Ajmer railway division

**Ajmer railway division**
Overview
11-North Western Railway
Headquarters	Ajmer Junction railway station
Locale	Rajasthan
Dates of operation	1951; 72 years ago (1951)–
Technical
Track gauge	Mixed
Other
Website	NWR official website

Ajmer railway division is one of the four railway divisions under North Western Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 5 November 1951 and its headquarter is located at Ajmer in the state of Rajasthan of India.

Jaipur railway division, Bikaner railway division and Jodhpur railway division are the other three railway divisions under NWR Zone headquartered at Jaipur.^[1]^[2] This division is one of the key enabler of the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project by virtue of running parts of the railways 1,500 km long network of Western Dedicated Freight Corridor.

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History

Rail transport infrastructure

The zone has the following types of locomotive engines:
(Legends: W - broad gauge, D - diesel, G - goods, M - mixed, P - passenger)

Abu Road railway station (ABR) diesel sheds: WDM2s, WDM3s, WDG3A and WDG4s

Medical facilities

For the employees and their families, the division also has the following healthcare facilities:

Zonal hospitals
- Jaipur Zonal Railway Hospital near Jaipur Junction railway station
Divisional hospitals
- Ajmer Divisional Railway Hospital near Ajmer Junction railway station
Sub-divisional hospitals
- Abu Road Sub-Divisional Railway Hospital near Abu Road railway station (Ajmer division)
Health units, several (total 29 across the whole division, including 3 other zones)
First aid posts, unknown (no more than a total of two across the whole zone)

Training

The zone has the following training institutes:

Zonal Railway Training Institute, Udaipur in Ajmer division
Diesel Traction Training Centre, Abu Road in Ajmer division
Divisional Training Centre (Engineering), Ajmer
Supervisor's Training Centre, Ajmer
Basic Training Centre (C&W), Ajmer
Basic Training Centre (Loco), Ajmer
Area Training Centre, Ajmer

Route and track length

North Western Railway zone
- Route km: broad gauge 2,575.03 kilometres (1,600.05 mi), metre gauge 2,874.23 kilometres (1,785.96 mi), total 5,449.29 kilometres (3,386.03 mi)
- Track km: broad gauge 6,696.36 kilometres (4,160.93 mi), metre gauge 733.44 kilometres (455.74 mi), total 7,329.80 kilometres (4,554.53 mi)
- Ajmer railway division
  - Route km: broad gauge 732.56 kilometres (455.19 mi), metre gauge 442.29 kilometres (274.83 mi), total 1,174.85 kilometres (730.02 mi)
  - Track km: broad gauge 1,149.0 kilometres (714.0 mi), metre gauge 466.73 kilometres (290.01 mi), total 1,617.83 kilometres (1,005.27 mi)

List of railway stations and towns

The list includes the stations under the AJMER railway division and their station category.^[3]^[4]

Category of station	No. of stations	Names of stations
A-1 Category	1	Ajmer Junction
A Category	6	Bhilwara, Abu Road, Falna, Marwar Junction, Rani, Udaipur City
B Category	3	Beawar, Bijainagar, Pindwara,
C Category (Suburban station)	-	-
D Category	-	-
E Category	-	-
F Category Halt Station	-	-
Total	-	-

Stations closed for Passengers -

References

^ "Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways" (PDF). Indian Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
^ "Ajmer Railway Division". Railway Board. Western Railway zone. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
^ "Statement showing Category-wise No.of stations in IR based on Pass. earning of 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^ "PASSENGER AMENITIES - CRITERIA= For Categorisation of Stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

Diesel	Abu Road Agra Andal Bandra Marshalling Yard Bhagat Ki Kothi Bokaro Steel City Bondamunda Burdwan Dr.Ambedkar Nagar Ernakulam Erode Golden Rock Gooty Guntakal Gwalior Howrah Hubli Itarsi Izzatnagar Jamalpur Jhansi Kalyan Kazipet Kharagpur Krishnarajapuram Kurla Lucknow Ludhiana Malda Town Maula Ali Neral Patratu Phulera Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar Raipur Sabarmati Samastipur Shakurbasti Siliguri Tondiarpet Tughlakabad Vatva Visakhapatnam
Electric	Ajni Angul Arakkonam Asansol Bhilai Bhusawal Bokaro Steel City Bondamunda Erode Ghaziabad Gomoh Gonda Howrah Itarsi Jhansi Kanpur Kalyan Kazipet Khanalampura Lallaguda Ludhiana New Katni Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar Royapuram Tatanagar Tuglakabad Vadodara Valsad Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
MEMU	Asansol Bhilai Kanpur Kollam Palakkad Rajahmundry Vadodara
EMU	Avadi Bandel Barasat Ghaziabad Gholsapur Howrah Kalwa Kandivali Kharagpur Kurla Maula Ali Mumbai Central Panskura Rajamahendravaram Sanpada Narkeldanga Ranaghat Shakurbasti Sonarpur Tambaram Tikiapara Velachery Virar
Metro (Kolkata)	Noapara Tollygunge New Garia Central Park Joka

