Ajni railway station (station code:- AJNI) is a railway station in vicinity of Nagpur in Maharashtra on Delhi–Chennai line.

It is situated at a distance of about 2.8 km from Nagpur railway station. There are plans to develop it as a terminus alternative to Nagpur. A proposal has also been sent to Railway Ministry to develop it as a Coaching complex.[2]

Many trains have a brief stop of about 2 minutes at this station. This station is mainly used by residents of Central, West, South-West and Southern suburbs of Nagpur and short-distance daily travelers. Trains terminating at Nagpur get almost 80 percent emptied here. And trains originating from Nagpur get filled here with almost 40 percent.[citation needed]

Ajni is among the five small stations which falls within the extended city limits of Nagpur. The name of these five stations are Ajni, Itwari, Kalamna, Kamptee & Khapri.

In the past (until the mid to late 1990s), Ajni had the station code of AQ.

Loco Shed

Electric Loco Shed, Ajni holding 260+ locomotives like WAP-7, WAG-7, WAG-9 and WAG-12. It is currently holding 66 WAP-7, 49 WAG-7, 160+ WAG-9 and 26 WAG-12 locomotives.

Service

Gallery

  • Ajni station board
    Ajni station board

References

  1. ^ "Transformation: Ajni station with Four platforms". thelivenagpur.com. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Rlys red signal Ajni complex". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2016.