MOS of Railways Suresh Angadi will dedicate Chhayapuri Satellite station to nation

13 pair of trains operated from Chhayapuri from 17th December 2019

Suresh C Angadi, Minister of State of Railway will

dedicate to nation the newly constructed Chhayapuri Satellite station building,

in presence of local public representatives. Chhayapuri station serve as an

additional station for city of Vadodara for trains running on Ahmedabad –

Ratlam and onwards route. It was a flag station near Vadodara Junction and

situated on the bypass chord connecting Vadodara – Ahmedabad line and Vadodara

– Ratlam line.

Continuing with several projects at hand, Western

Railway has now developed the Chhayapuri station to give ultra modern

facilities to the passengers and also ease the heavy traffic congestion at

Vadodara.

Ministry of Railways has approved operations of 13

trains from Chhayapuri station from 17th December, 2019 onwards. Western Railway

has decided to divert these trains which will be given stoppage at Chhayapuri

station.

Vadodara station has typical ‘Y’ shaped junction

layout where the line from Mumbai divides into two, one goes towards Ahmedabad

and the other goes towards Ratlam – New Delhi. The operation of trains from

Ahmedabad to Ratlam – New Delhi route and vice versa requires reversal of train

at Vadodara station.

At present 19 pairs of trains are operated from

Ahmedabad to Ratlam – Delhi via Vadodara. This requires detaching of engines

and attaching it to the other end of train which leads to detention of trains,

congestion at Vadodara station as platforms are occupied for longer duration,

detention of engine, wastage of man hours.

Vadodara station is a junction station connecting

the two very important routes of Mumbai – New Delhi line of Golden

Quadrilateral and Mumbai – Ahmedabad line. The station caters to around 200

trains daily and some of the important trains that halt at Vadodara station are

Mahamana Express, Rajdhani Express, Duronto, Antyodaya and others. It is an A1

category station and has 7 platforms. In last 5years, 80 new trains were added

and the number will further increase in future.

In future the National High Speed Rail Corridor

passing through Vadodara has also planned a station at Vadodara. The

construction work of high speed tracks will require closure of platform No. 6

& 7 for longer duration thereby further congesting the Vadodara station.

Chhayapuri station will turn saviour for passengers and commuters in that area

as it will ease the congestion of Vadodara station.

Chhayapuri station has 2 full length platforms (for

26 coach trains) and 2 loop lines. Hence, the trains on Ahmedabad – Ratlam line

and vice versa will not be required to undergo reversal at Vadodara Junction.

This will save around 27 minutes per train and ease Vadodara station of

congestion. The total cost of the project is around Rs. 43 crores. This will

pave way for introduction of more train on these routes and also improve the punctuality.

The areas surrounding the Chhayapuri station will see a spurt in development as

the new station will open the doors to opportunities and convenience.

Some of the benefits of the project are:

● It will eliminate reversal of trains at Vadodara.

Trains will now move through chord line avoiding the Vadodara Jn. This will

reduce the travel time by 30-40mins.

● This will free 4 critical paths at Vadodara

improving mobility and punctuality.

● Loco movement to and from shed will reduce

thereby decongesting Vadodara area.

● Chhayapuri will be a new ‘NSG-4’ class station in

Vadodara area. Trains can be given preference here. This will increase terminal

capacity of Vadodara area.

● It will reduce vehicular traffic congestion

around Vadodara Railway station.

● It will reduce the requirements of shunters at

Vadodara resulting in increase in crew availability for freight trains.

● Satellite stations help in expansion of cities

and reducing congestion in city center. Surrounding areas of Chhayapuri station

will see development as a result of this station.

Salient features of the New Chhayapuri Satellite

Station:

• There are two Main Lines and 2 Loop Lines of full

length.

• Station has two full length platforms to

accommodate 26 coach trains.

• Currently there are two lifts and one foot over

bridge at the station.

• Operation from Chhayapuri station will save

approx.. 27 mins per train.

• A total of 19 pairs of trains (including weekly

trains) can be diverted.

• The new station will be equipped with

state-of-the-art facilities & offices.

• The total cost of the project is Rs. 43 crores.

To ease the traffic and engine reversal at Vadodara

station, the division decides to divert 13 important trains from Chhayapuri

from 17 December. The trains will be given the stoppage at Chhayapuri and the

booking of advance reservation will be starting from 31st August 2019.

The diverted trains are-:

1) 19165/19166 Ahmedabad - Darbhanga Sabarmati

Express

2) 19167/19168 Ahmedabad - Varanasi Sabarmati

Express

3) 12947/12948 Ahmedabad - Patna Azimabad Superfast

Express

4) 12917/12918 Ahmedabad - Delhi Hazrat Nizamuddin

Sampark Kranti Express

5) 11463/1 1464 Somnath - Jabalpur Express (via

Itarsi)

6) 11465/11466 Somnath - Jabalpur Express (via

Beena)

7) 19309/19310 Gandhinagar - Indore Express

8) 19575/19576 Okha - Nathdwara Express

9) 12477/12478 Jamnagar - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi

Katra Superfast Express

10) 12475/12476 Hapa Shree Mata Vaishno Devi Katra

Sarvodaya Superfast Express

11) 12473/12474 Gandhidham - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi

Katra Sarvodaya Superfast Express

12) 15046/15045 Okha - Gorakhpur Express

13) 19421/19422 Ahmedabad-Patna Express