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Lonavala railway station

Lonavala railway station is a railway station in Lonavala, a hill station in the state of Maharashtra in India. Lonavala station is the origin of Lonavala– Suburban Trains. Seventeen suburban trains operate on the Pune–Lonavala route. Lonavala is also a halt for Mumbai–Pune Express and Mail trains. The Karjat–Pune passenger train also has a halt at Lonavala. Trains traveling on the Kalyan–Pune route also halt at Lonavala. This station leads access to Lonavala town and nearby areas like Karla Caves, Bhaja Caves, Lohagad, Visapur Fort, Bhushi Dam and Bhor Ghat (Khandala Ghat). Khandala hill station is just from Lonavla.

Infrastructure and Amenities

Indian Railways has completely redeveloped and renovated the station, introducing many passenger friendly facilities, such as selfie points, 24*7 cafeteria and lot more amenities. Lonavala Railway Station, serving Lonavala town, is popular for hill station in Maharashtra and falls under Central Railways zone of Indian Railways. Lonavala is also favourite tourist hot spot, hence the need for stronger railway connectivity to serve passengers and tourists. Being one of the attractive destinations for tourists, this railway station has been redeveloped with attractive station infrastructure and advanced passenger-friendly facilities.

Following are some of the salient features of Lonavala Railway station redevelopment project:

  1. Around 231 solar panels have been installed at the station for tapping into environment-friendly energy consumption.
  2. Two plastic bottle crushing machines have been installed at station premises.
  3. One solar water cooler has been installed.
  4. Three attractive selfie points have been set up for entertainment purpose.
  5. One new pay and park facility has been opened at the station.
  6. A rainwater harvesting system has been set up at the station which caters to the eco friendly consumption.
  7. Composting plant at the station has been redeveloped for organic decomposition of waste.
  8. Concourse area has been renovated by depicting Karla caves and colourful lighting.
  9. New 24*7 cafeteria has been opened in platform 2.

Trains

Express / Mails

  1. Ahmedabad–Pune Ahimsa Express
  2. Veraval–Pune Express
  3. Bhuj–Pune Express
  4. Pune–Jodhpur Express
  5. Pune–Ernakulam Express (via )
  6. Pune–Jaipur Superfast Express
  7. Pune–Bhusaval Express (via )
  8. Mumbai CST–Chennai Express
  9. Mumbai–Chennai Mail
  10. Latur–Mumbai Express
  11. Mumbai CST– Siddheshwar Express
  12. Hyderabad–Mumbai Express
  13. Mumbai–Hyderabad Hussainsagar Express
  14. Dadar–Chennai Egmore Express
  15. Mumbai–Bhubaneswar Konark Express
  16. Kanyakumari–Mumbai Express
  17. Mumbai–Bangalore Udyan Express
  18. Dadar Central–Puducherry Chalukya Express
  19. Dadar Central–Tirunelveli Chalukya Express
  20. Dadar–Mysore Sharavati Express
  21. Rajkot–Secunderabad Express
  22. Rajkot–Coimbatore Express
  23. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Coimbatore Express
  24. KSR Bengaluru–Jodhpur Express
  25. KSR Bangalore–Bhagat Ki Kothi Express (via Guntakal)
  26. Gandhidham–Bangalore City Express
  27. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Madurai Express
  28. Mumbai–Nagercoil Express
  29. Bhavnagar Terminus–Kakinada Port Express
  30. Mahalaxmi Express
  31. Mumbai–Machilipatnam Express
  32. Ahmedabad–CSMT Kolhapur Express
  33. Bhavnagar Terminus–Kakinada Port Express
  34. Tiruchirappali-Sri Ganganagar Humsafar Express
  35. Ahmedabad-Pune Duronto Express

Passengers

  1. Pune–Karjat Passenger
  2. Mumbai CST–Pandharpur Fast Passenger
  3. Mumbai CST–Bijapur Fast Passenger
  4. Mumbai CST–Sainagar Shirdi Fast Passenger

References

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