| Sawai Madhopur Junction | |
| Native Name: | Sawai Madhopur Junction |
| Type: | Indian Railways junction station, Regional Rail, express train and passenger train station and light rail station |
| Style: | Indian Railways |
| Address: | Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan |
| Country: | India |
| Elevation: | 265.785m (871.998feet) |
| Line: | New Delhi–Mumbai main line Jaipur–Sawai Madhopur line |
| Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
| Platform: | 4 (1, 2, 3, 4) |
| Tracks: | 6 Broad Gauge |
| Parking: | Available |
| Accessible: | Available |
| Owned: | Indian Railways |
| Operator: | West Central Railway zone |
| Status: | Functioning |
| Map Type: | India Rajasthan |
| Map Dot Label: | Sawai Madhopur Junctin |
| Map Size: | 300 |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Caption: | Interactive map |
| Other: | Auto, taxi and bus stands |
This station falling under Kota railway division of West Central Railway zone has been classified under 'A' category.[1]
The main lines passing through Sawai Madhopur are :
The station serves as an important halt for all trains that are bound for Jaipur, Mumbai & Delhi. Trains that are bound for reverse direction here.
A Final Location Survey for 6.98 km long Sawai Madhopur–bypass line was sanctioned in February 2020 after construction of which trains from can run up to Kota and beyond without loco reversal at Sawai Madhopur. A delay of more than 30 minutes for an engine change at Sawai Madhopur will thus be avoided. The estimated cost of the linking project is Rs 252 crore.
The government has approved the construction of a new broad-gauge line between Ajmer (Nasirabad) and Sawai Madhopur (Chauth Ka Barwara) via Tonk in Rajasthan. The total length of the new line will be 165 km. The line is planned to be completed in eight years during the 13th Plan period. It will be an alternate route between Chittaurgarh and Sawai Madhopur on the Delhi–Ahmedabad route.[2]
Several Luxury trains make a scheduled stop at Sawai Madhopur Junction on their eight-day round trip of tourist destinations.
The station got the award for the Best Tourist Friendly Railway Station by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan at a glittering ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on the occasion of the Union Tourism Ministry's ‘National Tourism Awards for the year 2014-2015’. Earlier, Sawai Madhopur railway station has also been awarded as the ‘First Heritage Railway Station’.[3]
The Indian Railways considered the proposal of the World Wildlife Fund to promote sanctuaries as tourist destinations, to showcase jungle life and to spread awareness about conservation and promote tourism, and began the campaign with railway stations at Sawai Madhopur and Bharatpur Junction for pictorial representation of natural habitats, wildlife, trees, bushes, waterbodies.[4] These paintings have made the railway station a living art museum.