Sawai Madhopur Junction railway station
Sawai Madhopur Junction Sawai Madhopur Junction | |||||||||
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Broad Gauge | |||||||||
| Connections | Auto, taxi and bus stands | ||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||
| Accessible |  Available | ||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||||||
| Station code | SWM | ||||||||
| Zone(s) | West Central Railway zone | ||||||||
| Division(s) | Kota | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| Opened | 1905 | ||||||||
| Electrified | 2020 | ||||||||
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Sawai Madhopur Junction railway station (Code: SWM) is a major railway station on New Delhi–Mumbai main line and Jaipur–Mumbai rail line of the West Central Railway zone network. It is very well connected to Hazrat Nizamuddin, Mumbai Central, Jaipur Junction, Bharatpur, Mathura, Kanpur Central, Delhi, Bikaner, Chittaurgarh, Kota Junction.
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 :
- Kota(Electrified double broad-gauge line)
- Jaipur–Sawai Madhopurline (single Electrified broad-gauge line)
The station serves as an important halt for all trains that are bound for
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
The government has approved the construction of a new broad-gauge line between
Luxury tourist trains
Several
- Palace on Wheels
- Royal Rajasthan on Wheels
- Maharaja Express
- Deccan Odyssey
The station got the award for the Best Tourist Friendly Railway Station by Lok Sabha Speaker
Initiative
The Indian Railways considered the proposal of the
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
- Sawai Madhopur
- Sawai Madhopur District
- 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
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