Ahmedabad–Mumbai main line

Ahmedabad–Mumbai Main Line
Overview
Native nameअहमदाबाद - मुंबई मुख्य लाइन , અમદાવાદ - મુંબઇ મુખ્ય લાઇન
StatusOperational
OwnerIndian Railways
LocaleGujarat, Maharashtra
Termini
Service
SystemElectrified
Operator(s)Western Railway
History
Opened20 January 1863
Technical
Line length493 km (306 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz AC OHLE fully operational
Operating speedup to 160 km/h
Route map

to Jaipur–Ahmedabad line
to Ahmedabad–Viramgam section
13
Chandoldiya
to Khodiyar
5
Sabarmati Junction
Chimanbhai Patel Flyover
Sabarmati River
to Ahmedabad–Udaipur line
0
Ahmedabad
3
Maninagar
NH8C-IN.svg NH 8C
8
Vatva
Sardar Patel Ring Road
13
Geratpur
17
Barjedi Nandej
21
Kanij
SH144-IN jct.svg SH 144
24
Nenpur
Vartak River
28
Mahemdavad Kheda Road
SH60-IN jct.svg SH 60
37
Gothaj
to Ahmedabad–Udaipur line
46
Nadiad Junction
51
Uttarsanda
Vadtal Swaminarayan
57
Kanjari Boriyavi Junction
Khambhat
Katilalavdi
Sayama
Yavarpura
Tarapur Junction
Nartown
Pandori
Petlad Junction
Bhatiel
Agas
Karamsad
Vallabh Vidyanagar
To Mathura–Vadodara section/Godhra
64
Anand Junction
71
Vadod
75
Adas Road
Kathana
Ras
Virsad
Bochasan Junction
Borsad
Davol
Anklav
Bhetasi
80
Vasad Junction
Mahi River
85
Nandesari
89
Ranoli
93
Bajva
SH11-IN jct.svg SH 11
To Mathura–Vadodara section/Delhi
100
Vadodara Junction
103
Vishwamitri
Pratapnagar
Kelanpur
Kundhela
Bhilpur
Thulvavi
Dabhoi Junction
Vadhvana
Amalpur
Sankheda Bahadurpur
Chuchhapura Junction
Jojwa
Bodeli
Jabugam
Suskal
Pavi
Tejgarh
Puniyavant
Chhota Udaipur
To Chhota Udaipur–Dhar line
109
Makarpura
114
Varnama
118
Itola
122
Kashipura Sarar
130
Miyagam Karjan Junction
SH161-IN jct.svg SH 161
138
Lakodara
150
Palej
152
Varediya
158
Nabipur
165
Chavaj
Dahej
Pakhajan
Vagra
Samni
Tham
170
Bharuch Junction
Narmada River
Rajpipla
Taropa
Amletha
Juna Rajuvadiya
Umalla
RajPardi
Avidha
Zaghadia
New Gumandev
Gummandev
Boridra
Dadhal Inam
Ankleshwar Udyognagar
180
Ankleshwar Junction
SH6-IN jct.svg SH 6
190
Panoli
194
Hathuran
198
Kosamba
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206
Kim
216
Sayan
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219
Gothangam
223
Kosad
226
Utran
Tapi River
230
Surat
234
Udhna Junction
To Bhusawal–Kalyan section
238
Bhestan
244
Sachin
251
Maroli
Purna River
259
Navsari
262
Gandhi Smriti
268
Vedchha
271
Ancheli
275
Amalsad
Ambika River
280
Bilimora Jn
Khakhera River
289
Dungri
Auranga River
298
Valsad
309
Pardi
Par River
315
Udvada
Kolak River
325
Vapi
Damanganga River
331
Karambeli
336
Bhilad
347
Sanjan
353
Umbargam Road
Gujarat
Maharashtra
357
Bordi Road
362
Gholvad
373
Dahanu Road
385
Vangaon
395
Boisar
406
Palghar
414
Kelve Road
421
Saphale
Vaitarna River
429
Vaitarna
437
Virar
More information:Western line
446
Vasai Road
To Vasai Road–Roha line
and Mumbai Dadar–Solapur section
Vasai Creek
454
Bhayandar
463
Borivali
476
Andheri
482
Bandra/Bandra Terminus
Mahim Bay/Mithi River
487
Mumbai Dadar
488
Prabhadevi-Parel
on Mumbai Dadar–Solapur section
493
Mumbai Central
494
Grant Road
495
Charni Road
496
Marine Lines
498
Mumbai Churchgate
;Sources


