Ahmedabad–Udaipur line

Ahmedabad–Udaipur line with Shamlaji–Modasa–Nadiad branch line
Last Meter Gauge train between Ahmedabad–Udaipur line
Overview
Owner	Indian Railways
Locale	Gujarat, Rajasthan
Termini	Ahmedabad Junction Udaipur City
Stations	33
Service
Operator(s)	Western Railway & North Western Railway
History
Opened	1879 (Ahmedabad–Himmatnagar section) 1891 (Himmatnagar–Udaipur section) 1901 (Himmatnagar–Khed Bramha branch) 1916 (Nadiad–Kapadvanj branch section) 1961 (Kapadvanj–Modasa branch section)
Technical
Line length	Main line: 298.2 kilometres (185.3 mi) Branch Lines: Himmatnagar Junction–Khed Bramha 58 kilometres (36 mi) Nadiad–Kapadvanj–Modasa–Shamlaji Road 138 kilometres (86 mi)
Track length	298.9 kilometres (185.7 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad Gauge
Old gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Metre Gauge
Route map Legend km to Mathura–Vadodara section 0 Udaipur City 10 Umra 24 Kharwa Chanda 41 Zawar 50 Padla 64 Jai Samand Road 77 Sur Khund Ka Khera 85 Semari 91 Kundalgarh 99 Rikhabdev Road 109 Kotana 116 Dungarpur 123 Shalashah Thana 131 Shri Bhavnath 138 Bechhiwara Rajasthan Gujarat 150 Jagabor 157 Lusadiya 169\0 Shamlaji Road 186 Raigadh Road 0 Khed Bramha 197 Viravada 10 Vadali 3 Tintoi 17 Kadiyadra 8 Jivanpur 24 Idar 18 Gajan 37 Jadar 23 Modasa 44 Mahadevpara 27 Kalladaka 55\211 Himmatnagar Junction 33 Rahiiyol 217 Hapa Road 40 Dhansura 224 Sonasan 47 Navalpura 233 Prantij 56 Beyad 239 Khari Amrapur 62 Demai 245 Talod 68 Kashipura 250 Kherol 75 Vadali Luter Road 257 Rakhiyal 83 Kapadvanj 261 Jaliya Math 101 Kathalal 270 Nandol Dehegam 103 Bhaner Minawada 277 Dabhoda 107 Mahudha 283 Medra 115 Nadgam 290 Naroda 118 Vina 292 Sardargram 293 Sahijpur 296 Asarva to Jaipur–Ahmedabad line 299 Ahmedabad Junction More Info:Ahmedabad–Mumbai main line 128 Nadiad Junction to Ahmedabad–Mumbai main line ;Sources 19943/44 Udaipur–Ahmedabad Express 52923/24 Khed Bramha–Ahmedabad Passenger 79461/62 Nadiad–Modasa DEMU

The Ahmedabad–Udaipur Line is a railway route of both Western and North Western Railway zone of Indian Railways. It plays an important role in short-connectivity reaching to North India and Eastern India from Gujarat and Coastal areas of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka & Kerala.

This corridor passes through the ranges of Arvalli of Northern Gujarat and Udaipur division of Rajasthan, In this, there is also a mine of Zinc and Phosphate in Zawar and Umra which it makes direct and important mineral transportation to rest of India with a stretch of 299.55 kilometres (186.13 mi)

This mainline route is divided into two sections:
1) The first section is of Ahmedabad–Himmatnagar Junction with the length of 88 kilometres (55 mi) comes under the jurisdiction of Western Railways.
2) The second section is Himmatnagar Junction–Udaipur City with a length of 210 kilometres (130 mi) comes under the jurisdiction of North Western Railways.^[1]

Also contains two branch lines of this corridor which both are comes in Western Railways these are:
1) The first branch line is Himmatnagar Junction–Khed Bramha with a length of 58 kilometres (36 mi)
2) The second branch line is Nadiad–Kapadvanj–Modasa Branch line with the length of 138 kilometres (86 mi).^[2]

History[]

This route was opened in 1879 by Ahmedabad–Parantij Railway till Prantij and Himmatnagar and later it was extended by two phases, the first phase was Himmatnagar–Idar which was opened at the same year and then in 1901 the second phase was Idar–Khed Bramha was opened and become a total length of 146 kilometres (91 mi) from Ahmedabad which was a metre-gauge railway line.^[3][4]

In 1886 the survey and construction of 210 kilometres (130 mi) long Himmatnagar–Udaipur line which also was a Meter-gauge railway line was started and the rail operations began in 1891 with flagging off Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Ahmedabad Express for direct connecting to Delhi and Udaipur from Ahmedabad via Himmatnagar.^[5][6] This line came to be known as 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Metre Gauge Mainline with the other 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Metre Gauge line via Palanpur Junction Marwar Junction,Ajmer Junction being called as the Chord Line. But in 1997 the other 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Metre Gauge line via Palanpur Junction Marwar Junction,Ajmer Junction became 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Broad Gauge line & was made as Delhi-Jaipur-Ahmedabad Mainline

Whereas the branch line section of Nadiad–Kapadvanj was opened on 5 March 1916 by Guzerat Railway Company with the length of 49 kilometres (30 mi) which was a narrow-gauge railway route.^[7] In 1961 it was converted to broad gauge and in the same year the survey and construction of Kapadvanj–Modasa section which is an extension of a branch line was started with a length of 89 kilometres (55 mi).^[8] But it was halted for two decades and after that the construction was revived again in the year 2000 and became operational on 28 October 2001 with directly connecting to Nadiad with the total length of 138 kilometres (86 mi).^[9][10][11]

Projects[]

Currently, there is a gauge conversion of the whole mainline with branches by the joint operation of Western Railways and North Western Railways is going on from 1 January 2017.^[12] And also the Modasa–Shamlaji rail line with the length of 26 kilometres (16 mi) is also going to be constructed which connects the Nadiad–Modasa branch line with the Ahmedabad–Udaipur mainline for shortening the route of Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Rest of Gujarat to North India with direct passenger services.^[13]

In this Joint project, the first section of the mainline from the Western Railways zone side gets totally converted into the broad gauge and DEMU trains are also started running on that route from 15 October 2019.^[14] Still the work in progress is going on the remaining section of North Western Railways zone side and the branch line of Western Railways zone side.

See also[]

• Ahmedabad–Udaipur Express

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