Igatpuri railway station
Igatpuri इगतपुरी | |||||||||||
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| Location | Igatpuri, Dist.Nashik PIN-422403 India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°41′41″N 73°33′44″E / 19.6946°N 73.5622°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 599.4 metres (1,967 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Central Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Bhusawal-Kalyan section of Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line, Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Standard, on ground | ||||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||||
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| Station code | IGP | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Mumbai | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1865 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 1929 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Great Indian Peninsula Railway | ||||||||||
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Igatpuri railway station serves Igatpuri in Nashik district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It stands at the head of Thull Ghat.
It is a loco change-over point for trains moving out of Mumbai as well as trains entering Mumbai. The trains moving out of Mumbai usually change their locomotives to WAP 4 or WAP 7 or WAM 4 as the case may be. The trains entering Mumbai usually change their locomotives to WCAM-3. The station is famous for its Wada Pav and Idli.
History
The first train in India travelled from Mumbai to Thane on 16 April 1853. By May, 1854, Great Indian Peninsula Railway's Mumbai-Thane line was extended to Kalyan. Bhusawal was set up in 1860, but the service started in the mid-1860s. Service up to Igatpuri was started in 1865.[1][2]
Electrification
The Kalyan-Igatpuri section was electrified with 1.5 kV DC overhead system in 1929.[3]Subsequent electrification with 25 kV AC overhead system in the Igatpuri-Manmad sector, with AC/DC change over at Igatpuri, was carried out in 1967-69.[4]The change over of the Mumbai area from DC to AC is complete and AC-DC locomotives are converted to pure AC locomotives.
Busy station
130 trains (excluding Summer Special Trains) pass through Igatpuri (which also includes weeklies and biweeklies, etc.) [5]
Electric trip sheds
Igatpuri has electric trip sheds, with separate sheds for AC locos and AC/DC locos.[6]
References
- ^ Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1832 - 1865). "IR History: Early Days – I". IFCA. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Historical Milestones". Central Railway. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Electric Traction I". History of Electrification. IRFCA. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ "Igatpuri Departures at IndiaRailInfo". IRI. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ "Sheds and Workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
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