Jalgaon Junction railway station serves
Jalgaon
Jalgaon () is a city in Maharashtra, India. The city is located in North Maharashtra, and serves as the administrative headquarters of its namesake district, the Jalgaon district. Jalgaon is colloquially known as the “''Banana City of Indi ...
in
Jalgaon district in the Indian state of
Maharashtra.
History
The first train in India travelled from
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...
to 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 . Service up to was started in 1860.
Electrification
The Jalgaon–Bhusawal section was electrified in 1968–69.
Amenities
Amenities at Jalgaon railway station include: computerized reservation office, subscriber trunk dialling/public call office booth, waiting room, retiring room, elevators, escalators, vegetarian and non-vegetarian refreshments, and a book stall.
Other
Ajanta Caves are from Jalgaon. Buses and taxis are available at Jalgaon for visiting Ajanta.
References
External links
Trains at Jalgaon*
{{Railway stations in Maharashtra
Railway junction stations in Maharashtra
Railway stations in Jalgaon district
Bhusawal railway division
Railway stations opened in 1860
Jalgaon