Akola Junction
Indian Railways junction station
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General information
Location	Akola, Maharashtra, 444001 India
Coordinates	20°43′24″N 77°00′21″E / 20.7233°N 77.0057°E / 20.7233; 77.0057
Elevation	284 metres (932 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line Nagpur–Bhusawal section Akola–Ratlam line Akola–Secunderabad line
Platforms	6
Tracks	15
Construction
Structure type	At ground
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Operational
Station code	AK
Zone(s)	CR
Division(s)	Bhusawal railway division
History
Opened	7 November 1867; 156 years ago (7 November 1867)
Electrified	1989–90
Passengers
approximately 70000 per Day
Location
Akola Junction Location within Maharashtra
Interactive map

Akola Junction (station code:- AK) serves Akola in Akola district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is an important junction station on the Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line. There is a 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge line to Secunderabad railway station and the metre-gauge Akola–Khandwa line is under gauge conversion.^{[citation needed]}

History

The first train in India travelled from Mumbai to Thane on 16 April 1853. By May 1854, Great Indian Peninsula Railway's Bombay–Thane line was extended to Kalyan. Bhusawal railway station was set up in 1860 and in 1867 the GIPR branch line was extended to Nagpur.^[1] On Google map, address of the railway station is shown as "Panchashil Nagar, Jafrabad", while it is closest and located at Ramdaspeth (in old times popularly known as "Chandmari".)^{[citation needed]}

Electrification

The railways in the Bhusawal area were electrified in 1989–90.^[2]

Gauge conversion

There earlier existed a 1,469 kilometres (913 mi)-long metre-gauge line from Jaipur to Secunderabad via Akola. Out of this Jaipur to Indore and the Secunderabad–Purna–Akola sections have already been converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge and in 2021 was electrified to Purna junction. Conversion of the Ratlam–Akola section was approved for conversion in 2008 work until Mhow has been completed and conversion of Mhow–Khandwa already began.^[3] Akola- Akot conversion of broad gauge is completed but trains on this route are yet to be started. There are three stages of work on Akola Khandwa line. Presently the Khandawa Akot section is incomplete because there are many forest and animal issues. This route goes from Melghat Tiger Reserve, so there are many issues about the safety of animals.^{[citation needed]}

Traffic

Akola railway station is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.^[4] 153 trains (including weeklies and bi-weeklies) pass through Akola railway station Some Important train are origin from Akola Jn 1)Akola Kacheguda Intercity express 2)Akola Tirupati Express 3)Akola Kollam Sabrimala Express 5)Akola Purna Express 6)Akola Akot Memu 7)Akola Parli vaijnath Passenger.^{[citation needed]}

Gallery

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  Kacheguda Akola Intercity Express train passing from the platform