Amravati railway station serves

Amravati Amravati (pronunciation ( help·info)) is the second largest city in the Vidarbha region and ninth largest city in Maharashtra, India. It is administrative headquarters of Amravati district and Amravati division which includes Akola, Buld ...

in Amravati district 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 is linked to

Badnera railway station Badnera railway station serves Badnera, an area in Amravati city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is a junction station on the Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line. There is a broad gauge line to Narkhed. Today, Badnera is a part of Amravati Mun ...

on the

Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line The Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line (also known as Mumbai–Kolkata line) is a railway line in India connecting Kolkata and Mumbai via Nagpur. The railway line was opened to traffic in 1900. Sections The trunk line has been treated in more deta ...

. This is a terminal station. Train for

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Tirupati Tirupati () is a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of the Tirupati district. The city is home to the important Hindu shrine of Tirumala Venkateswara Temple and other historic temples and is refe ...

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, Surat,

Nagpur Nagpur (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 13th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nag ...

originates from Amravati. It is one of the three railway stations of

city.

History

The first train in India travelled from Mumbai to Thane on 16 April 1853. By May 1854,

Great Indian Peninsula Railway The Great Indian Peninsula Railway (reporting mark GIPR) was a predecessor of the Central Railway (and by extension, the current state-owned Indian Railways), whose headquarters was at the Boree Bunder in Mumbai (later, the Victoria Terminu ...

's Bombay–Thane line was extended to

Kalyan Kalyan (Pronunciation: əljaːɳ is a city on the banks of Ulhas River in Thane district of Maharashtra state in Konkan division. It is governed by Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation. Kalyan is a subdivision (Taluka) of Thane district ...

. Bhusawal railway station was set up in 1860 and in 1867 the GIPR branch line was extended to

. The -long broad gauge Badnera–Narkhed line was completed in 2012. New Amravati railway station is on the new track.

Electrification

Railways in the Amravati area were electrified in 1993–94. The 2 km-long Amravati chord line was electrified in 2011–2012.

Amenities

Amravati railway station has total 4 platforms. Amenities at Amravati railway station include: computerised reservation office and waiting room.

Trains

Important trains departing Amravati Terminal:

Express

* 02118/02117

Pune–Amravati Express Pune–Amravati Express was an intercity train of the Indian Railways connecting and of Maharashtra. It was being operated with 11405/11406 train numbers.This train was permanently cancelled in ZBTT. Service The 11405/Pune–Amravati Exp ...

* 02112/02111

Mumbai–Amravati Express The 12111/12112 Amravati Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Mumbai CST and Amravati Terminus in India. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 12111 from Mumbai to Amravati A ...

* 02766/02765

Tirupati–Amravati Express Tirupati–Amravati Express is a Superfast train belonging to Indian Railways connecting Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh with Amravati in Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occ ...

* 09126/09125

Surat–Amravati Express The 19025 / 19026 Surat–Amravati Express is an express train belonging to Western Railway zone The Western Railway (abbreviated WR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways and is among the busiest railway networks in India, headquarte ...

Passenger

Badnera Badnera is a town in Amravati district in the Indian state of Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is ...

–Amravati Shuttle. * Amravati–

Wardha Wardha is a city and a municipal council in Wardha district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Wardha district. Wardha gets its name from the Wardha River which flows at the north, west and south bounda ...

Passenger. *

–Amravati Passenger.

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Trains at Amravati
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