Shivajinagar railway station

Shivaji Nagar
शिवाजी नगर रेल्वे स्थानक
Pune Suburban Railway Station
Location Shivajinagar Station, Pune.
India
Coordinates 18°31′57″N 73°51′05″E / 18.5326°N 73.8514°E / 18.5326; 73.8514Coordinates: 18°31′57″N 73°51′05″E / 18.5326°N 73.8514°E / 18.5326; 73.8514
Elevation 550.42 metres (1,805.8 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Line(s) Pune Suburban Railway
Platforms 2
Tracks 4
Construction
Parking Yes
Other information
Station code SVJR
Fare zone Central Railway
Electrified Yes
Services

Pune Suburban Railway, Indian Railways.

Pune – Lonavla
Pune Suburban Railway System

Legend
 Pune Junction Mainline rail interchange Parking
 Mutha River
 Shivajinagar Bus interchange
 Khadki
 Mula River
 Dapodi
 Kasarwadi
 Pimpri
 Chinchwad
 Akurdi
 Dehu Road
 Begdewadi
 Ghorawadi
 Talegaon
 Vadgaon
 Kanhe
 Kamshet
 Malavli
 Lonavla Mainline rail interchange Parking

Shivajinagar Railway Station is a station with two platforms. This is a major halt for suburban trains of Pune. The station is also halt for trains from Mumbai to Pune Junction. This Station is important because this is the nearest railway station to Pune's Session Court and many important building like the College of Engineering, PMC building etc. Trains which halt on this station generally halt for 2 to 3 minutes. The Old Pune–Mumbai Highway runs behind the station. This Station is just 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) away from Pune Railway Station.

Shivaji Nagar overview
Koyna Express at Shivaji Nagar station

Trains

Express/Mails

Train Name Frequency
Bhuj - Pune Intercity Express Weekly (Only to Pune)
Veraval - Pune Intercity Express Weekly (Only to Pune)
Ahmedabad - Pune Ahimsa Express Weekly (Only to Pune)
Jodhpur - Pune Intercity Express Weekly (Only to Pune)
Mumbai - Pune Deccan Express Daily
Mumbai - Pune Indrayani Express Daily (Only to Pune)
Mumbai Pune Intercity Express Daily (Only to Pune)
Mumbai - Kolhapur Koyna Express Daily
Mumbai - Pune Sinhagad Express Daily
Mumbai - Pune Pragati Express Daily (Only to Pune)
Mumbai - Pune Deccan Queen Express Daily (Only to Pune)

Ordinary

Train Name Frequency
Karjat - Daund

Karjat - Pune Passenger.

 Daily
Baramati - Karjat

Pune - Karjat Passenger.

 Daily
Mumbai - Bijapur Passenger. Five Days
Mumbai - Shirdi Passenger. Daily
Mumbai - Pandharpur Passenger. Two Days

Train to Navi Mumbai

A train service is proposed from this station to Kurla's Lokmanya Tilak Terminus via Navi Mumbai. This train will halt at Lonavla, Karjat, Panvel, Vashi and Belapur stations. The current link from Navi Mumbai is Pragati Express which is run on trial bases between the two cities.[1]

Suburban trains

There are two trains which origin from Shivajinagar for Lonavla and two trains from Lonavla terminate at Shivajinagar. There are 15 trains which operate between Pune Junction - Lonavla - Pune Junction section and three between Pune Junction - Talegaon Dabhade - Pune Junction section. These trains have their halt at this station.

Expansion

A new platform is proposed to be constructed at shivajinagar station for trains originating and terminating here.[2] This will accommodate the local trains originating and terminating over here. This platform will be constructed near platform no. 1. There are also plans to start long distance trains from here.[3] Plans are there to construct three multistory buildings dedicated parking lots for vehicles, waiting rooms and commercial outlets at this station. One track will be increased for termination of long distance trains. Land acquisition will be done on Patil Estate side. This station along with four other Chandigarh in Chandigarh, Bijwasan and Anand Vihar Terminal in Delhi and Habibganj in Bhopal are under development for world class standard stations. [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pune may soon have its first direct train to Navi Mumbai
  2. ↑ New amenities at S’nagar station
  3. ↑ 'Upgrade facilities at railway station'
  4. ↑ Shivajinagar station upgradation to world class station
  1. Shivajinagar bus stand timetable
  2. Shivajinagar, Pune
  3. Shivajinagar Railway Station
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