page_title: Daund
section_title: Rail
hierarchical_section_title: Daund / Transportation / Rail
caption_attribution_description: English: Daund Junction railway station view with a Locomotive Loco road number: #17546 Loco class: WDM2 Specialised in: Passenger traffic Loco shed: Pune (PUNE)
context_page_description: Daund is a city, municipal council and headquarters of Daund taluka in Pune district in the state of Maharashtra, India. In ancient times a sage, 'Dhaumya Rishi' used to stay here, hence people started calling this place after him: 'Dhaum'. Gradually 'Dhaum' became 'Dhoand', then 'Dhaundh', and before it getting corrupted to the present name 'Daund'. According to the Epic Mahabharata Krishna's wife Rukhmini had gone in the 'Dhindir forest', this ancient 'Dhindir Van' is today's Daund.
  Daund is major railway junction in central railway, Daund is located on bank of Bhima river.
context_section_description: Daund is served by rail at the Daund Junction. Daund is a very important railway junction, serving as a halt for south bound trains from Mumbai, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan  as the origin/destination for trains to north India. Trains going north wards to New Delhi, Jammu from Pune and Goa have to pass through Daund. Daund is also an access point to one of the Ashtavinayak Ganpati, Siddhatek. Daund is the important station for devotees who visit Meherabad, and Shiridi from south India via Ahmednagar and Kopargaon.
caption: Daund Junction railway station
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