August 9, 2012

Sabarmati Railway Junction


      Sabarmati Railway Junction is located in Ahmedabad of Gujarat state. It belongs to Ahmedabad Junction division of Western Railway Zone. Sabarmati Junction is perched on Ahmedabad- Mehsana rail route and is served with number of trains. SBT is the station code of Sabarmati Junction. Sabarmati is suburb area of Ahmedabad city. It hosts several places of interest in and around it. It is mainly known for Sabarmati Ashram. The Ashram is situated on the banks of Sabarmati River. It was one of residences of Mahatma Gandhi who spent 12 years of his life there. It now serves as a national monument maintained by Indian government.
     There are many prominent cities and places of interest near Sabarmati Junction. Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Kheda and Anand are some of them. Sabarmati also has road connections to other parts of Gujarat state. Ahmedabad airport is the closest airbase to it. Trains passing through Sabarmati Railway Junction include Jodhpur-Pune Exp, Jammu Tawi-Ahmedabad Exp, Delhi-Porbandar Exp, Mehsana-Ahmedabad DMU, Ahmedabad- Somnath Intercity Exp, etc. Besides, there are number of passenger trains which run through Sabarmati Junction.

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