Sainagar Shirdi Railway Station is a railway station in the city of Shirdi, Maharashtra state, India. Sainagar Shirdi is a railway terminus and belongs to Central Railways of Indian Railways.It is located from about 5 km from the Holy Temple of Shri Sai Baba Samadhi. Temple authority I.e Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust runs free buses from station to Temple free of cost.
The 17.5 km (11 mi) long Puntamba-Shirdi link, connecting the holy city of Shirdi to the Manmad-Daund branch line was completed in 2009. Work had started in 2003. The new railway station, Sainagar Shirdi is well connected with many direct trains to different places. The Manmad-Puntamba-Sainagar Shirdi is a broad gauge line which was electrified in 2011-12. Before this rail link pilgrims used to reach the town by road after alighting at Kopargaon, Nagarsol, Manmad and Nashik Road railway stations.
Notification For Sainagar Shirdi Railway Station
The station lacks proper sanitation and proper shelters. The station has two waiting halls one for Upper Class and one for General Class ticket holders. The waiting halls are very small and difficult to handle large number of passengers.
Station doesn’t have cloak rooms and any kind of book stalls. Passengers should also note that the railway track ends at Shirdi Railway Station and no train leaves further which makes difficult to catch other trains if one misses the train
How to Apply to Sainagar Shirdi Railway Station
Pilgrims travelling from Shirdi town to Shirdi Railway Station should be aware that any kinds of food stalls, restaurants and hotels are not present in and around station till far. One should pack their food before reaching station.
Only water bottles and biscuit packets are available in the station. One can find a small stall of Samosas and Pakoras outside the station seasonally.
Some Trains are originate and passes through Sainagar Shirdi Railway Station
17207: Vijayawada Junction Express
17001: Secunderabad Junction Express
17205: Kakinada Town Junction Express
51034: Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Fast Passenger
22602: Chennai Central SuperFast Express
22893: Kolkata Howrah Junction SuperFast
17205: Visakhapatnam Junction Express
12132: Mumbai Dadar Central SuperFast Express
16218: Mysore Express
22455: Chandigarh – Kalka Superfast Express
18408: Puri weekly Express
17002: Secunderabad – Sainagar Shirdi Express