Vadodara Junction railway station
Vadodara Junction (BRC) | |
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| Location | Sayajiganj, Vadodara |
| Elevation | 35.348 metres (115.97 ft) |
| Owned by | Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways |
| Line(s) |
Ahmedabad→Vadodara New Delhi→Mumbai Vadodara→Chhota Udaipur |
| Platforms | 07 |
| Tracks | 9 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Railway Station |
| Parking | Available |
| Bicycle facilities | Available |
| Disabled access | BRC |
| Other information | |
| Station code | BRC |
| Fare zone | Western Railways |
| History | |
| Opened | 1861 |
| Electrified | Yes |
| Services | |
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ATM, Baggage Room, Dormitory/Retiring Rooms | |
Vadodara Railway Station is the main station in the Indian city of Vadodara, Gujarat. It is the busiest station in Gujarat and one of the busiest in the whole country as well as a major stop on the western railway zone of Indian railways.
Railway lines and college
The station serves three lines: the direct line between Ahmedabad and Mumbai; Vadodara and Chhota Udepur and the Delhi line via Ratlam, Kota and Mathura. Trains going towards the northern region use the Ratlam line while all other trains use the Ahmedabad-Mumbai line, such as the Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express, Delhi Sarai Rohilla Bandra Terminus Garib Rath Express, Gujarat Mail, Karnavati Express, Suryanagri Express and Ranakpur Express. The prestigious Mumbai Rajdhani Express, August Kranti Rajdhani Express, Trivandrum Rajdhani Express, Golden Temple Mail and Avantika Express amongst others also halt at this station.
The Railway Staff College is the alma mater for Officers of Indian Railways. It is situated in a sprawling campus of 55 acres (22 ha) of garden and wooded land in the Pratap Vilas Palace ((built in 1914) at Lalbaug, Vadodara. It provides training to all levels of Indian railway officers, from probationers to general managers.
The college was founded in 1930 at Dehradun and then shifted to its present sylvan surroundings at Vadodara in 1952. Pratap Vilas Palace is surrounded by lush green lawns and was designed by C.F. Stevens in the renaissance style. The property was purchased from the Gaekwads, the erstwhile rulers of Vadodara and is home to peacocks and migratory birds.
History
The station was built in 1861 for the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway company by then Gaekwad ruler Maharaja Khanderao. The existing building was newly constructed by Indian Railways in 1954 by demolishing the original smaller station. The station celebrated 150 years of establishment on 9 January 2010.
It is a fairly large station with seven platforms on the main line numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 along with Platform 7, which acts as a terminus for some passenger and MEMU trains and facilitates reversing of some trains including the 9309/9310 Shanti Express and the Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express, 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 electric loco shed
Vadodara has one of the largest electric loco sheds in the Western Railway zone. The shed houses more than 130 locomotives, which include WAP-4, WAM-4 and WAG-5 locomotives. Additionally it 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 and allows for locomotive changes at Vadodara because the trains coming from New Delhi mainline are AC Locomotives and the trains going to Mumbai need AC/DC Loco. Mumbai is under DC supply from before Borivali while the Western Railway in Mumbai changed over to the AC system in February 2012, WCAM locos have been transferred to the Kalyan shed.
It also has a MEMU car shed which houses the Mainline Electric Multiple units which provides feeder services to Ahmedabad, Surat, Dahod and Godhra.
