Ahmedabad–Mumbai main line explained

Ahmedabad–Mumbai Main Line
Native Name:	अहमदाबाद - मुंबई मुख्य लाइन, અમદાવાદ - મુંબઇ મુખ્ય લાઇન
System:	Electrified
Status:	Operational
Locale:	Gujarat, Maharashtra
Start:	Ahmedabad Junction
End:	Mumbai Central
Open:	20 January 1863
Owner:	Indian Railways
Operator:	Western Railway
Linelength:	4930NaN0
Tracks:	2
Gauge:	broad gauge
Electrification:	25 kV 50 Hz AC OHLE fully operational
Speed:	up to 160 km/h
Map State:	collapsed

The Ahmedabad–Mumbai main line or the Mumbai–Ahmedabad main line is a railway route on the Western Railway section of Indian Railways. It is one of the busiest railway routes of the Indian Railways and is fully electrified. The Western line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway operates on the southern part of this route.

The Ahmedabad–Mumbai corridor passes through some major industrial cities such as Vadodara, Bharuch, Surat, Ankleshwar, Vapi, Dahanu Road and Palghar. There are commutes daily and regularly between these industrial clusters for business and work. This makes the Ahmedabad–Mumbai line one of the most productive and the most beneficial for the public.

Main lines Branch

Currently, the Ahmedabad–Mumbai mainline consists of some branch lines which are totally on broad gauge,^[1] these are:
1) Nadiad Junction–Modasa line with a length of 104 km. New Line From Modasa-Udaipur Is Working
2) Vadtal Swaminarayan–Kanjari Boriyavi Junction line with a length of 6 km.
3) Khambhat–Anand Junction line with a length of 53 km.
4) Kathana–Vasad Junction line with a length of 43 km.
5) Vadodara Junction–Chhota Udepur line with a length of 105 km.
5) Dahej–Bharuch Junction line with a length of 62 km.
6) Rajpipla–Ankleshwar Junction line with a length of 63 km.^[2]

History

1855: Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Company (BB&CI), incorporated by Act of British Parliament on 2 July, signs an agreement with British East India Company on 21 Nov to construct a railway line from Surat to Baroda and Ahmedabad.
1860: BB&CI's first section from Ankleshwar to Utran is inaugurated, and the Surat railway station was built; it was the first railway station in Asia to have a platform on the first floor (above ground level).
1862: Asia's first narrow-gauge line opened between Dabhoi and Miyagam (near Vadodara), and BB&CI introduces the world's first double-decker coaches.
1863: The first train is flagged off from Kalupur railway station in Ahmedabad to Surat on 20 January.^[3]
1864: BB&CI trains reach Mumbai and run between Grant road and Valsad.
1870: BBCI Railway runs direct trains between Ahmedabad and Bombay.
1901: The Anand–Tarapur branch line was inaugurated by the Petlad–Cambay Railway of BBCI.
1917: The Ankleshwar–Rajpipla branch line was inaugurated by the Rajpipla State Railway of BBCI.
1929: The Vadtal–Kanjari Boriyavi Branch line was inaugurated by the Boriyavi–Vadtal Railway of BBCI.
1930: The Vasad–Kathana Branch line was inaugurated by the Vasad–Katana Railway of BBCI.^[4]
1974: Virar Ahmedabad sector was AC electrified since 1973-74 in phases.^[5]
1987: The electrified Delhi–Vadodara route was commissioned by Western Railways.^[6]

Trains

The following trains serve this line:

Runs only on this route

Train name	Train no	Starts	End
Mumbai Central - Gandhinagar Capital Vande Bharat Express	20901/02	Mumbai Central	Gandhinagar
Ahmedabad–Mumbai Central Tejas Express	82901/02	Mumbai Central	Ahmedabad
	12009/10	Mumbai Central	Ahmedabad
	22953/54	Mumbai Central	Ahmedabad
	12933/34	Mumbai Central	Ahmedabad
	12901/02	Mumbai Central	Ahmedabad
	59439/40	Mumbai Central	Ahmedabad
	59441/42	Mumbai Central	Ahmedabad
	12921/22	Mumbai Central	Surat
Vadodara Express	12927/28	Mumbai Central	Vadodara
	59023/24	Mumbai Central	Valsad
	22927/28	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Ahmedabad
	59045/46	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Vapi/Valsad
	12935/36	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Surat
	22929/30	Bhilad	Vadodara
	19033/34	Valsad	Ahmedabad
	19035/36	Vadodara	Ahmedabad
	12931/32	Mumbai Central	Ahmedabad

