Igatpuri railway station serves

Igatpuri Igatpuri (Pronunciation: ɡət̪puɾiː formerly known as Egutpoora) is a town and a Hill Station. It is also a municipal council in Nashik District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in the Western Ghats. Igatpuri railway stati ...

Nashik district Nashik district, also known as Nasik district, is a district in Maharashtra, India. The city of Nashik is the administrative headquarters of the district. Nashik is well known for the production of wine. Nashik is also known as Mini Maharashtra, ...

in the Indian state of

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...

. It stands at the head of

Thal Ghat Thal Ghat (also called as Thul Ghat or Kasara Ghat) is a ghat section (mountain incline or slope) in the Western Ghats near the town of Kasara in Maharashtra. The Thal Ghat is located on the busy Mumbai–Nashik route, and is one of the fou ...

. 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 The Indian locomotive class WAP-4 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1993 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic (P) ...

WAP-7 The Indian locomotive class WAP-7 is a class of 25 Volt, kV Alternating current, AC Electric locomotive, electric locomotives that was developed in 1999 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) for Indian Railways. The model name stands for 5 ft 6 ...

WAM-4 The Indian locomotive class WAM-4 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1970 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), alternating current (A), mixed traffic ( ...

as the case may be. The trains entering Mumbai usually change their locomotives to

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. The station is famous for its Wada Pav and

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History

The first train in India travelled from

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

to on 16 April 1853. By May 1854,

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's Mumbai–Thane line was extended to . was set up in 1860, but the service started in the mid-1860s. Service up to Igatpuri was started in 1865.

Electrification

The Kalyan–Igatpuri section was electrified with 1.5 kV DC overhead system in 1929. 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. The change over of the Mumbai area from DC to AC is complete and AC/DC locomotives are converted to pure AC locomotives.

Busy station

130 trains (excluding Summer Special Trains) pass through Igatpuri (which also includes weeklies and biweeklies, etc.)

Electric trip sheds

Igatpuri has electric trip sheds, with separate sheds for AC locos.

Gallery

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Sewagram Express The 12139/12140 Mumbai CSMT–Nagpur Sewagram Superfast Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Mumbai CSMT and in India. It operates as train number 12139 from Mumbai CSMT to Nagpur Junction and as train n ...

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Gitanjali Express The 12859 / 12860 ''Gitanjali Express'' is a daily train running between two metro cities, Kolkata, () in West Bengal and Mumbai, (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus) in Maharashtra connecting the East with the West. Numbered 12859/60 this ...

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Trains at Igatpuri

References

{{Railway stations in Maharashtra Railway stations in Nashik district Bhusawal railway division Railway stations opened in 1865 1865 establishments in British India Kalyan-Igatpuri rail line