Vadodara Junction railway station

Vadodara Junction વડોદરા જંકશન वड़ोदरा जंक्शन
Location	Sayajiganj, Vadodara
Elevation	35.348 metres (115.97 ft)
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	Ahmedabad→Vadodara New Delhi→Mumbai Vadodara→Chhota Udaipur
Platforms	07
Tracks	9
Construction
Structure type	Railway Station
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Available
Disabled access	BRC
Other information
Station code	BRC
Fare zone	Western Railways, Vadodara railway division
History
Opened	1861
Electrified	Yes
Services
ATM, Baggage Room, Dormitory/Retiring Rooms Refreshment, Waiting Room

Vadodara Railway Station is the main station in the Indian city of Vadodara, Gujarat. It is the busiest station in Gujarat and one of the busiest in the whole country as well as a major stop on the western railway zone of Indian railways.

Railway lines and college

The station serves three lines: the direct line between Ahmedabad and Mumbai; Vadodara and Chhota Udepur and the Delhi line via Ratlam, Kota and Mathura. Trains going towards the northern region use the Ratlam line while all other trains use the Ahmedabad-Mumbai line, such as the Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express, Delhi Sarai Rohilla Bandra Terminus Garib Rath Express, Gujarat Mail, Karnavati Express, Suryanagri Express and Ranakpur Express. The prestigious Mumbai Rajdhani Express, August Kranti Rajdhani Express, Trivandrum Rajdhani Express, Golden Temple Mail and Avantika Express amongst others also halt at this station.

The Railway Staff College is the alma mater for Officers of Indian Railways. It is situated in a sprawling campus of 55 acres (22 ha) of garden and wooded land in the Pratap Vilas Palace ((built in 1914) at Lalbaug, Vadodara. It provides training to all levels of Indian railway officers, from probationers to general managers.

The college was founded in 1930 at Dehradun and then shifted to its present sylvan surroundings at Vadodara in 1952. Pratap Vilas Palace is surrounded by lush green lawns and was designed by C.F. Stevens in the renaissance style. The property was purchased from the Gaekwads, the erstwhile rulers of Vadodara and is home to peacocks and migratory birds.

Passengers wait next to the Rajkot Express at Vadodara Station

History

The station was built in 1861 for the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway company by then Gaekwad ruler Maharaja Khanderao. The existing building was newly constructed by Indian Railways in 1954 by demolishing the original smaller station. The station celebrated 150 years of establishment on 9 January 2010.

It is a fairly large station with seven platforms on the main line numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 along with Platform 7, which acts as a terminus for some passenger and MEMU trains and facilitates reversing of some trains including the 9309/9310 Shanti Express and the Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express, which use the Vadodara Delhi line as well as the Vadodara Ahmedabad line. An average of 81 trains inclusive of freight trains pass through the station every day.

Vadodara electric loco shed

Vadodara has one of the largest electric loco sheds in the Western Railway zone. The shed houses more than 130 locomotives, which include WAP-4, WAP-5, WAM-4 and WAG-5 locomotives. Additionally it has an AC electric trip shed to house locos coming from other sheds and an AC/DC dual loco trip shed which houses WCAM Class locomotives from Valsad shed and allows for locomotive changes at Vadodara because the trains coming from New Delhi mainline are AC Locomotives and the trains going to Mumbai need AC/DC Loco. Mumbai is under DC supply from before Borivali while the Western Railway in Mumbai changed over to the AC system in February 2012, WCAM locos have been transferred to the Kalyan shed.

It also has a MEMU car shed which houses the Mainline Electric Multiple units which provides feeder services to Ahmedabad, Surat, Dahod and Godhra.

Originating Trains

Super-Fast

12928 - Vadodara Express
22930 - Vadodara - Bhilad Express (UnReserved)

Other

1. Vadodara - Valsad intercity Express (Now this train runs between Dahod - Valsad station,so withdrawn from Vadodara in budget-2012)

2. Vadodara - Ahmedabad Intercity Express

3. Vadodara - Ahemdabad MEMU

4. Vadodara - Surat MEMU

5. Vadodara - Godhra MEMU

6. Vadodara - Dahod MEMU

7. Vadodara - Kathana Passenger

8. Vadodara - Anand Passenger

9. Vadodara - Kota Passenger

10. Vadodara - Dabhoi/Bodeli Passenger

Trains to Mumbai

1. 12951/2952 Mumbai Rajdhani Express

2. 12953/2954 Hazrat Nizammudin- Mumbai August Kranti Rajdhani Express

3. 12009/2010 Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express

4. 12961/2962 Indore - Mumbai Central Avantika Express

5. 12215/2216 Delhi Sarai Rohilla Bandra Terminus Garib Rath Express

6. 19029/9030 Delhi Sarai Rohilla Bandra Terminus Express

7. 12909/2910 Bandra Terminus Hazrat Nizamuddin Garib Rath Express

8. 12927/2928 Vadodara Express

9. 12933/2934 Mumbai - Ahmedabad Karnavati Express

10. 12479/2480 Jodhpur - Bandra Terminus Suryanagri Express

11. 19012/9011 Gujarat Express

12. 12903/2904 Golden Temple Mail (Earlier known as Frontier mail)