59442/Ahmedabad–Mumbai Central Passenger

79428 Khambhat–Anand Passenger

59104 Kathana–Vadodara Passenger

59117 Vadodara–Chhota–Udepur Passenger

69196 Dahej–Bharuch MEMU

59168 Rajpipla–Ankleashwar Passenger

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

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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

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  • 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]
  • 1987: The electrified Delhi–Bombay trunk route was commissioned by Western Railways.[5]

Trains

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The following trains serve this line:

Runs only on this route

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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
Mumbai Central - Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express 12009/10 Mumbai Central Ahmedabad
Gujarat Express 22953/54 Mumbai Central Ahmedabad
Karnavati Express 12933/34 Mumbai Central Ahmedabad
Gujarat Mail 12901/02 Mumbai Central Ahmedabad
Mumbai Central - Ahmedabad Passenger 59439/40 Mumbai Central Ahmedabad
Mumbai Central - Ahmedabad Passenger 59441/42 Mumbai Central Ahmedabad
Flying Ranee 12921/22 Mumbai Central Surat
Vadodara Express 12927/28 Mumbai Central Vadodara
Mumbai Central - Valsad Fast Passenger 59023/24 Mumbai Central Valsad
Lok Shakti Express 22927/28 Mumbai Bandra (T) Ahmedabad
Bandra Terminus Vapi Passenger 59045/46 Mumbai Bandra (T) Vapi/Valsad
Bandra Surat Intercity Express 12935/36 Mumbai Bandra (T) Surat
Bhilad - Vadodara Superfast Express 22929/30 Bhilad Vadodara
Gujarat Queen 19033/34 Valsad Ahmedabad
Vadodara Ahmedabad Intercity Express 19035/36 Vadodara Ahmedabad
Mumbai Central – Ahmedabad Double Decker Express 12931/32 Mumbai Central Ahmedabad

