Sawai Madhopur Junction railway station

26°01′13″N 76°21′43″E / 26.02028°N 76.36194°E / 26.02028; 76.36194Elevation265.785 metres (872.00 ft)Owned byIndian RailwaysOperated byWest Central Railway zoneLine(s)New Delhi–Mumbai main line
Jaipur–Sawai Madhopur linePlatforms4 (1, 2, 3, 4)Tracks6 Broad GaugeConnectionsAuto, taxi and bus standsConstructionStructure typeStandard (on-ground station)ParkingAvailableAccessible AvailableOther informationStatusFunctioningStation codeSWM Zone(s) West Central Railway zone Division(s) KotaTooltip Kota railway divisionHistoryOpened1905; 119 years ago (1905)Electrified2020; 4 years ago (2020)LocationInteractive map

Sawai Madhopur Junction railway station (Code: SWM) is a major railway station on New Delhi–Mumbai main line and Jaipur–Mumbai rail line of the West Central Railway zone network. It is very well connected to Hazrat Nizamuddin, Mumbai Central, Jaipur Junction, Bharatpur, Mathura, Kanpur Central, Delhi, Bikaner, Chittaurgarh, Kota Junction.

Administration

This station falling under Kota railway division of West Central Railway zone has been classified under 'A' category.^[1]

Lines

The main lines passing through Sawai Madhopur are :

• Mumbai–New Delhi line via Kota (Electrified double broad-gauge line)
• Jaipur–Sawai Madhopur line (single Electrified broad-gauge line)

The station serves as an important halt for all trains that are bound for Jaipur, Mumbai & Delhi. Trains that are bound for Jaipur reverse direction here.

Further extension

A Final Location Survey for 6.98 km long Sawai Madhopur–bypass line was sanctioned in February 2020 after construction of which trains from Jaipur can run up to Kota and beyond without loco reversal at Sawai Madhopur. A delay of more than 30 minutes for an engine change at Sawai Madhopur will thus be avoided. The estimated cost of the linking project is Rs 252 crore.

The government has approved the construction of a new broad-gauge line between Ajmer (Nasirabad) and Sawai Madhopur (Chauth Ka Barwara) via Tonk in Rajasthan. The total length of the new line will be 165 km. The line is planned to be completed in eight years during the 13th Plan period. It will be an alternate route between Chittaurgarh and Sawai Madhopur on the Delhi–Ahmedabad route.^[2]

Luxury tourist trains

Several Luxury trains make a scheduled stop at Sawai Madhopur Junction on their eight-day round trip of tourist destinations.

• Palace on Wheels
• Royal Rajasthan on Wheels
• Maharaja Express
• Deccan Odyssey

The station got the award for the Best Tourist Friendly Railway Station by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan at a glittering ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on the occasion of the Union Tourism Ministry's ‘National Tourism Awards for the year 2014-2015’. Earlier, Sawai Madhopur railway station has also been awarded as the ‘First Heritage Railway Station’.^[3]

Initiative

The Indian Railways considered the proposal of the World Wildlife Fund to promote sanctuaries as tourist destinations, to showcase jungle life and to spread awareness about conservation and promote tourism, and began the campaign with railway stations at Sawai Madhopur and Bharatpur Junction for pictorial representation of natural habitats, wildlife, trees, bushes, waterbodies.^[4] These paintings have made the railway station a living art museum.

Gallery

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  Sawai Madhopur Junction platform board
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  Sawai Madhopur Junction – Info board
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  Sawai Madhopur railway station
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  Platform-4
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  Wildlife image
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  Wildlife image

See also

• Ranthambore National Park
• Ranthambore Fort
• Sawai Madhopur
• Sawai Madhopur District
• Rajiv Gandhi Regional Museum of Natural History
• Shilpgram, Sawai Madhopur

References

External links

• Sawai Madhopur travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Ranthambore travel guide from Wikivoyage