavati Express
9. 2479/2480 Jodhpur-Bandra Terminus Suryanagari Express
10. 9012/9011 Gujarat Express
11. 2903/2904 Golden Temple mail (Earlier known as Frontier mail)
12. 9215/9216 Saurashtra Express
13. 9023/9024 Firozpur Janata Express
14. 9031/9032 Indore - Bandra Express
15. 9131/9132 Kutch Express
16. 9115/9116 Sayajinagari Express
17. 12901/12902 Gujarat Mail
Gujarat Mail
Gujarat Mail is a superfast Indian Railways train which runs overnight in the Mumbai-Ahmedabad section of Western Railways.The train was originally numbered as 1DN/2UP Mail & is today renumbered to 12901/12902....
18. 9144/9143 Lokshakti Express
19. 9005/9006 Saurashtra Mail
20. 9017/9018 Saurashtra Janata Express
21. 2955/2956 Jaipur-Mumbai Superfast Express
22. 9707/9708 Jaipur Bandra Aravali Express
23. 12971/12972 Mumbai(Bandra)-Bhavnagar Bhavnagar Express
Trains to South India
1. 2655/2656 Ahmedabad-Chennai Navjeevan Express2. 2431/2432 Trivandrum-Hazrat Nizammudin Rajdhani Express
3. 6333/6334 Veraval Trivandrum Central Express
4. 6336/6335 Gandidham-Nagercoil Express
5. 6336/6337 Okha-Ernakulam Express
6. 6312/6311 Bikaner-Kochuveli Express
7. 2287/2288 Dehradun-Kochuveli Express
8. 2484/2483 Amritsar-Kochuveli Express
9. 2217/2218/2653/2654 Kerala Sampark Kranti Express
10. 6613/6614 Coimbatore-Rajkot Express
11. 6501/6502 Ahmedabad-Bangalore city Express
12. 7017/7018 Rajkot Secunderabad Express
Rajkot Secunderabad Express
The Rajkot Secunderabad Express is an express train operated by South Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways between Secunderabad Railway Station in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh and Rajkot Railway Station in Rajkot, Gujarat.- History :...
13. 7037/7038 Bikaner Secunderabad Express
14. 2977/2978 Ajmer Ernakulam Marusagar Superfast Express
15. 2449/2450 Goa Sampark Kranti Express
16. 2997/2998 Hapa Tirunelveli Superfast Express
17. 6125/6126 Jodhpur Chennai Egmore Express
Trains to East and North East
1. 2834/2834 Howrah-Ahmedabad Superfast Express2. 2905/2906 Porbander/Howrah Express
3. 5635/5636 Dwarka Express
4. 5667/5668 Kamakhya Gandidham Express
5. 2938/2938A Howrah Gandidham Superfast Express
6. 2947/2948 Patna Ahmedabad Azimabad Superfast Express
7. 2843/2844 Puri Ahmedabad Superfast Express
8. 8401/8402 Okha Puri Express
Trains to North and Central India
1. 2471/2472 Swaraj Superfast Express (Jammu Tawi)2. 2473/2474 Sarvodaya Superfast Express (Jammu Tawi)
3. 2475/2476 Hapa Jammu Tawi Superfast Express
4. 2477/2478 Jamnagar Jammu Tawi Superfast Express
5. 9019/9020 Dehradun Express
6. 2956/2925 Bandra Amritsar/Kalka Paschim Express
8. 2903/2904 Frontier Mail Mumbai - Amritsar
Amritsar
Amritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077...
7. 2917/2918 Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express
8. 2907/2908 Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express
9. 2961/2962 Mumbai - Indore Avantika Express
10. 9031/9032 Bandra - Indore Express
11. 9309/9310 Ahmedabad - Indore Shanti Express
12. 9311/9312 Pune - Indore Express
13. 1463/1464 Veraval - Jabalpur Rajkot Express
14. 1465/1466 Somnath - Jabalpur Rajkot Express via. Bina
Bina - Katni Rail Route
The Bina - Katni Rail Route is the railway route between Bina Junction railway station and New Katni Junction railway station of Katni-History:*The rail route was established in the year 1923 before India got independence....
15. 1087/1088 Veraval Pune Express
16. 1091/1092 Ahimsa Express
17. 1095/1096 Ahmisa Express
18. 1463/1464/1465/1466 Jabalpur Somnath Express
19. 9309/9310 Indore Gandhinagar Shanti Express
20. 1049/1050 Ahmedabad Kolhapur Express
21.9037/9038/9039/9040 Bandra Terminus-Gorakhpur/Muzaffarpur Avadh Express
22. 4707/4708 Bikaner-Bandra Terminus Ranakpur Express
Trains having technical halt at Vadodara Jn.
1. 12264/2263 Pune Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express2. 12268/2267 Ahmedabad Mumbai Central AC Duronto Express
3. 12283/2284 Ernakulam Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express
4. 12239/12240 Jaipur Mumbai Central AC Duronto Express
5. 12227/12228 Indore Junction BG Mumbai Central AC Duronto Express
Trains originating From Vadodara Jn.
1. Vadodara-Bhilad Express2. Vadodara-Valsad Intercity Express
3. Vadodara-Ahemdabad Intercity Express
4. Vadodara-Mumbai Central Express
5. Vadodara-Ahemdabad MEMU
6. Vadodara-Surat MEMU
7. Vadodara-Godhra MEMU
8. Vadodara-Dahod MEMU
9. Vadodara-Kathana Passenger
10. Vadodara-Anand Passenger
11. Vadodara-Kota Passenger
12. Vadodara-Dabhoi/Bodeli Passenger