Main lines and
suburban lines

Main rail lines	Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai Howrah–Chennai Howrah–Delhi Howrah–Gaya–Delhi Mumbai–Chennai New Delhi–Chennai New Delhi–Mumbai
Suburban rail	Chennai MRTS Chennai Suburban Delhi Suburban Pune Suburban Hyderabad MMTS Kolkata Suburban Mumbai Suburban

Passenger
trains (List)

Semi-high speed	Gatimaan Express Tejas Express Tejas-Rajdhani Express Vande Bharat Express
Other premium	AC Express AC Double Decker Express (Uday Express) Duronto Express Garib Rath Express Humsafar Express Mahamana Express Rajdhani Express Shatabdi Express
Non-AC unreserved	Antyodaya Express Jan Sadharan Express Jan Shatabdi Express
Other	Amrit Bharat Express Express trains Passenger trains Suburban trains MEMU
Luxury	Deccan Odyssey Fairy Queen Golden Chariot Mahaparinirvan Express Maharajas' Express Palace on Wheels Ramayana Express Royal Orient Royal Rajasthan on Wheels Village on Wheels
Special	Lifeline Express Promotion on Wheels Red Ribbon Express Science Express
Future services	Bullet trains Hyperloop Mumbai Maglev

Training
institutes

Trade unions

Category

v t e Railways in Northern India
National network/ trunk lines	Howrah–Delhi main line New Delhi–Chennai main line New Delhi–Mumbai main line Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line Delhi–Jaipur line Jaipur–Ahmedabad line
Branch lines/ sections	Agra–Bhopal section Ahmedabad–Udaipur line Allahabad–Mau–Gorakhpur main line Ambala–Attari line Amritsar–Khem Karan line Amritsar–Pathankot line Aunrihar–Jaunpur line Barauni–Gorakhpur, Raxaul and Jainagar lines Bathinda–Rewari line Bathinda–Rajpura line Bikaner–Rewari line Bhanupli–Leh line Chandigarh–Sahnewal line Delhi–Fazilka line Delhi–Kalka line Delhi–Meerut–Saharanpur line Delhi–Moradabad line Jalandhar–Firozpur line Jalandhar–Jammu line Jammu–Baramulla line Jodhpur–Bathinda line Jodhpur–Jaisalmer line Kanpur–Delhi section Laksar–Dehradun line Lucknow–Gorakhpur line Lucknow–Moradabad line Ludhiana–Fazilka line Ludhiana–Jakhal line Marwar Junction–Munabao line Mathura–Vadodara section Mau–Ghazipur–Dildarnagar main line Merta Road–Rewari line Moradabad–Ambala line Mughalsarai–Kanpur section Rewari–Rohtak line Shri Ganganagar–Sadulpur line Suratgarh–Bathinda line Varanasi–Chhapra line Varanasi–Lucknow main line Varanasi–Rae Bareli–Lucknow line Varanasi–Sultanpur–Lucknow line
Urban and suburban rail transport	Delhi Suburban Railway Delhi Metro (Blue Green Grey Magenta Orange Pink Red Violet Yellow) Rapid Metro Gurgaon Lucknow–Kanpur Suburban Railway Barabanki–Lucknow Suburban Railway Delhi–Meerut RRTS
Heritage railways	Kalka–Shimla Railway
Monorails	Patiala State Monorail Trainways
Defunct lines	Jammu–Sialkot line
Manufacturing units and workshops	Banaras Locomotive Works Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala Modern Coach Factory, Raebareli
Railway companies	Northern Railway North Eastern Railway North Central Railway North Western Railway East Indian Railway Company Kangra Valley Railway Rajputana–Malwa Railway Tirhut Railway Oudh and Tirhut Railway Indian Branch Railway Company Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Cawnpore–Burhwal Railway Cawnpore–Barabanki Railway Lucknow–Bareilly Railway Bengal and North Western Railway Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway Mashrak–Thawe Extension Railway Lucknow–Sitapur–Seramow Provincial State Railway Bareilly–Pilibheet Provincial State Railway Segowlie–Raxaul Railway Delhi Metro Rail Corporation National Capital Region Transport Corporation
See also	Indian Railways Bholu (mascot) 1974 railway strike in India Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor

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