Miraj Junction railway station

Miraj Junction
Indian Railways
General information
Location	Miraj, Maharashtra India
Coordinates	16°49′11″N 74°38′20″E
Elevation	554 metres (1,818 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Central Railway
Line(s)	Pune–Miraj–Londa line Miraj – Kolhapur Latur–Miraj section
Platforms	6
Construction
Structure type	At ground
Disabled access
Other information
Station code	MRJ
Division(s)	Pune
History
Opened	1886 (1886)
Electrified	Yes
Location
Miraj Junction Location within India Miraj Junction Miraj Junction (Maharashtra)

Miraj Junction railway station[MRJ] is a major junction railway station in the city of Miraj, Maharashtra.The Pune – Yeshwantpur railway line passes through Miraj where it meets the Miraj – Kolhapur Branch line. The Miraj - Nagpur section starts at Miraj and passes through towns such as Pandharpur, Kurduvadi, Barshi, Latur, Parli Vaijnath and Osmanabad. Also it is major Junction on Mumbai - Miraj - Bangalore line and Miraj- Nagpur line (via Kurduvadi, Osmanabad, Purnananded.

Total Trains -87

Number of Platforms: 6

Number of Halting Trains: 56

Number of Originating Trains: 11

Number of Terminating Trains: 10

Rani Chennamma express

Rani Chennamma express from Miraj junction railway station to Bangalore City railway station is one of the most prestigious trains of the South Western Railway. The train covers an average distance of 749 km operating on a daily basis. This train also ran from Bengaluru to Miraj Junction as Kittur Express during Meter gauge Era.

Rani Chennamma express is commonly referred to as the 'Queen of South Western Railways' with train number 16589/90.

Background

Before 1994, Miraj had a unique combination of three different gauges:

• Miraj-Pune and Miraj-Kolhapur, both with broad gauge lines,
• Miraj-Bangalore meter gauge line,
• Miraj-Pandharpur-Latur narrow gauge line.

By 2008, the entire Latur–Miraj section was converted from narrow gauge to broad gauge linking Miraj with Solapur and beyond. After gauge conversion completed, Miraj have only broad gauge lines.

Miraj had Steam loco shed in past near current Miraj- Bangalore line . Locomotives of Miraj loco shed was played up to Dharmawaram.After steam Locomotives was discontinued from service in 90's decade, Miraj loco shed was permanently closed. Trains like Bangalore Mail, Poona Mail, Kittur Express, Mandovi MG Express, Gomantak MG Express, Goa Express and Koyna Express once originated From Miraj Junction.

Even today, the legendary train Rani Chennamma express originates from Miraj Junction railway station. Miraj junction have facility of coach maintenance and locomotive maintenance.All DEMU trains of Miraj-Kolhapur,Miraj-Pune,Miraj-Parali,Miraj-Satara and Miraj-Kurduwadi routs are maintained here.

Jaldoot water train

Due to the drought the Latur city faced since three consecutive years, the summer of 2016 presented itself with extreme scarcity of water. To overcome this issue, a joint project was then requested by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. After further research, and many changes in plan, Miraj was chosen to transport water to Latur from 342 km. The "Jaldoot" train made its first experimental run on 11 April 2016, carrying 10 tanker wagons, each filled with 50,000 litres of water.

Originating Trains of Miraj Jn.

• Banglore - Miraj Rani Chennamma express
• Solapur - Miraj Superfast Express
• Miraj Jn - Hubballi Express
• Miraj Jn - Castlerock Express
• Miraj Jn - Parli Demu Express.
• Miraj Jn - Belagavi Passenger
• Miraj Jn - Londa Passenger
• Miraj Jn - Kolhapur passenger
• Miraj Jn - Kurduwadi DEMU Special

Trains Passing Through Miraj Jn.

• 11045/Deekshabhoomi Express
• 22497/Shri Ganganagar - Tiruchchirappalli Humsafar Express
• 19668/Palace Queen Humsafar Express
• 12629/Karnataka Sampark Kranti Express
• 11097/Poorna Express
• 17318/Dadar Central - SSS Hubballi Express
• 17411/Mahalaxmi Express
• 11021/Dadar Central - Tirunelveli Chalukya Express ( Via Yesvantpur)
• 11035/Sharavati Express
• 11005/Dadar Central - Puducherry Express
• 16505/Gandhidham - KSR Bengaluru Express
• 16531/Ajmer - KSR Bengaluru Garib Nawaz Express
• 16209/Ajmer - Mysuru Express
• 16533/Jodhpur - KSR Bengaluru Express
• 16541/Yesvantpur - Pandharpur Weekly Express
• 11030/Koyna Express
• 12147/SCSMT Kolhapur - Hazrat Nizamuddin SF Express
• 11039/Maharashtra Express
• 11046/Deekshabhoomi Express
• 11403/Nagpur - Kolhapur Express
• And so other Trains

Conecting Major Cities

• Mumbai
• Pune
• Nagpur
• Ahemdabad
• Banglore
• Nashik
• Delhi
• And More

After completing doubling and electrification of the entire Pune-Miraj-Bangaluru line, many new trains will start from Miraj towards Chennai, Nanded, Howrah, Mangalore etc.