Sawai Madhopur Junction railway station
Sawai Madhopur junction सवाई माधोपुर जंक्शन | |||||
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| Regional rail and Light rail station | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Sawai Madhopur, 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 | ||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||
| Parking | Available | ||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Station code | SWM | ||||
| Zone(s) | West Central Railway zone | ||||
| Division(s) | Kota | ||||
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| Electrified | Yes | ||||
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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 terminates at Sawai madhopur (Single Broad gauge Diesel line )
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.
- Palace on Wheels
- Royal Rajasthan on Wheels
- Maharaja Express
- The Indian Maharaja
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.
Gallery
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Sawai Madhopur Junction platform board -
Sawai Madhopur Junction – Info board -
Sawai Madhopur Railway Station -
Platform-4 -
Wildlife Image -
Wildlife Image
See also
- Ranthambore National Park
- Ranthambore Fort
- Rajiv Gandhi Regional Museum of Natural History
- Shilpgram, Sawai Madhopur
References
- ^ "CATEGORY WISE LIST OF STATION OF WEST CENTRAL RAILWAY". Western Central Railway.
- ^ "Construction of a new broad gauge line between Ajmer and Sawai Madhopur via Tonk". Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India. 12 February 2014.
- ^ "National Tourism Awards for 2014-15 presented". netindian.
- ^ "Train coaches to come alive with wildlife images". Z news. 12 September 2015.
External links
Sawai Madhopur travel guide from Wikivoyage- Ranthambore travel guide from Wikivoyage