Starts from Mumbai, Valsad, Surat and Ahmedabad

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Train name Train no Starts End Via on this route
Paschim Express 12925/26 Mumbai Bandra (T) Amritsar Vadodara
August Kranti Rajdhani Express 12953/54 Mumbai Central Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin Vadodara
Ranakpur Express 14707/08 Bikaner Mumbai Bandra (T) Ahmedabad
Firozpur Janata Express 19023/24 Mumbai Central Firozpur Vadodara
Mumbai Rajdhani Express 12951/52 Mumbai Central New Delhi Vadodara
Mumbai Central–Rajkot Duronto Express 12267/68 Mumbai Central Rajkot Ahmedabad
Dehradun Express 19019/20 Mumbai Bandra (T) Dehradun Vadodara
Kutch Express 19131/32 Mumbai Bandra (T) Bhuj Ahmedabad
Aravali Express 19707/08 Mumbai Bandra (T) Jaipur Ahmedabad
Golden Temple Mail 12903/04 Mumbai Central Amritsar Vadodara
Suryanagri Express 12479/80 Jodhpur Mumbai Bandra (T) Ahmedabad
Saurashtra Janata Express 19017/18 Mumbai Bandra (T) Jamnagar Ahmedabad
Saurashtra Express 12915/16 Mumbai Central Porbandar Ahmedabad
Saurashtra Mail 19005/06 Mumbai Central Okha Ahmedabad
Avantika Express 12961/62 Mumbai Central Indore Vadodara
Sayajinagari Express 19115/16 Mumbai Bandra (T) Bhuj Ahmedabad
Dadar - Ajmer Superfast Express 12989/90 Mumbai Dadar Ajmer Ahmedabad
Bhuj Dadar Superfast Express 12959/60 Bhuj Mumbai Dadar Ahmedabad
Bikaner Dadar Superfast Express 12489/90 Bikaner Mumbai Dadar Ahmedabad
Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express 12907/08 Mumbai Bandra (T) Delhi Hazrat Nizmuddin Vadodara
Yuva Express 12247/48 Mumbai Bandra (T) Delhi Hazrat Nizmuddin Vadodara
Jaipur Superfast Express 12955/56 Mumbai Central Jaipur Vadodara
Jaipur Bandra Terminus Superfast Express 22933/34 Mumbai Bandra (T) Jaipur Vadodara
Ajmer Bandra Terminus Express 22995/96 Mumbai Bandra (T) Ajmer Vadodara
Bandra Terminus Udaipur Superfast Express 22901/02 Mumbai Bandra (T) Udaipur Vadodara
Swaraj Express 12471/72 Mumbai Bandra (T) Jammu Tawi Vadodara
Jaipur Duronto Express 12239/40 Mumbai Central Jaipur *Vadodara
Indore Duronto Express 12227/28 Mumbai Central Indore *Vadodara
Mumbai New Delhi Duronto Express 22209/10 Mumbai Central New Delhi *Vadodara
Bandra Terminus Bhavnagar Terminus Express 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
Garib Rath Express 12215/16 Delhi Sarai Rohilla Mumbai Bandra (T) Ahmedabad
Vivek Express 19027/28 Mumbai Bandra (T) Jammu Tawi Ahmedabad
AC Superfast Express 22903/04 Mumbai Bandra (T) Bhuj Ahmedabad
Premium AC Express 22913/14 Mumbai Central New Delhi Vadodara
Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express 19029/30 Mumbai Bandra (T) Delhi Sarai Rohilla Ahmedabad
Jodhpur Express 19065/66 Mumbai Bandra (T) Bhagat Ki Kothi (Jodhpur) Ahmedabad
Jhansi Express 11103/04 Jhansi Mumbai Bandra (T) Vadodara
Patna Express 19049/50 Mumbai Bandra (T) Patna Udhna Junction
Chandigarh Express 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
Valsad - Dahod Intercity Express 12929/30 Valsad Dahod Vadodara
Valsad Jodhpur Express 19055/56 Valsad Jodhpur Ahmedabad
Udyog Karmi Express 12943/44 Valsad Kanpur Udhna Junction
Valsad Haridwar Express 12911/12 Valsad Haridwar Vadodara
Shramik express 19051/52 Valsad Muzaffarpur Udhna Junction
Valsad-Puri Superfast Express 22909/10 Valsad Puri Vadodara
Surat–Muzaffarpur Express 19053/54 Surat Muzaffarpur Vadodara
Surat Jamnagar Intercity Express 22959/60 Surat Jamnagar Ahmedabad
Tapti Ganga Express 19051/52 Surat Bhagalpur Udhna Junction
Surat-Malda Town Express 13245/46 Surat Malda Town Udhna Junction
Tapti Ganga Express 19045/46 Surat Chhapra Udhna Junction
Udhna Varanasi Express 19057/58 Udhna Junction Varanasi Udhna Junction
Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express 12917/18 Ahmedabad Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin Vadodara
Sabarmati Express 19165/66 Ahmedabad Darbhanga Vadodara
Sabarmati Express 19167/68 Ahmedabad Varanasi Vadodara
Navjivan Express 12655/56 Ahmedabad Chennai Central Udhna Junction
Howrah Ahmedabad Superfast Express 12833/34 Ahmedabad Howrah Udhna Junction
Prerana Express 22137/38 Ahmedabad Nagpur Udhna Junction
Ahimsa Express 11095/96 Ahmedabad Pune Vasai Road
Pune Ahmedabad Duronto Express 12297/98 Ahmedabad Pune *Vasai Road
Puri Ahmedabad Express 12843/44 Puri Ahmedabad Udhna Junction
Chennai Central−Ahmedabad Express 19419/20 Chennai Central Ahmedabad Vasai Road
Navjeevan Express 12655/56 Ahmedabad Chennai Central Udhna Junction
Azimabad Superfast Express 12947/48 Ahmedabad Patna Vadodara
Ahmedabad - CSMT Kolhapur Express 11049/50 Ahmedabad Kolhapur CSMT Vasai Road
  • * Technical stops