13. 19215/9216 Saurashtra Express

14. 19023/9024 Firozpur Janata Express

15. 19031/9032 Indore - Bandra Express

16. 19131/9132 Kutch Express

17. 19115/9116 Sayajinagari Express

18. 12901/12902 Gujarat Mail

19. 19144/9143 Lok Shakti Express

20. 19005/9006 Saurashtra Mail

21. 19017/9018 Saurashtra Janata Express

22. 12955/2956 Jaipur Superfast Express

23. 19707/9708 Jaipur Bandra Aravali Express

24. 12971/12972 Bandra Terminus Bhavnagar Terminus Express

Trains to South India

1. 12431/12432 Trivandrum Central - Hazrat Nizammudin Trivandrum Rajdhani Express

2. 12655/12656 Ahmedabad - Chennai Central Navjivan Express

3. 12217/12218 Chandigarh - Trivandrum Kochuveli Kerala Sampark Kranti Express

4. 16333/16334 Veraval - Trivandrum Central Express

5. 16336/16335 Gandidham - Trivandrum Central - Nagercoil Express

6. 16312/16311 Bikaner - Trivandrum Kochuveli Express

7. 12287/12288 Dehradun - Trivandrum Kochuveli Express

8. 12484/12483 Amritsar - Trivandrum Kochuveli Express

9. 19059/19060 Bhavnagar - Trivandrum Kochuveli Express

10. 19061/19062 Porbander - Trivandrum Kochuveli Express

11. 16336/16337 Okha - Ernakulam Express

12. 12977/12978 Ajmer Ernakulam Marusagar Superfast Express

13. 16613/16614 Rajkot - Coimbatore Express

14. 16501/16502 Yesvantpur Ahmedabad Weekly Express

15. 17017/17018 Rajkot Secunderabad Express

16. 17037/17038 Bikaner Secunderabad Express

17. 12449/12450 Goa Sampark Kranti Express

18. 12997/12998 Hapa Tirunelveli Superfast Express

19. 16125/16126 Jodhpur Chennai Egmore Express

20. 16733/16734 Okha Rameshwaram Express

21. 19567/19568 Madurai Dwaraka Vivek Express

22. 18501/18502 Gandhidham-Visakhapatnam Weekly Express

23.19419/19420 Ahmedabad Chennai Central Ahmedabad Biweekly Express

24. 22413/22414 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Madgaon Rajdhani Express

25. 22633/22634 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Trivandrum Central Superfast Express

26. 22653/22654 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Trivandrum Central Superfast Express via Kottayam

27. 22655/22656 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Trivandrum Central Superfast Express via Allapauza

Trains to East and North East

1. 12833/2834 Howrah Ahmedabad Superfast Express

2. 12905/2906 Howrah Porbandar Express

3. 15635/5636 Dwarka Express

4. 15667/5668 Kamakhya Gandhidham Express

5. 12937/2938 Howrah Gandhidham Garbha Superfast Express

6. 12947/2948 Patna Ahmedabad Azimabad Superfast Express

7. 12843/2844 Puri Ahmedabad Express

8. 18401/8402 Puri Okha Express

9. 12949/12950 Porbandar Santragachi Kavi Guru Express

10. 12993/12994 Puri Gandidham Superfast Express

Trains to North and Central India

1. 2471/2472 Swaraj Express (Jammu Tawi)

2. 2473/2474 Sarvodaya Superfast Express (Jammu Tawi)

3. 2475/2476 Hapa Jammu Tawi Superfast Express

4. 2477/2478 Jamnagar Jammu Tawi Superfast Express

5. 9019/9020 Dehradun Express

6. 2956/2925 Bandra Amritsar/Kalka Paschim Express

8. 2903/2904 Frontier Mail Mumbai - Amritsar

7. 2917/2918 Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express

8. 2907/2908 Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express

9. 2961/2962 Mumbai - Indore Avantika Express

10. 9031/9032 Indore - Bandra Express

11. 9309/9310 Ahmedabad - Indore Shanti Express

12. 9311/9312 Pune - Indore Express

13. 1463/1464/1465/1466 Jabalpur Somnath Express

14. 1087/1088 Veraval Pune Express

15. 1095/1096 Ahimsa Express

16. 9309/9310 Indore Gandhinagar Shanti Express

17. 1049/1050 Ahmedabad Kolhapur Express

18. 9037/9038 Bandra Terminus Gorakhpur Avadh Express

19. 9039/9040 Bandra Terminus Muzaffarpur Avadh Express

20. 4707/4708 Bikaner - Bandra Terminus Ranakpur Express

23. 12939/12940 Jaipur Pune Superfast Express

Trains having technical halt at Vadodara Jn.

1. 12264/2263 Hazrat Nizamuddin Pune Duronto Express

2. 22209/22210 Mumbai New Delhi Duronto Express

3. 12283/2284 Ernakulam Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto Express

4. 12239/12240 Jaipur Duronto Express

5. 12227/12228 Indore Duronto