Nasik Road railway station explained

Nasik Road/ Nashik Road
Type:Indian Railways station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Nashik-Pune Road, Nashik, Maharashtra, PIN 422101
Country:India
Elevation:560.61m (1,839.27feet)
Line:Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line
Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line
New Delhi–Bhopal–Mumbai line
Structure:Standard, on ground
Platform:4
Tracks:7
Parking:Available
Bicycle:Available (HEXI)
Connections:Taxi,Rickshaw, Citybus,
Opened:[1]
Electrified:Yes, in 1921
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:Central Railway
Status:Active
Former:Great Indian Peninsula Railway
Passengers:700k daily passenger
Map Type:India Maharashtra#India
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map

Nasik Road Railway Station or Nashik Road Railway Station serves Nashik city, Nashik Road and surrounding areas in Nashik district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the main railway station of Nashik. It is one of the oldest and busiest railway stations in India. It is located on Mumbai–Delhi, Mumbai–Kolkata main line. It is an A1 category railway station. It comes under the Bhusawal Division of Central Railway. Nearly 300 trains have stops at this railway station. It is one of the cleanest railway stations in India.

History

The first train in India travelled from Mumbai to on 16 April 1853. By May 1854, Great Indian Peninsula Railway's Mumbai–Thane line was extended to . was set up in 1860, but the service started in the mid-1860s. The line was extended to Khandwa in 1866 and to Nagpur in 1867.[2] [3]

Electrification

The railways in the Igatpuri–Manmad section were electrified in 1967–69.[4]

Amenities

Amenities at Nasik Road railway station include: tourist information centre, computerized reservation office, waiting room, retiring room, light refreshments, book stall, lift and escalator.[5]

Nasik Road railway station is located at a distance of 9 km from Nashik city centre. Taxis, auto & city buses are available at the railway station for travel to different parts of the city and outside.

Busy station

Nasik Road railway station is amongst the top hundred booking stations of the Indian Railway. [6]

Awards

Nasik Road station has been awarded as the 6th cleanest railway station in the A1/A category in India by Indian Railway (As per 2021 and 2022).

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Formation of Nashik Road Railway Station.
  2. Web site: IR History: Early Days – I : Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1832–1865) . IRFCA . 20 November 2012.
  3. Web site: Historical Milestones . Central Railway . 24 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012252/http://www.cr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C6%2C1191%2C1192%2C1394%2C1396%2C1410%2C1411 . 3 December 2013 .
  4. Web site: History of Electrification . IRFCA . 8 March 2013.
  5. Web site: Nasik Railway Station . makemytrip . 27 March 2013.
  6. Web site: Nasik Road (NK) Railway Station: Station Code, Schedule & Train Enquiry - RailYatri . 2023-10-17 . www.railyatri.in.