Starts from Mumbai, Valsad, Surat and Ahmedabad

Train name	Train no	Starts	End	Via on this route
	12925/26	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Amritsar	Vadodara
	12953/54	Mumbai Central	Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin	Vadodara
	14707/08	Bikaner	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Ahmedabad
	19023/24	Mumbai Central	Firozpur	Vadodara
	12951/52	Mumbai Central	New Delhi	Vadodara
	12267/68	Mumbai Central	Rajkot	Ahmedabad
	19019/20	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Dehradun	Vadodara
	19131/32	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Bhuj	Ahmedabad
	19707/08	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Jaipur	Ahmedabad
	12903/04	Mumbai Central	Amritsar	Vadodara
	12479/80	Jodhpur	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Ahmedabad
Saurashtra Janata Express	19017/18	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Jamnagar	Ahmedabad
	12915/16	Mumbai Central	Porbandar	Ahmedabad
	19005/06	Mumbai Central	Okha	Ahmedabad
	12961/62	Mumbai Central	Indore	Vadodara
	19115/16	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Bhuj	Ahmedabad
	12989/90	Mumbai Dadar	Ajmer	Ahmedabad
	12959/60	Bhuj	Mumbai Dadar	Ahmedabad
	12489/90	Bikaner	Mumbai Dadar	Ahmedabad
	12907/08	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Delhi Hazrat Nizmuddin	Vadodara
	12247/48	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Delhi Hazrat Nizmuddin	Vadodara
	12955/56	Mumbai Central	Jaipur	Vadodara
	22933/34	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Jaipur	Vadodara
	22995/96	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Ajmer	Vadodara
	22901/02	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Udaipur	Vadodara
	12471/72	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Jammu Tawi	Vadodara
	12239/40	Mumbai Central	Jaipur	Vadodara
	12227/28	Mumbai Central	Indore	Vadodara
	22209/10	Mumbai Central	New Delhi	Vadodara
	12971/72	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Bhavnagar	Ahmedabad
Avadh Express	19037/38	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Gorakhpur	Vadodara
Avadh Express	19039/40	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Muzaffarpur	Vadodara
	12215/16	Delhi Sarai Rohilla	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Ahmedabad
	19027/28	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Jammu Tawi	Ahmedabad
AC Superfast Express	22903/04	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Bhuj	Ahmedabad
	22913/14	Mumbai Central	New Delhi	Vadodara
Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express	19029/30	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Delhi Sarai Rohilla	Ahmedabad
	19065/66	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Bhagat Ki Kothi (Jodhpur)	Ahmedabad
	11103/04	Jhansi	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Vadodara
Patna Express	19049/50	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Patna	Udhna Junction
	22451/52	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Chandigarh	Ahmedabad
Gandhidham Express	19451/52	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Gandhidham	Ahmedabad
Haridwar Express	22917/18	Mumbai Bandra (T)	Haridwar	Vadodara
	12929/30	Valsad	Dahod	Vadodara
	19055/56	Valsad	Jodhpur	Ahmedabad
	12943/44	Valsad	Kanpur	Udhna Junction
	12911/12	Valsad	Haridwar	Vadodara
	19051/52	Valsad	Muzaffarpur	Udhna Junction
	22909/10	Valsad	Puri	Vadodara
	19053/54	Surat	Muzaffarpur	Vadodara
	22959/60	Surat	Jamnagar	Ahmedabad
	19051/52	Surat	Bhagalpur	Udhna Junction
	13245/46	Surat	Malda Town	Udhna Junction
	19045/46	Surat	Chhapra	Udhna Junction
	19057/58	Udhna Junction	Varanasi	Udhna Junction
	12917/18	Ahmedabad	Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin	Vadodara
	19165/66	Ahmedabad	Darbhanga	Vadodara
	19167/68	Ahmedabad	Varanasi	Vadodara
	12655/56	Ahmedabad	Chennai Central	Udhna Junction
	12833/34	Ahmedabad	Howrah	Udhna Junction
	22137/38	Ahmedabad	Nagpur	Udhna Junction
	11095/96	Ahmedabad	Pune	Vasai Road
	12297/98	Ahmedabad	Pune	Vasai Road
	12843/44	Puri	Ahmedabad	Udhna Junction
	19419/20	Chennai Central	Ahmedabad	Vasai Road
	12655/56	Ahmedabad	Chennai Central	Udhna Junction
	12947/48	Ahmedabad	Patna	Vadodara
	11049/50	Ahmedabad	Kolhapur CSMT	Vasai Road

