Akola Junction railway station

Akola Junction
Indian Railway Junction Station
Location	Akola, Maharashtra, 444001 India
Coordinates	20°43′24″N 77°00′21″E / 20.7233°N 77.0057°ECoordinates: 20°43′24″N 77°00′21″E / 20.7233°N 77.0057°E
Elevation	284 metres (932 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Indian Railway
Line(s)	Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line Nagpur-Bhusawal section Akola-Ratlam line
Platforms	7
Construction
Structure type	At ground
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	AK
Zone(s)	CR
Division(s)	Bhusawal railway division
History
Opened	1867
Electrified	1989-90
Previous names	Great Indian Peninsula Railway
Location
Akola railway station Location in Maharashtra

Akola Junction serves Akola in Akola district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is an important junction station on the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line. There is a broad gauge line to Secunderabad railway station and the metre gauge Akola-Ratlam line is under gauge conversion.

History

The first train in India travelled from Mumbai to Thane on 16 April 1853. By May, 1854, Great Indian Peninsula Railway's Bombay-Thane line was extended to Kalyan. Bhusawal railway station was set up in 1860 and in 1867 the GIPR branch line was extended to Nagpur.^[1]

Electrification

The railways in the Bhusawal area were electrified in 1989-90.^[2]

Gauge conversion

There earlier existed a 1,469 kilometres (913 mi) long metre gauge line from Jaipur to Secunderabad via Akola. Out of this Jaipur to Indore and the Secunderabad-Purna-Akola sections have already been converted to broad gauge and conversion of the Ratlam-Akola section was approved for conversion in 2008.^[3]

Amenities

Amenities at Akola railway station include: computerized reservation office, subscriber trunk dialling/public call office booth, waiting room, retiring room, vegetarian and non-vegetarian refreshments, and book stall.^[4]

Busy station

Akola railway station is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.^[5] 127 trains (including weeklies and bi-weeklies) pass through Akola railway station.^[6]

References

1. Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1832 - 1865). "IR History: Early Days – I". IRFCA. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
2. "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
3. "Gauge conversion of Ratlam-Khandwa-Mhow-Akola". Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
4. "Nasik to Akola trains". makemytrip. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
5. "Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry". Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways. IRFCA. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
6. l "Akola Jn. Railway Station details" Check |url= value (help). indiantrains.org. Retrieved 2013-03-13.

External links

• 203 Trains Arriving and Departing from Akola junction

Preceding station		Indian Railways		Following station
Yvalkhed		Central Railway zone Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line		Gaigaon
Terminus		Central Railway zone Akola-Secunderabad line		Shivani Shivapur
Terminus		Central Railway zone Akola-Ratnam MG line		Kinkhed