Wardha Junction | |||||
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| Location | State Highway 3, Wardha, Maharashtra India | ||||
| Coordinates | 20°43′59″N 78°35′41″E / 20.7331°N 78.5948°E / 20.7331; 78.5948 | ||||
| Elevation | 246.90 metres (810.0 ft) | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operated by | Central Railway | ||||
| Line(s) | Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line Wardha–Chitoda line | ||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||
| Tracks | 10 | ||||
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| Structure type | At ground | ||||
| Parking | Available | ||||
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| Station code | WR | ||||
| Division(s) | Nagpur | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1867 | ||||
| Electrified | 1990–1991 | ||||
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Wardha Junction railway station is a railway station serving Wardha city, in Wardha districtofMaharashtra state of India. It is under Nagpur railway divisionofCentral Railway zone of Indian Railways. It is an important junction station on the Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line and Wardha–Chitoda line (off New Delhi–Chennai main line) of the Indian Railways.
It is located at 246 m above sea level and has 4 platforms. As of 2016, at this station, 90 trains stop, out of which two trains (Wardha–Balharshah passenger and Wardha–Bhusaval passenger) start/end here.[1]
The first passenger train in India traveled from Mumbai to Thane on 16 April 1853. By May 1854, Great Indian Peninsula Railway's Bombay–Thane line was extended to Kalyan. Bhusawal railway station was set up in 1860, and in 1867 the GIPR branch line was extended to Nagpur.[2]
Before establishment of Sevagram railway station, north–south-bound trains have to get their engines reversed in opposite direction, which was very time-consuming process. To avoid this problem, a new station for halting north–south-bound trains was established in 1985, named Sevagram railway station. Since then, trains running on New Delhi–Chennai main line halt at Sevagram railway station, bypassing Wardha railway station.
The railways in the Badnera–Wardha sector were electrified in 1990–1991.[3]
The station has been equipped with new Route Relay Interlocking (RRI) for faster train operation.
Amenities at Wardha railway station include: computerized reservation office, waiting room, retiring room, vegetarian and non-vegetarian refreshments, and book stall.[4]In recent years,this railway station under Nagpur division of Central Railway Zone has undergone lot of modernisation and renovation under station redevelopment programme of Indian Railways.Waiting area has been developed on one side of the station and foundation laid for a monumental flag at the station premises[5].A new fully air-conditioned waiting hall had been set up for travellers and proposal to undertake transforming non-AC dormitory of three persons into fully air-condition dormitory for five persons.
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