Sainagar Shirdi railway station

Sainagar Shirdi railway station (station code: SNSI ) is a major railway station serving the city of Shirdi, Maharashtra state, India. Sainagar Shirdi is a railway terminus and belongs to Central Railways of Indian Railways. It is located at about 3 km from the Holy Divine Temple of Shri Sai Baba. Shri Sai Baba Mandir is the most famous and most visited Shrine of India. Lakhs of people come every day to seek blessings from Shri Sai Baba with the help of this railway station. Temple authority Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust runs free buses from the station to the Temple.

History
The 17.5 km-long Puntamba–Shirdi link, connecting the holy city of Shirdi to the Manmad–Daund branch line was completed in 2009. Work began 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 reached the town by road after alighting at Kopargaon, Nagarsol, Manmad and Nashik Road railway stations.

Passenger facilities
The station has two waiting halls one for Upper Class and one for General Class ticket holders. The waiting halls are big which handle large number of passengers. Indian Railways have given a complete makeover with massive transformation to station under Railway's beautification and redevelopment initiative. The station, which falls under Pune Division of Central Railway zone, has been beautified with paintings to walls and upgraded with various ultra modern facilities. Some of the newly introduced facilities and amenities include new Foot over Bridge (FOB), a new food plaza, lifts, new toilet, CCTV cameras, Wi-Fi Service, coach guidance system, train watering facility at second platform along with tree plantation.

The station have cloak room and lockers.The railway track ends at Shirdi railway station and no train leaves further. You will get trains from all directions of India.



Food facilities
An IRCTC food canteen is present in the first platform of the station. This provides both in house sitting and parcel services. Snacks are sold by other vendors.

Trains

 * 1) 22147 Dadar Central–Sainagar Shirdi Weekly Superfast Express
 * 2) 17207 Sainagar Shirdi–Vijayawada Express (Wednesday) via Secunderabad
 * 3) 17001 Sainagar Shirdi–Secunderabad Express via Bidar (Monday and Saturday)
 * 4) 17205 Sainagar Shirdi–Kakinada Port Express via Secunderabad (Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday)
 * 5) 51034 Mumbai CST–Sainagar Shirdi Fast Passenger via Daund
 * 6) 22602 Sainagar Shirdi-Chennai Central SuperFast Express (Friday) via Yelahanka, Krishnarajapuram (Bangalore), Daund,
 * 7) 22893 Sainagar Shirdi – Howrah SuperFast Express Via Nagpur (Saturday)
 * 8) 18504 Sainagar Shirdi–Visakhapatnam Express via Kazipet(Friday)
 * 9) 12131 Dadar Central–Sainagar Shirdi Superfast Express via Nasik (Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday)
 * 10) 16218 Mysore–Sainagar Shirdi Express via Bangalore, Daund (Tuesday)
 * 11) 22455 Sainagar Shirdi–Kalka Express via Bhopal –Agra–New Delhi (Tuesday & Saturday)
 * 12) 20857 Puri–Sainagar Shirdi Weekly Superfast Express via Manmad–Bhusawal–Nagpur–Raipur–Bhubaneswar (Sunday)
 * 13) 17418 Tirupati–Sainagar Shirdi Express via Manmad Secunderabad
 * 14) 11001 Sainagar Shirdi–Pandharpur Express
 * 15) 77657 Jalna–Sainagar Shirdi DEMU
 * 16) 22224 Sainagar Shirdi - Mumbai CSMT Vande Bharat Express