Abu Road railway station (station code: ABR) is located in

Abu Road Abu Road is a city and sub-district in Sirohi district of Rajasthan state in western India, lies on the bank of West Banas River. It is the tehsil and sub-district headquarters. Its railway station is an important stop on the main Indian Railwa ...

in the Indian state of

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

. It serves

and is gateway to the popular

hill station A hill station is a town located at a higher elevation than the nearby plain or valley. The term was used mostly in colonial Asia (particularly in India), but also in Africa (albeit rarely), for towns founded by European colonialists as refuges ...

Mount Abu Mount Abu () is a hill station in the Aravalli Range in Sirohi district of the state of Rajasthan in western India.The mountain forms a rocky plateau 22 km long by 9 km wide. The highest peak on the mountain is Guru Shikhar at above s ...

The railway station

Abu Road railway station is at an elevation of and is assigned the code – ABR.

History

Rajputana State Railway opened the Delhi–Bandikui -wide

metre-gauge Metre-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. The metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by European colonial powers, such as the French, British and German Empires. In Europe, la ...

line in 1874, extended it to Ajmer in 1875 and to Ahmedabad in 1881. The Delhi–Ajmer metre-gauge line was converted to

broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...

in 1994. The Ahmedabad–Ajmer sector was fully converted to broad gauge in 1997 – parts of it were converted earlier.

Services

Ranakpur Express The 14707 / 14708 Ranakpur Express is an express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 14707 from Bikaner to Dadar and as train number 14708 in the reverse direction. It is named after ...

Suryanagri Express The 12479 / 12480 Suryanagri Express is a Superfast train running between the Indian cities of Jodhpur and Bandra Terminus, Mumbai. It initially plied between Jodhpur and Ahmedabad as the 4845/46 Suryanagri Express. In the 2002/03 railway budg ...

Dadar–Ajmer Superfast Express The 12989 / 12990 Dadar–Ajmer Superfast Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways – North Western Railway zone that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 12990 from Ajmer Junction to Dadar and as t ...

* Mysore–Ajmer Express * Bandra Terminus–Jodhpur Express *

Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Bandra Terminus Garib Rath Express The 12215 / 12216 Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Bandra Terminus Garib Rath Express is a Superfast Express train of the Garib Rath category belonging to Indian Railways – Northern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It has Vadodara or Ghazi ...

Chandigarh–Bandra Terminus Superfast Express The 22451 / 22452 Chandigarh–Bandra Terminus Superfast Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 22452 from Chandigarh Junction to Bandra Terminus and as ...

Bandra Terminus–Jammu Tawi Vivek Express The 19027/19028 Bandra Terminus - Jammu Tawi Vivek Express is an express train of the Vivek Express series belonging to Indian Railways that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 19027 from to and as train number 19028 in ...

Amrapur Aravali Express The 14701 /14702 Amrapur Aravali Express is an mail/express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 14701 from Shri Ganganagar to Bandra Terminus in DN direction and as train number 1470 ...

Bikaner–Dadar Superfast Express The 12489 / 90 Bikaner–Dadar Western Superfast Express is a Superfast Express trains in India, Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways – North Western Railway zone that runs between Bikaner, Bikaner Junction and in India. It ...

* Gorakhpur Express * Adi Gorakhpur Express via Ajmer/Jaipur *

Ahmedabad–Varanasi Weekly Express The Ahmedabad–Varanasi Weekly Express is an Superfast Express train belonging to Western Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 19407/19408 train numbers on a weekly basis. Service It averages sp ...

(via DLI, LKO & AJMER) *

Swarna Jayanti Rajdhani Express The 12957 / 12958 Swarna Jayanti Rajdhani Express is a Rajdhani Express train on the Indian Railways broad-gauge track network, connecting Ahmedabad and New Delhi, a distance of approximately 933.5 km. The train was one of the last Rajdha ...

Ashram Express The 12915 / 12916 Ashram A.C Express is an A.C Superfast Express train that runs between and Old Delhi in India. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 12915 from Ahmedabad Junction to Old Delhi and as train number 12916 in the ...

Haridwar Mail The 19031/19032 Ahmedabad Rishikesh Yoga Express is an express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Ahmedabad and Rishikesh in India. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 19031 from Ahmedabad to Rishikesh and ...

* Jodhpur–Pune Express

Diesel Loco Shed

The

Diesel Loco Shed, Abu Road Diesel Loco Shed, Abu Road is a motive power depot performing locomotive maintenance and repair facility for diesel locomotives of the Indian Railways, located at Abu Road railway station (ABR) in Abu Road city in the Indian state of Rajasthan ...

located here provides employment to a large number of people and holds an important place in town's economy. The Diesel Shed at Abu Road was commissioned by

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tot ...

as a

shed on 26 October 1966. It was then the largest MG shed of Western Railway with holdings of 112 locomotives. With

conversion, the shed was converted to a BG shed with holdings of 60 locomotives. There are 68 supervisors and 570 workers in the shed.. It is only Diesel shed in Ajmer division and 2nd in

North Western Railway The North Western Railway (abbreviated NWR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Jaipur,Rajasthan with 59,075+ employees, 658+ stations and a route length of more than 5761 km across at least some parts of four ...

zone of the

. A diesel training center is located at the shed that conducts promotional, refresher and special courses for locomotive running staff as well as formal training of shed maintenance staff. It is currently houses 140+ diesel locomotives like

WDM 3A The Indian locomotive class WDM-3A is a class of diesel–electric locomotive that was developed in 1993 by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), Varanasi for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), Diesel (D), Mixed traffic (M) ...

, WDG 3A,

WDG 4 The Indian locomotive class WDG-4 (EMD GT46MAC) is a freight-hauling diesel-electric locomotive with AC electric transmission designed by General Motors Electro-Motive Diesel in 1997–1998 for Indian Railways, where they are classed as WDG-4. ...

, WDP 4D & WDG 4D.

References

External links

Trains at Abu Road
* {{Railway stations in Rajasthan Railway stations in Sirohi district Ajmer railway division 1881 establishments in India Railway stations in India opened in 1881 Abu Road