Trains to Mumbai
1. 12951/2952 Mumbai Rajdhani Express
2. 12953/2954 Hazrat Nizammudin- Mumbai August Kranti Rajdhani Express
3. 12009/2010 Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express
4. 12961/2962 Indore - Mumbai Central Avantika Express
5. 12215/2216 Delhi Sarai Rohilla Bandra Terminus Garib Rath Express
6. 12909/2910 Bandra Terminus Hazrat Nizamuddin Garib Rath Express
7. 12927/2928 Vadodara Express
8. 12933/2934 Mumbai - Ahmedabad Karnavati Express
9. 12479/2480 Jodhpur - Bandra Terminus Suryanagri Express
10. 19012/9011 Gujarat Express
11. 12903/2904 Golden Temple Mail (Earlier known as Frontier mail)
12. 19215/9216 Saurashtra Express
13. 19023/9024 Firozpur Janata Express
14. 19031/9032 Indore - Bandra Express
15. 19131/9132 Kutch Express
16. 19115/9116 Sayajinagari Express
17. 12901/12902 Gujarat Mail
18. 19144/9143 Lok Shakti Express
19. 19005/9006 Saurashtra Mail
20. 19017/9018 Saurashtra Janata Express
21. 12955/2956 Jaipur Superfast Express
22. 19707/9708 Jaipur Bandra Aravali Express
23. 12971/12972 Bandra Terminus Bhavnagar Terminus Express
Trains to South India
1. 2431/2432 Trivandrum Central - Hazrat Nizammudin Trivandrum Rajdhani Express
2. 2655/2656 Ahmedabad - Chennai Central Navjivan Express
3. 2217/2218 Chandigarh - Trivandrum Kochuveli Kerala Sampark Kranti Express
4. 6333/6334 Veraval - Trivandrum Central Express
5. 6336/6335 Gandidham - Trivandrum Central - Nagercoil Express
6. 6312/6311 Bikaner - Trivandrum Kochuveli Express
7. 2287/2288 Dehradun - Trivandrum Kochuveli Express
8. 2484/2483 Amritsar - Trivandrum Kochuveli Express
9. 19059/19060 Bhavnagar - Trivandrum Kochuveli Express
10. 19061/19062 Porbander - Trivandrum Kochuveli Express
11. 6336/6337 Okha - Ernakulam Express
12. 2977/2978 Ajmer Ernakulam Marusagar Superfast Express
13. 6613/6614 Coimbatore-Rajkot Express
14. 6501/6502 Ahmedabad-Bangalore city Express
15. 7017/7018 Rajkot Secunderabad Express
16. 7037/7038 Bikaner Secunderabad Express
17. 2449/2450 Goa Sampark Kranti Express
18. 2997/2998 Hapa Tirunelveli Superfast Express
19. 6125/6126 Jodhpur Chennai Egmore Express
20. 16733/16734 Okha Rameshwaram Express
21. 19567/19568 Madurai Dwaraka Vivek Express
22. 18501/18502 Gandhidham-Visakhapatnam Weekly Express
Trains to East and North East
1. 2834/2834 Howrah Ahmedabad Superfast Express
2. 2905/2906 Porbander/Howrah Express
3. 5635/5636 Dwarka Express
4. 5667/5668 Kamakhya Gandhidham Express
5. 2937/2938A Howrah Gandhidham Superfast Express
6. 2947/2948 Patna Ahmedabad Azimabad Superfast Express
7. 2843/2844 Puri Ahmedabad Express
8. 8401/8402 Okha Puri Express
9. 12949/12950 Porbandar Santragachi Kaviguru Express
10. 12993/12994 Puri Gandidham Superfast Express
Trains to North and Central India
1. 2471/2472 Swaraj 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 Indore - Bandra Express
11. 9309/9310 Ahmedabad - Indore Shanti Express
12. 9311/9312 Pune - Indore Express
13. 1463/1464/1465/1466 Jabalpur Somnath Express
14. 1087/1088 Veraval Pune Express
15. 1095/1096 Ahimsa Express
16. 9309/9310 Indore Gandhinagar Shanti Express
17. 1049/1050 Ahmedabad Kolhapur Express
18. 9037/9038 Bandra Terminus Gorakhpur Avadh Express
19. 9039/9040 Bandra Terminus Muzaffarpur Avadh Express
20. 4707/4708 Bikaner - Bandra Terminus Ranakpur Express
23. 12939/12940 Jaipur Pune Superfast Express
Trains having technical halt at Vadodara Jn.
1. 12264/2263 Hazrat Nizamuddin Pune Duronto Express
2. 22209/22210 Mumbai New Delhi Duronto Express
3. 12283/2284 Ernakulam Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express
4. 12239/12240 Jaipur Duronto Express
5. 12227/12228 Indore Duronto
Trains originating From Vadodara Jn.
1. Vadodara - Bhilad Express
2.Vadodara - Valsad intercity Express (Now this train runs between Dahod - Valsad station,so withdrawn from Vadodara in budget-2012)
3. Vadodara - Ahmedabad Intercity Express
4. Vadodara - Mumbai Central Vadodara 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
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