Sainagar Shirdi railway station

Sainagar Shirdi railway station
Sainagar Shirdi railway station
Indian Railways station
	Sainagar Shirdi
General information
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	Ministry of Railways (India)
Operated by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Daund–Manmad branch line
Platforms	3
Tracks	4
Connections	Buses, Taxi stand, Prepaid auto service
Construction
Structure type	Standard on ground
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning (Wi-fi Enabled)
Station code	SNSI
Zone(s)	Central Railway zone
Division(s)	Pune
History
Opened	2009
Electrified	2011–12
Location
	Sainagar Shirdi Location in Maharashtra Sainagar Shirdi Location in India

Sainagar Shirdi railway station (station code: SNSI^[1]) is a major railway station serving 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 Divine Temple of Shri Sai Baba. Shri Sai Baba Mandir is the most famous and most visited Shrine of India. Lakhs of people come every day to seek blessings from Shri Sai Baba with the help of this railway station. Temple authority Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust runs free buses from the station to the Temple.

History[edit]

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.^[2] The Manmad–Puntamba-Sainagar Shirdi is a broad-gauge line which was electrified in 2011–12.^[3] Before this rail link pilgrims reached the town by road after alighting at Kopargaon, Nagarsol, Manmad and Nashik Road railway stations.

Passenger facilities[edit]

The station has two waiting halls one for Upper Class and one for General Class ticket holders. The waiting halls are big which handle large number of passengers. Indian Railways have given a complete makeover with massive transformation to station under Railway's beautification and redevelopment initiative.^[4] The station, which falls under Pune 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 have cloak room and lockers.The railway track ends at Shirdi railway station and no train leaves further. You will get trains from all directions of India.

Food facilities[edit]

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[edit]

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)
20857 Puri–Sainagar Shirdi Weekly Superfast Express via Manmad–Bhusawal–Nagpur–Raipur–Bhubaneswar (Sunday)
17418 Tirupati–Sainagar Shirdi Express via Manmad Secunderabad
11001 Sainagar Shirdi–Pandharpur Express
77657 Jalna–Sainagar Shirdi DEMU
22224 Sainagar Shirdi - Mumbai CSMT Vande Bharat Express

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Station Code Index" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 2023–24. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b 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[edit]

Sainagar Shirdi Trains
Shirdi travel guide from Wikivoyage

[stn_code-1] "Station Code Index" (PDF). Portal of Indian Railways. Centre For Railway Information Systems. 2023–24. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

[2] "Finally, a rail link to Shirdi, from Manmad via Puntamba". The Indian Express. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2013.

[3] "Electrification" (PDF). Indian Railways. Retrieved 24 March 2013.

[Financial_Express-4] 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.

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