Ekta Nagar railway station (station code: EKNR) earlier known as Kevadiya railway station (station code: KDCY) is located in

Kevadiya Ekta Nagar (previously known as Kevadia) is a census town in Narmada district in the Indian state of Gujarat. This town is famous tourist location, as ''Statue of Unity'' is located here. The town also has a Ekta Nagar railway station Demograp ...

Narmada district Narmada district is an administrative district in the state of Gujarat in India. The district headquarters are located at Rajpipla. The district is bounded by Vadodara and Chhota Udaipur districts in the north, by Nandurbar district of Maharas ...

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

, India. It consists of 3 platforms.

Location

Facing the Narmada river, it is 7 kilometers away from the small town of

. The construction of the station aims to make the ''

Statue of Unity The ''Statue of Unity'' is the world's tallest statue, with a height of , located near Kevadia in the state of Gujarat, India. It depicts Indian statesman and independence activist Vallabhbhai Patel (1875–1950), who was the first deputy pr ...

'' more accessible to tourists. Ekta Nagar railway station is located at a distance of just 5 kilometres from ''Statue of Unity''.

Development

The President of India,

Ram Nath Kovind Ram Nath Kovind (; born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician who served as the 14th President of India from 2017 to 2022. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the second person after K. R. Narayanan, from the Dalit community ...

had laid the foundation stone on 15 December 2018. It is also India's first railway station with a Green Building Certificate. The construction of the railway station is set to cost 200 million Indian rupees. The railway line will connect Kevadiya to

Chandod Chandod or Chanod is a village in Dabhoi taluka, Vadodara district, in the Indian state of Gujarat. Geography It is located at the convergence of the Narmada, Orsang, and Saraswati rivers. The village is considered sacred by many and includes ...

, Moriya,

Tilakwada Tilakwada is a village in the Narmada district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Tilakwada Taluka. Before formation of Narmada District in 1997, Tilakwada Taluka was part of Vadodara District. Demograph ...

and Garudeshwar. The existing Narrow Gauge railway line between Chandod and

Dabhoi Dabhoi is a town and a municipality in the Vadodara district in the state of Gujarat, India. History Dabhoi was historically known as Darbhavati, Darbikagrama, Darbhavatipura, and Dabhohi. It is first mentioned in the sixth century astrono ...

has been converted to broad gauge. Another stretch is being laid between Chandod and Kevadiya. The station building has three levels. The first two levels contain facilities for passengers and the third floor is an art gallery. It was inaugurated on 17 January 2021.

Trains

* 12927/12928 Ekta Nagar - Dadar Superfast Express * 20903/20904 Ekta Nagar - Varanasi Mahamana Express * 20905/20906 Ekta Nagar - Rewa Mahamana Express * 20919/20920 Ekta Nagar - Chennai Central Superfast Express * 20945/20946 Ekta Nagar - Hazrat Nizamuddin Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express * 20947/20948 Ekta Nagar–Ahmedabad Jan Shatabdi Express * 20949/20950 Ekta Nagar–Ahmedabad Jan Shatabdi Express * 69201/69202 Ekta Nagar–Pratapnagar MEMU * 69203/69204 Ekta Nagar–Pratapnagar MEMU * 69205/69206 Ekta Nagar–Pratapnagar MEMU

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* Railway stations in Narmada district {{Gujarat-railstation-stub

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