| Aurangabad railway station | |
| Type: | Regional rail and Light rail station |
| Style: | Indian Railways |
| Address: | Station Rd, Padampura, Aurangabad 431001, Maharashtra |
| Country: | India |
| Line: | Secunderabad–Manmad |
| Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
| Platform: | 5 (3 in use for passengers.) |
| Tracks: | 8 |
| Parking: | available |
| Status: | Active |
| Electrified: | Yes |
| Accessible: | Yes |
| Owned: | Indian Railways |
| Operator: | South Central Railway |
| Zone: | South Central Railway zone |
| Map Type: | India Maharashtra |
| Map Dot Label: | Aurangabad railway station |
| Map Size: | 260 |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Caption: | Interactive map |
Aurangabad railway station (code AWB) is a railway station located on the –Manmad section which mainly services Aurangabad City. This railway station comes under the Nanded division of the South Central Railway zone and has rail connectivity with major cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Nanded, Nizamabad, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Parbhani, Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Gangakhed, Purna, Udgir, Raichur jn,, Kadapa, and Latur Road.
Aurangabad railway station was opened in 1900. It was made by the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan. His highness Nizam made Godavari Valley Railway Company under the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway. In 1876 work began during the regime of 6th Nizam Mir Mahbub Ali Khan. The first line between Hyderabad and Bezwada was constructed.
The first broad-gauge line between Secunderabad and Wadi was constructed in 1885. Hyderabad–Manmad line work completed in 1900. Hyderabad–Jaipur metre-gauge line work started and was completed in 1906.[1]
In 1950 Nizam's Guaranteed Railway was nationalized and merged in India railway. In 1992, 94-metre-gauge work of Secunderabad–Manmad line was completed.[2] In 2004, the Nizam railway line was made broad gauge by Indian Railways.
Aurangabad railway station falls under Nanded Sub-Division of South Central Railway. It is situated in between Manmad Junction (Central Railway) to Hazur Sahib Nanded station (South Central Railway) line. Aurangabad railway station also known as Chatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (AWB) is the only station in Nanded division that has A1 category status. Aurangabad station is one of the model stations in the country. It has 5 platforms of which 3 are used for passenger services. All four are covered. Aurangabad station has many facilities but it could use expansion because the city is the tourism capital of Maharashtra.
Aurangabad has rail connectivity with Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai Central, Nizamabad, Nanded, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune, Yadgir, Raichur, Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Visakhapatnam. The Jalna-Mumbai CSMT Vande Bharat Express is the current fastest train connecting it with Mumbai with an average speed of 63 km/hr. The Sachkhand Express connects it with the national capital of India New Delhi (NDLS) with an average journey time of 23 hours and 35 minutes .[3] [4] [5]
Some of the important trains from Aurangabad are Sachkhand Express, Devagiri Express, Ajanta Express, Mumbai CSMT–Hingoli Deccan Jan Shatabdi Express,Jalna-Mumbai CSMT Vande Bharat Express
Aurangbad has two more stations within the city limits. One is Chikhalthana railway station the other is newly constructed Mukundwadi railway station.