Sawai Madhopur Junction railway station

Location
	Sawai Madhopur Junction Location within Rajasthan

Sawai Madhopur Junction
Sawai Madhopur Junction
Regional rail and Light rail station
General information
Location	Sawai Madhopur District, Rajasthan; India
Coordinates	26°01′09″N 76°21′27″E / 26.01917°N 76.35750°E
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 line
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)	KotaTooltip Kota railway division
History
Electrified	Yes
Location
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 :

Mumbai–New Delhi line via Kota (broad-gauge line)
Jaipur–Sawai Madhopur line (single broad-gauge line)

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.

Further extension

A Final Location Survey for 6.98 km long Sawai Madhopur–bypass line was sanctioned in February 2020 after construction of which trains from Jaipur can run up to Kota and beyond without loco reversal at Sawai Madhopur. A delay of more than 30 minutes for an engine change at Sawai Madhopur will thus be avoided. The estimated cost of the linking project is Rs 252 crore.

The government has approved the construction of a new broad-gauge line between Ajmer (Nasirabad) and Sawai Madhopur (Chauth ka Barwara) via Tonk in Rajasthan. The total length of the new line will be 165 km. The line is planned to 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]

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 Railways 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.