Sainagar Shirdi railway station
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Location | Shirdi, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra India |
Coordinates | 19°46′50.73″N 74°28′48.5″E / 19.7807583°N 74.480139°E |
Elevation | 504 metres (1,654 ft) |
Owned by | Indian Railways |
Operated by | Central Railways |
Line(s) | Daund–Manmad branch line |
Platforms | 3 (PF-3 line is in progress) |
Tracks | 3 (1 under construction) |
Construction | |
Structure type | Standard on ground |
Other information | |
Station code | SNSI |
Zone(s) | Central Railway zone |
Division(s) | Solapur |
History | |
Opened | 2009 |
Electrified | 2011–12 |
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![]() ![]() Sainagar Shirdi Location in Maharashtra |
Sainagar Shirdi railway station (station code: SNSI) is a railway station in the city of Shirdi, Maharashtra state, India. Sainagar Shirdi is a railway terminus and belongs to Central Railways of Indian Railways. It is located at about 3 km from the Holy Temple of Shri Sai Baba Samadhi. Temple authority Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust runs free buses from the station to the Temple.
History[]
The 17.5 km (11 mi)-long Puntamba–Shirdi link, connecting the holy city of Shirdi to the Manmad–Daund branch line was completed in 2009. Work began in 2003. The new railway station, Sainagar Shirdi is well connected with many direct trains to different places.[1] The Manmad–Puntamba-Sainagar Shirdi is a broad-gauge line which was electrified in 2011–12.[2] Before this rail link pilgrims reached the town by road after alighting at Kopargaon, Nagarsol, Manmad and Nashik Road railway stations.
Passenger Facilities[]
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The station has two waiting halls one for Upper Class and one for General Class ticket holders. The waiting halls are very small and difficult to handle large number of passengers. Indian Railways have given a complete makeover with massive transformation to station under Railway's beautification and redevelopment initiative.[3] The station, which falls under Solapur Division of Central Railway zone, has been beautified with paintings to walls and upgraded with various ultra modern facilities. Some of the newly introduced facilities and amenities include new Foot over Bridge (FOB), a new food plaza, lifts, new toilet, CCTV cameras, Wi-Fi Service, coach guidance system, train watering facility at second platform along with tree plantation.[4]
The station doesn't have cloakrooms and any kind of book stalls. The railway track ends at Shirdi railway station and no train leaves further which makes difficult to catch other trains if one misses the train.
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Food facilities[]
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An IRCTC food canteen is present in the first platform of the station. This provides both in house sitting and parcel services. Snacks are sold by other vendors.
Trains[]
- 22147 Dadar Central–Sainagar Shirdi Weekly Superfast Express
- 17207 Sainagar Shirdi–Vijayawada Express (Wednesday) via Secunderabad
- 17001 Sainagar Shirdi–Secunderabad Express via Bidar (Monday and Saturday)
- 17205 Sainagar Shirdi–Kakinada Port Express via Secunderabad (Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday)
- 51034 Mumbai CST–Sainagar Shirdi Fast Passenger via Daund
- 22602 Sainagar Shirdi-Chennai Central SuperFast Express (Friday) via Yelahanka, Krishnarajapuram (Bangalore), Daund,
- 22893 Sainagar Shirdi – Howrah SuperFast Express Via Nagpur (Saturday)
- 18504 Sainagar Shirdi–Visakhapatnam Express via Kazipet(Friday)
- 12131 Dadar Central–Sainagar Shirdi Superfast Express via Nasik (Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday)
- 16218 Mysore–Sainagar Shirdi Express via Bangalore, Daund (Tuesday)
- 22455 Sainagar Shirdi–Kalka Express via Bhopal –Agra–New Delhi (Tuesday & Saturday)
- 18408 Puri–Sainagar Shirdi Express via Manmad–Bhusawal–Nagpur–Raipur–Bhubaneswar (Sunday)
- 17418 Tirupati–Sainagar Shirdi Express via Manmad sSecunderbad
- 11001 Sainagar Shirdi–Pandharpur Express
- 77657
References[]
- ^ "Finally, a rail link to Shirdi, from Manmad via Puntamba". The Indian Express. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ "Electrification" (PDF). Indian Railways. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ Devanjana, Nag (28 November 2019). "Indian Railways Sainagar Shirdi railway station gets a beautiful makeover! See pics". The Financial Express. Financial Express. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ Devanjana, Nag (28 November 2019). "Indian Railways Sainagar Shirdi railway station gets a beautiful makeover! See pics". The Financial Express. Financial Express. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
External links[]
- Sainagar Shirdi Trains
Shirdi travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Railway stations in Ahmednagar district
- Transport in Shirdi
- Railway stations opened in 2009
- Solapur railway division
- Maharashtra railway station stubs