* Technical stops

Trains run through this route

Train name	Train no	Starts	End	Via on this route S/E
	15967/68	Tuticorin	Okha	Vasai Road - Ahmedabad
	16613/14	Rajkot	Coimbatore	Vasai Road - Ahmedabad
	17017/18	Rajkot	Secunderabad	Vasai Road - Ahmedabad
	19577/78	Tirunelveli	Jamnagar	Vasai Road - Ahmedabad
	16209/10	Ajmer	Mysore	Vasai Road - Ahmedabad
	16333/34	Veraval	Thiruvananthapuram	Vasai Road - Ahmedabad
	22907/08	Madgaon	Hapa	Vasai Road - Ahmedabad
	12263/64	Pune	Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin	Vasai Road - Vadodara
	12431/32	Thiruvananthapuram	Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin	Vasai Road - Vadodara
Goa Sampark Kranti Express	12449/50	Madgaon	Chandigarh	Vasai Road - Vadodara
Kerala Sampark Kranti Express	12217/18	Kochuveli (Thiruvananthapuram)	Chandigarh	Vasai Road - Vadodara
Marusagar Express	12977/78	Ernakulam	Ajmer	Vasai Road - Vadodara
Barmer Yeshvantapur AC Express	14805/06	Yeshvantapur	Barmer	Vasai Road - Ahmedabad
	19311/12	Indore	Pune	Vasai Road - Vadodara
	11463/64	Somnath	Jabalpur	Vadodara - Ahmedabad
	11465/66	Somnath	Jabalpur	Vadodara - Ahmedabad
	12941/42	Bhavnagar	Asansol	Vadodara - Ahmedabad
	19309/10	Gandhinagar	Indore	Vadodara - Ahmedabad
	22829/30	Bhuj	Kolkata Shalimar	Vadodara - Ahmedabad
	15635/36	Okha	Guwahati	Vadodara - Ahmedabad
	19453/54	Gandhidham	Puri	Udhna Junction - Ahmedabad
	12937/38	Gandhidham	Howrah	Vadodara - Ahmedabad
	22475/76	Bikaner	Coimbatore	Vasai Road - Ahmedabad
	18501/02	Visakhapatnam	Gandhidham	Udhna Junction - Ahmedabad
	12949/50	Porbandar	Santragachi (Kolkata)	Udhna Junction - Ahmedabad
	12905/06	Porbandar	Howrah	Udhna Junction - Ahmedabad

Speed limits

Most of the Ahmedabad–Mumbai mainline is classified as 'A' class line where trains can run up to 160 km per hour but in certain sections speeds may be limited from 100 kmph to 110 kmph ^[7] ^[8]

!Station!Maximum operational Speed
Mumbai Central to Borivali	100 kmpl
Borivali to Virar	110 kmpl
Virar to Ahmedabad	160 kmpl

Notes and References

https://www.irfca.org/docs/rinbad-ng.html irfca.org
https://www.irfca.org/docs/mg-routes.html irfca.org
Web site: First train chugged out of Ahmedabad 154 years ago - Times of India. The Times of India. 17 February 2017.
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650 Indian Railways History
Web site: History of Electrification. IRFCA. 24 June 2013.
Web site: History of Electrification. IRFCA. 24 June 2013.
Web site: Mumbai-Ahmedabad Route Trains to Operate At 160 Kmph From August 15 . 2024-06-19 . Free Press Journal . en.
Web site: DeshGujarat . 2024-06-18 . Mumbai - Ahmedabad route trains to operate at upto 160 kmph speed from August 15 . 2024-06-19 . DeshGujarat . en-US.