Ahmednagar railway station, officially Ahilyanagar railway station, serves Ahmednagar in Ahmednagar district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
History The 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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: computerised reservation office, subscriber trunk dialling/public call office booth, waiting room, retiring room, vegetarian refreshments, and book stall.
Through trains from Ahmednagar
Express/mail trains Train name Departure days Arrival days Kolhapur–Gondia Maharashtra ExpressSolapur–Gondia Maharashtra Express slipKolhapur–Gorakhpur Express slip Daily Daily New Delhi ()–Vasco da Gama Goa ExpressNew Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin)–Hubli Express slip Daily Daily New Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin)–Bangalore Karnataka Express Daily Daily Pune– Jhelum Express Daily Daily Pune–Howrah Azad Hind Express Daily Daily Pune–Danapur Superfast Express Daily DailyBeed-Pune ExpressDaily Daily Pune-Beed ExpressDailyDaily Sainagar shirdi- Pune ExpressDaily DailyPune - Sainagar shirdi ExpressDaily Daily
NOTE: Days of arrival/departure are on Ahmednagar. Hubli– Express is attached to Goa Express at Londa. Solapur–Gondia Maharashtra Express slip is attached from Maharashtra Express at . 11039 Kolhapur–Gorakhpur Slip Express. 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 ) Daily Daily Ahmednagar-Beed DemuMonday to Saturday NOTE: Days of arrival/departure are on Ahmednagar. Mumbai CST–Sainagar Shirdi Fast Passenger is attached to Mumbai–Bijapur/Pandharpur passenger up to Daund.
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