Igatpuri इगतपुरी | |||||||||||
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Location | Igatpuri, Dist.Nashik PIN-422403 India | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 19°41′41″N73°33′44″E / 19.6946°N 73.5622°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 599.400 metres (1,966.54 ft) | ||||||||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
Operated by | Central Railway | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Bhusawal–Kalyan section of Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line, Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 4 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Standard, on ground | ||||||||||
Parking | Available | ||||||||||
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Station code | IGP | ||||||||||
Division(s) | Mumbai | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1865 | ||||||||||
Electrified | 1929 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Great Indian Peninsula Railway | ||||||||||
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Location in Maharashtra |
Igatpuri railway station serves Igatpuri in Nashik district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It stands at the head of Thal Ghat.
It is a loco change-over point for trains moving out of Mumbai as well as trains entering Mumbai. The trains moving out of Mumbai usually change their locomotives to WAP-4 or WAP-7 or WAM-4 as the case may be. The trains entering Mumbai usually change their locomotives to WCAM-3. The station is famous for its Wada Pav and Idli.
The first train in India travelled from Mumbai to Thane on 16 April 1853. By May 1854, Great Indian Peninsula Railway's Mumbai–Thane line was extended to Kalyan. Bhusawal was set up in 1860, but the service started in the mid-1860s. Service up to Igatpuri was started in 1865. [1] [2]
The Kalyan–Igatpuri section was electrified with 1.5 kV DC overhead system in 1929. [3] Subsequent electrification with 25 kV AC overhead system in the Igatpuri–Manmad sector, with AC/DC change over at Igatpuri, was carried out in 1967–69. [4] The change over of the Mumbai area from DC to AC is complete and AC/DC locomotives are converted to pure AC locomotives.
130 trains (excluding Summer Special Trains) pass through Igatpuri (which also includes weeklies and biweeklies, etc.) [5]
Igatpuri has electric trip sheds, with separate sheds for AC locos. [6]
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