Ajni railway station explained

Ajni
Type:Indian Railways station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Humpyard Road, Ajni, Nagpur, Pin-440003, Maharashtra,
Coordinates:21.1269°N 79.0828°W
Map Type:India Maharashtra#India
Map Dot Label:Ajni
Elevation:304.29m (998.33feet)
Structure:Standard (on-ground station)
Platform:3 + 4(under construction)[1]
Tracks:6
Parking:Available
Electrified:Yes
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:Central Railways
Status:Functioning
Passengers:18000

Ajni railway station (station code:- AJNI) is a railway station in vicinity of Nagpur in Maharashtra on Delhi–Chennai line.

It is situated at a distance of about 2.8 km from Nagpur railway station. There are plans to develop it as a terminus alternative to Nagpur. A proposal has also been sent to Railway Ministry to develop it as a Coaching complex.[2]

Many trains have a brief stop of about 2 minutes at this station. This station is mainly used by residents of Central, West, South-West and Southern suburbs of Nagpur and short-distance daily travelers. Trains terminating at Nagpur get almost 80 percent emptied here. And trains originating from Nagpur get filled here with almost 40 percent.

Ajni is among the five small stations which falls within the extended city limits of Nagpur. The name of these five stations are Ajni,,, Kamptee & Khapri.

In the past (until the mid to late 1990s), Ajni had the station code of AQ.

Loco Shed

Electric Loco Shed, Ajni holding 260+ locomotives like WAP-7, WAG-7, WAG-9 and WAG-12.It is currently holding 66 WAP-7, 49 WAG-7, 160+ WAG-9 and 26 WAG-12 locomotives.

Service

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Transformation: Ajni station with Four platforms. thelivenagpur.com. 2023-09-19.
  2. Web site: Rlys red signal Ajni complex . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103083132/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-03/nagpur/28233576_1_ajni-coach-maintenance-facilities-nagpur-station . dead . 2012-11-03 . . 2016-01-11.