Ajni railway station

Ajni Railway Station (Nagpur)
अजनी रेल्वे स्टेशन (नागपुर)
Indian Railway Station
Location Humpyard Road, Ajni, Nagpur, Pin-440003, Maharashtra, India
Elevation 309 metres (1,014 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Line(s) Double
Platforms 3
Construction
Structure type Standard (on ground station)
Parking Available
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code AJNI
Zone(s) Central Railway
Division(s) Nagpur railway division
Electrified Double Electrified BG

Ajni is Major railway station in vicinity of Nagpur in Maharashtra which is lying on Nagpur-Hyderabad line and Delhi-Chennai line.

It is situated at a distance of about 2.8 km from Nagpur railway station. There are plans to develop it as a terminus alternative to Nagpur. A proposal has also been sent to Railway Ministry to develop it as a Coaching complex.[1] The distance between Nagpur main railway station and Ajni Station is shortest distance between two railway stations in India.

Almost all the trains have a brief stop of about 2 minutes at this station. This station is mainly used by residents of Central, West, South-West and Southern suburbs of Nagpur and short-distance daily travellers. Trains terminating at Nagpur get almost 80 percent emptied here. And trains originating from Nagpur filled here with almost 40 percent.

Ajni is among the five small stations which falls within the extended city limits of Nagpur. The name of these five stations are Ajni, Itwari, Kalamna, Kamptee & Khapri.

Ajni Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express originates from here.

References

  1. ↑ "Rlys red signal Ajni complex". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2016-01-11.

Coordinates: 21°07′37″N 79°04′58″E / 21.12694°N 79.08278°E / 21.12694; 79.08278

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