Trains run through this route

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Train name Train no Starts End Via on this route S/E
Okha - Tuticorin Vivek Express 15967/68 Tuticorin Okha Vasai Road - Ahmedabad
Rajkot - Coimbatore Express 16613/14 Rajkot Coimbatore Vasai Road - Ahmedabad
Rajkot Secunderabad Express 17017/18 Rajkot Secunderabad Vasai Road - Ahmedabad
Tirunelveli Jamnagar Superfast Express 19577/78 Tirunelveli Jamnagar Vasai Road - Ahmedabad
Mysore Ajmer Express 16209/10 Ajmer Mysore Vasai Road - Ahmedabad
Thiruvananthapuram Veraval Express 16333/34 Veraval Thiruvananthapuram Vasai Road - Ahmedabad
Madgaon - Hapa Superfast Express 22907/08 Madgaon Hapa Vasai Road - Ahmedabad
Hazrat Nizamuddin Pune Duronto Express 12263/64 Pune Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin Vasai Road - Vadodara
Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express 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
Indore–Pune Express 19311/12 Indore Pune Vasai Road - Vadodara
Somnath - Jabalpur Express (via Itarsi) 11463/64 Somnath Jabalpur Vadodara - Ahmedabad
Somnath - Jabalpur Express (via Bina) 11465/66 Somnath Jabalpur Vadodara - Ahmedabad
Parasnath Express 12941/42 Bhavnagar Asansol Vadodara - Ahmedabad
Shanti Express 19309/10 Gandhinagar Indore Vadodara - Ahmedabad
Shalimar - Bhuj Weekly SF Express 22829/30 Bhuj Kolkata Shalimar Vadodara - Ahmedabad
Dwarka Express 15635/36 Okha Guwahati Vadodara - Ahmedabad
Gandhidham-Puri Express (via Vizianagaram) 19453/54 Gandhidham Puri Udhna Junction - Ahmedabad
Garbha Superfast Express 12937/38 Gandhidham Howrah Vadodara - Ahmedabad
Bikaner - Coimbatore SF AC Express 22475/76 Bikaner Coimbatore Vasai Road - Ahmedabad
Visakhapatnam–Gandhidham Express 18501/02 Visakhapatnam Gandhidham Udhna Junction - Ahmedabad
Kaviguru Express 12949/50 Porbandar Santragachi (Kolkata) Udhna Junction - Ahmedabad
Howrah Porbandar Express 12905/06 Porbandar Howrah Udhna Junction - Ahmedabad

Speed limits

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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 [6][7]

Station Maximum operational Speed
Mumbai Central to Borivali 100 kmpl [6]
Borivali to Virar 110 kmpl[6]
Virar to Ahmedabad 160 kmpl[6]

References

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  1. ^ irfca.org, Retrieved 13 Aug 2020
  2. ^ irfca.org, Retrieved 13 Aug 2020
  3. ^ "First train chugged out of Ahmedabad 154 years ago - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  4. ^ Indian Railways History, Retrieved 22 August 2020
  5. ^ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d "Mumbai-Ahmedabad Route Trains to Operate At 160 Kmph From August 15". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  7. ^ DeshGujarat (18 June 2024). "Mumbai - Ahmedabad route trains to operate at upto 160 kmph speed from August 15". DeshGujarat. Retrieved 19 June 2024.