Status Operational Owner Indian Railways | Track length 630 km (391 mi) Locale Rajasthan, Gujarat | |
Website wr.indianrailways.gov.in
nwr.indianrailways.gov.in Opened 1881 as metre gauge track
1997 as broad gauge track Number of tracks Double between Jaipur and Abu road, Single from Palanpur to Ahmedabad (doubling and electrification in progress) Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge Terminis Ahmedabad Junction railway station, Jaipur Junction railway station Operators North Western Railway zone, Western Railway zone | ||
The Jaipur–Ahmedabad line connects Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan to Ahmedabad, the largest city of Gujarat in India. Swarna Jayanti Rajdhani Express is the fastest train in this route.
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History
Rajputana State Railway opened the Delhi-Bandikui 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge line in 1874, extended it to Ajmer in 1875 and to Ahmedabad in 1881. The Delhi-Ajmer metre gauge line was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge in 1994. The Ahmedabad-Ajmer sector was fully converted to broad gauge in 1997 – parts of it were converted earlier.
Electrification
Railway electrification work is in the process of being taken up in the Rewari-Alwar-Bandikui-Jaipur-Palanpur-Ahmedabad sector.
Passenger movement
Jaipur and Ahmedabad on this line, are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.
Sheds and workshops
Sabarmati earlier had a steam loco shed. Now it has metre gauge and broad gauge diesel loco shop. It holds 125+ WDG-4 locomotives. Ajmer has a metre gauge diesel loco workshop and a broad gauge and metre gauge carriage and wagon workshop. Opened in 1876, it is one of Indian Railway's premier workshops. It maintains Palace on Wheels rake. Abu Road has a diesel loco shed - formerly metre gauge and converted to broad gauge in the 1990s. Phulera has a metre gauge diesel shed.
Railway reorganisation
Rajputana State Railway was the first railway company in India to build and operate 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge lines. Rajputana State Railway was merged into Rajputana-Malwa State Railway in 1882. In 1900, Rajputana Malwa State Railway was merged in to Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway.
In 1952, Northern Railway was formed with a portion of East Indian Railway Company, west of Mughalsarai, Bikaner Railway and Eastern Punjab Railway. Western Railway was formed with BBCI Rly, the Saurashtra, the Rajasthan, the Jaipur, and the Cutch Rlys. North Western Railway was formed on 1 October 2002, with two divisions each from Northern and Western Railways.