Sawai Madhopur Junction railway station

Sawai Madhopur junction
सवाई माधोपुर जंक्शन
Regional rail and Light rail station
Location Sawai Madhopur, Sawai Madhopur District, Rajasthan
India
Coordinates 26°01′09″N 76°21′27″E / 26.01917°N 76.35750°E / 26.01917; 76.35750Coordinates: 26°01′09″N 76°21′27″E / 26.01917°N 76.35750°E / 26.01917; 76.35750
Elevation 265.785 metres (872.00 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Operated by West Central Railway zone
Line(s) New Delhi–Mumbai main line
Jaipur-Sawai Madhopur
Platforms 4
Tracks 6
Construction
Structure type Standard (on ground station)
Parking Available
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code SWM
Zone(s) West Central Railway zone
Division(s) Kota
Electrified Yes
Location
Sawai Madhopur junction
Location within Rajasthan

Sawai Madhopur Junction railway station (Code: SWM) is a major railway station on New Delhi–Mumbai main line of the West Central Railway zone network.

Administration

This station falling under Kota railway division of West Central Railway zone has been classified under 'A' category.[1]

Lines

The main lines passing through Sawai Madhopur are :

The government has approved the construction of a new broad gauge line between Ajmer and Sawai Madhopur via Tonk in Rajasthan. The total length of the new line will be 165 km. The line will be completed in eight years during the 13th Plan period. It will be an alternate route between Chittaurgarh and Sawai Madhopur on the Delhi – Ahmedabad route.[2]

There is an ongoing survey for a new line between Jhansi Junction and Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh which would be further connected to Sawai Madhopur and Jaipur.

The station serves as an important halt for all trains that are bound for Jaipur, Mumbai & Delhi. Trains that are bound for Jaipur reverse direction & switch over to diesel traction here.

Luxury tourist trains

Several luxury trains make a scheduled stop at Sawai Madhopur on their eight-day round trip of tourist destinations.

The station got the award for the Best Tourist Friendly Railway Station by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan at a glittering ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on the occasion of the Union Tourism Ministry’s ‘National Tourism Awards for the year 2014-2015’. Earlier, Sawai Madhopur railway station has also been awarded as the ‘First Heritage Railway Station’.[3]

Initiative

The Indian Railway considered the proposal of the World Wildlife Fund to promote sanctuaries as tourist destinations, to showcase jungle life and to spread awareness about conservation and promote tourism, and began the campaign with railway stations at Sawai Madhopur and Bharatpur for pictorial representation of natural habitats, wildlife, trees, bushes, waterbodies.[4] These paintings have made the railway station a living art museum.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CATEGORY WISE LIST OF STATION OF WEST CENTRAL RAILWAY". Western Central Railway.
  2. ↑ "Construction of a new broad gauge line between Ajmer and Sawai Madhopur via Tonk". Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India. 12 Feb 2014.
  3. ↑ "National Tourism Awards for 2014-15 presented". netindian.
  4. ↑ "Train coaches to come alive with wildlife images". Z news. 12 Sep 2015.
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