| Vadodara Junction Indian Railway Station |
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|---|---|
| Station statistics | |
| Address | Sayajiganj, Vadodara, Gujarat, India |
| Lines |
Vadodara-Ahmedabad Junction Vadodara-Kota Junction Vadodara-Mumbai Central |
| Platforms | 7 |
| Tracks | 9 |
| Parking | Available |
| Other information | |
| Electrified | Yes |
| Code | BRC |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| Fare zone | Western Railways |
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 1,2,3,4,5,6 & 7. Platform No. 7 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.It has many amenities that a Important station should have like Waiting Halls, Refreshment Stalls, Computerized Reservation Center, Large Vehicle Parking, Retiring Rooms for Passengers etc.
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. Recently a WAP-5 30045 was transferred to the Vadodara Electric Loco Shed. 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 Jn.
There is usually big crowds in this train during Vacations as it is the only train originating from Vadodara for Mumbai.There is a great need for another train like this but since many years Vadodara is not getting any new trains either to Mumbai nor to New Delhi or further North. But trains are just snatched from Vadodara. The Bandra-Vadodara Sayajinagri Express and Vadodara-Gandhidham Intercity were merged and Vadodara lost a train to Mumbai. Also recently Vadodara-Valsad SF Intercity was extended to Dahod on Vadodara-Ratlam Line.
Contents |
1. 2951/2952 New Delhi-Mumbai Rajdhani Express
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
24. 19109/19110 Ahmedabad Valsad Gujarat Queen Express
25. 19059/19060 Surat Jamnagar Intercity Express.
1. 2655/2656 Ahmedabad-Chennai Navjeevan 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
18. 19567/19568 Madurai-Dwarka Vivek Express
1. 2834/2834 Howrah-Ahmedabad Superfast 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
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
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 Somnath - Jabalpur Somnath Jabalpur Express
14. 1465/1466 Somnath - Jabalpur Somnath Jabalpur Express via. Bina
15. 1087/1088 Veraval Pune Express
16. 1091/1092 Ahimsa Express
17. 1095/1096 Ahmisa Express
18. 1464/1466 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
1. 12264/2263 Pune Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto 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
1. Vadodara-Bhilad Express
2. Vadodara-Valsad Intercity Express (Has been extended to Dahod)
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
1. Pratapnagar-Bodeli BG Passenger
2. Pratapnagar-Chota Udaipur BG Passenger(2 times a day)
3. Pratapnagar-Jambusar NG Passenger(2 times a day)
The rake used for the BG passengers is shared with Vadodara-Kathana Passenger and Anand-Godhra Passenger so in the afternoon around 2:30-2:45 the rake of Bodeli-Pratapnagar Passenger leaves for Vadodara Railway Station via the Pratapnagar-Vishwamitri-Vadodara link. The rake of Kathana-Vadodara Passenger arrives at Vadodara Jn. in the afternoon and returns to Pratapnagar in the evening around 5-5:30 pm.