Sainagar Shirdi railway station

Sainagar Shirdi
Indian Railway Station
Sainagar Shirdi
Location	Shirdi, Maharashtra  India
Coordinates	19°46′50.73″N 74°28′48.5″E / 19.7807583°N 74.480139°ECoordinates: 19°46′50.73″N 74°28′48.5″E / 19.7807583°N 74.480139°E
Elevation	504m
Line(s)	Daund - Manmad Branch Line
Platforms	2 (2nd under construction)
Tracks	3 (used only two)
Construction
Structure type	Standard, on ground
Other information
Station code	SNSI
Division(s)	Solapur
History
Opened	2009
Electrified	2011-12
Location
Sainagar Shirdi railway station Location in Maharashtra

Sainagar Shirdi Railway Station (Devanagiri - साईनगर शिर्डी ) is a railway station in the city of Shirdi, Maharashtra state, India. Sainagar Shirdi is a railway terminus and belongs to Central Railways of Indian Railways.It is located from about 5 km from the Holy Temple of Shri Sai Baba Samadhi. Temple authority I.e Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust runs free buses from station to Temple free of cost.

History

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 had started in 2003. The new railway station, Sainagar Shirdi is well connected with many direct trains to different places.^[1] The Manmad-Puntamba-Sainagar Shirdi is a broad gauge line which was electrified in 2011-12.^[2] Before this rail link pilgrims used to reach the town by road after alighting at Kopargaon, Nagarsol, Manmad and Nashik Road railway stations.

Passenger Facilities

The station lacks proper sanitation and proper shelters. The station has two waiting halls one for Upper Class and one for General Class ticket holders. The waiting halls are very small and difficult to handle large number of passengers.

Station doesn't have cloak rooms and any kind of book stalls. Passengers should also note that the railway track ends at Shirdi Railway Station and no train leaves further which makes difficult to catch other trains if one misses the train.

Station View

Food Facilities

Pilgrims travelling from Shirdi town to Shirdi Railway Station should be aware that any kinds of food stalls, restaurants and hotels are not present in and around station till far. One should pack their food before reaching station.

Only water bottles and biscuit packets are available in the station. One can find a small stall of Samosas and Pakoras outside the station seasonally.

Trains

1. 17207 Sainagar Shirdi - Vijayawada Junction Express (Wednesday) Via S'bad
2. 17001 Sainagar Shirdi - Secunderabad Junction Express (Monday and Saturday)Via Bidar
3. 17205 Sainagar Shirdi - Kakinada Town Junction Express (Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday)Via S'bad
4. 51034 Sainagar Shirdi - Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Fast Passenger (Daily) Via Daund
5. 22602 Sainagar Shirdi - Chennai Central SuperFast Express (Friday)Via Yelahanka, Krishnarajapuram (Bangalore), Daund,
6. 22893 Sainagar Shirdi - Kolkata Howrah Junction SuperFast Express (Saturday)Via Nagpur
7. 17205 Sainagar Shirdi - Visakhapatnam Junction Express (Sunday, Thursday and Saturday)Via Kazipet
8. 12132 Sainagar Shirdi - Mumbai Dadar Central SuperFast Express (Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday)Via Nasik
9. 16218 Sainagar Shirdi - Mysore Express (Tuesday)Via Bangalore, Daund
   
10. 22455 Sainagar Shirdi - Chandigarh - Kalka Superfast Express (Tuesday & Saturday) Via [Bhopal - Agra - NDLS]
11. 18408 Sainagar Shirdi - Puri weekly Express (Sunday) Via [Manmad-Bhusawal-Nagpur-Raipur-Bhubneswar]
12. 17002 Sainagar Shirdi - Secunderabad - Sainagar Shirdi Express via [Aurangabad]

References

1. "Finally, a rail link to Shirdi, from Manmad via Puntamba". The Indian Express, 9 February 2009. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
2. "Electrification" (PDF). Indian Railways. Retrieved 2013-03-24.

External links

• Sainagar Shirdi Trains
• Shirdi travel guide from Wikivoyage