Miraj Junction railway station


Miraj Junction is a junction railway station in the city of Miraj, India in Sangli district. The Pune – Yeshwantpur railway line passes through Miraj where it meets the Miraj – Kolhapur line. The Miraj - Nagpur section starts at Miraj and passes through towns such as Pandharpur, Kurduvadi, Barshi,Latur,Parali and Osmanabad. Also it is major station on Mumbai - Bangalore line and Miraj- Nagpur line (via Kurduvadi, Osmanabad, Purna.

Background

Before 1994, Miraj had a unique combination of 3 different gauges:
By 2008, the entire Latur–Miraj section was converted from narrow gauge to broad gauge linking Miraj with Solapur and beyond.
After gauge conversion completed, Miraj have only broad gauge lines.
Miraj had Steam loco shed in past near current Miraj- Bangalore line. Locomotives of Miraj loco shed was played up to Dharmawaram.After steam Locomotives was discontinued from service in 90's decade,Miraj loco shed was permanently closed.Trains like Bangalore Mail,Poona Mail,Kittur Express,Mandovi MG Express,Gomantak MG Express,Goa Express and Koyna Express once originated From Miraj Junction.

Jaldoot water train

Due to the drought the Latur city faced since three consecutive years, the summer of 2016 presented itself with extreme scarcity of water. To overcome this issue, a joint project was then requested by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. After further research, and many changes in plan, Miraj was chosen to transport water to Latur from 342 km. The "Jaldoot" train made its first experimental run on 11 April 2016, carrying 10 tanker wagons, each filled with 50,000 litres of water.