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Ahmednagar Junction
Indian Railways station
General information
Location	Station Road, Ahmednagar India
Coordinates	19°04′31″N 74°43′18″E / 19.0753°N 74.7217°E / 19.0753; 74.7217
Elevation	650 metres (2,130 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Central Railway
Line(s)	Daund–Manmad line Ahmednagar–Beed–Parli Vaijnath line
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	Standard, on ground
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	ANG
Zone(s)	central railway
Division(s)	Solapur
History
Opened	1878
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Great Indian Peninsula Railway
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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.

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 pink book 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: computerized 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

NOTE: Days of arrival/departure are on Ahmednagar.

• Hubli–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express is attached to Goa Express at Londa.
• Solapur–Gondia Maharashtra Express slip is attached from Maharashtra Express at Daund Junction.
• 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)

NOTE: Days of arrival/departure are on Ahmednagar.

Passenger trains

NOTE: Days of arrival/departure are on Ahmednagar.

• Mumbai CST–Sainagar Shirdi Fast Passenger is attached to Mumbai–Bijapur/Pandharpur passenger up to Daund.

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.

External links

• Trains at Ahmednagar
• Ahmednagar travel guide from Wikivoyage

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Nimblaktowards ?		Central Railway zoneManmad–Daund branch line		Akolnertowards ?

• Ahmednagar
• Railway stations in Ahmednagar district
• Railway stations in India opened in 1878
• Solapur railway division