# Ahilyanagar Junction railway station

Ahilyanagar Junction serves Ahilyanagar in Ahilyanagar district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

## History

The 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge Manmad–Daund line was opened in 1878, and connects the two main sections (south-east and north-east) of Great Indian Peninsula Railway. The line is being doubled by Central Railway along with 4 other busy routes nearby.
Ahilyanagar station will now be a part of the Pune railway division. Twenty-four stations on the Daund–Ankai section will be merged with the Pune railway division. The Daund–Ankai section is currently under the management of the Solapur railway division. The change to the Pune division will increase the chances of starting DEMU services between Ahilyanagar and Pune stations.
One of the oldest and most important railway projects of Ahilyanagar railway station was the Kalyan–Ahilyanagar railway project which was in the planning stage since British Raj. It was referred to as the 3rd ghat project. The surveys of this project was carried out in 1973, 2000, 2006, 2014 etc. This project was in pink book in 2010. This project could not be completed. The alignment length of this project was 184 km and it could have been shortest route for Marathwada, Andhra and Telangana. The major challenge for this project was the 18.96 km long tunnel in the Malshej Ghat section.
Malshej–Kriti–Samiti is following the Kalyan–Ahilyanagar railway project. Kalyan–Murbad section which is the first phase of this project is already in survey stage.
Survey of the Ahilyanagar–Chhatrapatti Sambhajinagar railway line with 115 kms length was also carried out in March 2021. The DPR Report on this project is under preparation.
An Ahilyanagar–Karmala railway option is also being explored. Ahilyanagar railway station will become an important railway junction in future to a level similar to Daund railway junction. Kalyan–Murbad–Ahilyanagar line is also possible in future.
With a deadline of 2019, the Indian Railways has initiated work on the railway line between Parli and Beed, which is part of the long-pending Parli–Beed–Ahilyanagar project. Work on the multicrore project has begun from both ends of the proposed 261 km track. The route has a financial outlay of Rs 2,272 crore. The centre and state governments have agreed to bear 50% of the cost each. The work is still going on at a very slow pace.
The direct route between following places had not been started as of November 2017.
* Ahilyanagar–Pune
* Ahilyanagar–Nashik
* Ahilyanagar–Aurangabad
* Ahilyanagar–Kalyan

## Amenities

Amenities at Ahilyanagar railway station include: computerized reservation office, subscriber trunk dialling/public call office booth, waiting room, retiring room, vegetarian refreshments, and book stall.

## Through trains from Ahilyanagar
### Express/mail trains

| Train name | Departure days | Arrival days |
| Kolhapur–Gondia Maharashtra Express Solapur–Gondia Maharashtra Express slip Kolhapur–Gorakhpur Express slip | Daily | Daily |
| New Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin)–Vasco da Gama Goa Express New Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin)–Hubli Express slip | Daily | Daily |
| New Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin)–Bangalore Karnataka Express | Daily | Daily |
| Pune–Jammu Tawi Jhelum Express | Daily | Daily |
| Pune–Howrah Azad Hind Express | Daily | Daily |
| Pune–Danapur Superfast Express | Daily | Daily |
NOTE: Days of arrival/departure are on Ahilyanagar.
* Hubli–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express is attached to Goa Express at Londa.
* Solapur–Gondia Maharashtra Express slip is attached from Maharashtra Express at Daund Junction.
* 11039 Kolhapur–Gorakhpur Slip Express.
No slip coach attached/detached at Bhusawal. Passengers who board between Kolhapur & Bhusawal and travelling beyond Bhusawal up to Gorakhpur in S1 coach need to get down at Bhusawal and have to board 15017 at Bhusawal Jn and sit in same berth number of S1 coach. S1 coach of 15017 is reserved for 11039 slip train passengers who board from Bhusawal Jn.

### Garib Rath/express/mails trains (weekly, biweekly, triweekly)

| Train name | Departure days | Arrival days |
| Pune–Manduadih Gyan Ganga Express | Monday | Thursday |
| CSMT Kolhapur–Hazrat Nizamuddin Superfast Express | Tuesday | Friday |
| Pune–Darbhanga Gyan Ganga Express | Wednesday | Sunday |
| Mysore–New Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin Swarna Jayanti Express | Saturday | Tuesday |
| Hatia–Pune Superfast Express | Sunday, Wednesday | Tuesday, Saturday |
| Pune–Nagpur Express | Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday | Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday |
| Pune–Nagpur Garib Rath Express | Monday, Wednesday, Saturday | Monday, Wednesday, Saturday |
| Bilaspur–Pune Express | Friday | Friday |
| Pune–Nanded Superfast Express (via Manmad) | Tuesday, Thursday | Monday, Wednesday |
| Mysore–Sainagar Shirdi Express | Wednesday | Tuesday |
| Chennai–Sainagar Shirdi Express | Friday | Thursday |
| Sainagar Shirdi–Pandharpur Express | Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday | Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday |
| Yesvantpur–Ahilyaabad Weekly Express | Monday | Thursday |
| Kolhapur–Dhanbad Deekshabhoomi Express | Friday | Wednesday |
NOTE: Days of arrival/departure are on Ahilyanagar.

### Passenger trains

| Train name | Departure days | Arrival days |
| Daund–Nanded Passenger | Daily | Daily |
| Pune–Manmad Passenger | Daily | Daily |
| Pune–Nizamabad Passenger | Daily | Daily |
| Mumbai CST–Sainagar Shirdi Fast Passenger (via Daund Junction) | Daily | Daily |
NOTE: Days of arrival/departure are on Ahilyanagar.
* Mumbai CST–Sainagar Shirdi Fast Passenger is attached to Mumbai–Bijapur/Pandharpur passenger up to Daund.