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{{short description|Rail station in Maharashtra, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Igatpuri<br/>इगतपुरी
| type = Station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Igatpuri railway station - Main Entrance.jpg
| image_caption =
| address = Igatpuri, Dist.Nashik PIN-422403
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|19.6946|73.5622|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline, title}}
| elevation = {{convert|599.400|m|ft}}
| line = [[Bhusawal–Kalyan section]] of [[Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line]], [[Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line]]
| other =
| structure = Standard, on ground
| platform = 4
| tracks =
| parking = Available
| opened = 1865
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 1929
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = IGP
| zone =
| division = Mumbai
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Central Railway zone|Central Railway]]
| status =
| former = [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India Maharashtra#India
| map_caption = Location in [[Maharashtra]]##Location in India
| map_dot_label = Igatpuri
| services = {{s-rail|title=Indian Railways}}
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways |previous= Ghoti |next= Kasara|line= Central Railway zone|branch= [[Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line]], [[Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line]], New Delhi–Bhopal–Mumbai line|rows1=1}}
}}

'''Igatpuri railway station''' serves [[Igatpuri]] in [[Nashik district]] in the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]]. It stands at the head of [[Thal Ghat]].

It is a loco change-over point for trains moving out of Mumbai as well as trains entering Mumbai. The trains moving out of Mumbai usually change their locomotives to [[WAP-4]] or [[WAP-7]] or [[WAM-4]] as the case may be. The trains entering Mumbai usually change their locomotives to [[WCAM-3]]. The station is famous for its [[Wada Pav]] and [[Idli]].

==History==
The first train in India travelled from [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station|Mumbai]] to {{stnlnk|Thane}} on 16 April 1853. By May 1854, [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]'s Mumbai–Thane line was extended to {{stnlnk|Kalyan}}. {{stnlnk|Bhusawal}} was set up in 1860, but the service started in the mid-1860s. Service up to Igatpuri was started in 1865.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html | title = IR History: Early Days – I : Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1832–1865)| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2012-11-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,6,1191,1192,1394,1396,1410,1411 |title=Historical Milestones |publisher=Central Railway |access-date=2013-03-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012252/http://www.cr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C6%2C1191%2C1192%2C1394%2C1396%2C1410%2C1411 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===Electrification===
The Kalyan–Igatpuri section was electrified with 1.5 kV DC overhead system in 1929.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-elec.html|title =Electric Traction I |work= History of Electrification| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2013-03-18}}</ref> Subsequent electrification with 25 kV AC overhead system in the Igatpuri–Manmad sector, with AC/DC change over at Igatpuri, was carried out in 1967–69.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title = History of Electrification| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2013-03-18}}</ref> The change over of the Mumbai area from DC to AC is complete and AC/DC locomotives are converted to pure AC locomotives.

==Busy station==
130 trains (excluding Summer Special Trains) pass through Igatpuri (which also includes weeklies and biweeklies, etc.)<ref>{{cite web| url = http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/igatpuri-igp/468|title = Igatpuri Departures at IndiaRailInfo| publisher= IRI| access-date = 2013-07-09}}</ref>

==Electric trip sheds==
Igatpuri has electric trip sheds, with separate sheds for AC locos.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |title = Sheds and Workshops| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2013-04-02}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Igatpuri Station.JPG|[[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Allahabad Duronto Express]] at Igatpuri railway station
File:Igatpuri railway station - Overview.jpg|Igatpuri railway station – Overview
File:Sewagram Express halted at Igatpuri railway station.jpg|[[Sewagram Express]] halted at Igatpuri railway station
File:Igatpuri Station roof.JPG|Igatpuri station roof
File:Igatpuri railway station - Ancient Fire Engine.jpg|Igatpuri railway station – Ancient Fire Engine
File:Igatpuri railway station - Ancient Fire Engine information board.jpg|Igatpuri railway station – Ancient Fire Engine information board
File:Igatpuri railway station - Station board.jpg|Igatpuri railway station – Station board
File:Geetanjali Express halted at Igatpuri railway station.jpg|[[Gitanjali Express]] halted at Igatpuri railway station
File:Igatpuri railway station - Station view.jpg|Igatpuri railway station – Station view
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

* [http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/igatpuri-igp/468 Trains at Igatpuri]

{{Central Railway}}
{{Railway stations in Maharashtra}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Nashik district]]
[[Category:Mumbai CR railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1865]]
[[Category:1865 establishments in British India]]

Igatpuri railway station - Revision history

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