Sawai Madhopur Junction railway station

Sawai Madhopur Junction

Sawai Madhopur Junction
Sawai Madhopur Junction; Sawai Madhopur Junction
Indian Railways junction station, Regional Rail, express train and passenger train station and light rail station
	Main Entrance of Sawai Madhopur Junction Railway Station
General information
Location	Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan; India
Coordinates	26°01′13″N 76°21′43″E / 26.02028°N 76.36194°E
Elevation	265.785 metres (872.00 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	West Central Railway zone
Line(s)	New Delhi–Mumbai main line; Jaipur–Sawai Madhopur line
Platforms	4 (1, 2, 3, 4)
Tracks	6 Broad Gauge
Connections	Auto, taxi and bus stands
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Available
Accessible	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	SWM
Zone(s)	West Central Railway zone
Division(s)	KotaTooltip Kota railway division
History
Opened	1905; 119 years ago
Electrified	2020; 4 years ago
Location
	Sawai Madhopur Junctin Location in Rajasthan
	Interactive map

Sawai Madhopur Junction railway station (Code: SWM) is a major railway station on New Delhi–Mumbai main line and Jaipur–Mumbai rail line of the West Central Railway zone network. It is very well connected to Hazrat Nizamuddin, Mumbai Central, Jaipur Junction, Bharatpur, Mathura, Kanpur Central, Delhi, Bikaner, Chittaurgarh, Kota Junction.

Administration edit

This station falling under Kota railway division of West Central Railway zone has been classified under 'A' category.^[1]

Lines edit

The main lines passing through Sawai Madhopur are :

Mumbai–New Delhi line via Kota (Electrified double broad-gauge line)
Jaipur–Sawai Madhopur line (single Electrified broad-gauge line)

The station serves as an important halt for all trains that are bound for Jaipur, Mumbai & Delhi. Trains that are bound for Jaipur reverse direction here.

Further extension edit

A Final Location Survey for 6.98 km long Sawai Madhopur–bypass line was sanctioned in February 2020 after construction of which trains from Jaipur 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]

Luxury tourist trains edit

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]

Initiative edit

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.