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BIKANER (RAJASTHAN) TO MIRAJ (MAHARASHTRA) : FULL TRAIN JOURNEY : 20475 BIKANER - MIRAJ WEEKLY SUPERFAST EXPRESS : BGKT WDP-4D LOCOMOTIVE
20475/Bikaner - Miraj Weekly SF Express
बीकानेर - मिरज साप्ताहिक सुपरफास्ट एक्सप्रेस
BKN/Bikaner Junction -- MRJ/Miraj Junction
The Bikaner - Miraj Weekly SF Express (Train No. 20475/20476) is a direct, weekly express train operated by Indian Railways (North Western Railway zone) connecting Bikaner in Rajasthan to Miraj in Maharashtra.
Train 20475 is the Bikaner - Miraj Weekly Superfast Express. It departs Bikaner Junction (BKN) every Monday at 07:40 and arrives at Miraj Junction (MRJ) at 13:10 the next day. Covering a distance of roughly 1,646 km in 29.5 hours, the train makes 33 intermediate stops.
Train Schedule & DetailsFrequency: Departs Bikaner (BKN) every Monday.Departure Time: 07:40 AM.Arrival Time: 01:10 PM (Tuesday).
Total Distance: ~1,646 km.
Average Speed: 56 km/hr
Travel Time: 29 hours and 30 minutes.
Key Route: The train passes through Jodhpur, Abu Road, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Vasai Road, Pune, and Satara.
Coach Types: Available in Second AC (2A), Third AC (3A), and Sleeper (SL)
Bikaner railway station is located in Bikaner district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It serves Bikaner. Bikaner is headquarters of Bikaner railway division.
Bikaner railway station is at an elevation of 226 metres (741 ft) and was assigned the code – BKN.
Bikaner is served by more than 21 pairs of trains each day with multiple daily connections to Delhi, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Mumbai and Chandigarh. Within Rajasthan, there are also multiple daily trains available for Jodhpur, Jaipur, Nagaur, Ratangarh, Churu, Barmer, and Jaisalamer. There are also daily trains to Kota.
Daily connections to Pathankot, Amritsar, Jammu, Kalka, Haridwar, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow, Allahabad, Varanasi, Patna, Durgapur, Kolkata, Guwahati and Dibrugarh are also available.
Most other major Indian cities such as Ujjain, Pune, Miraj, Nagpur, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, cochin, Trivandrum, Goa, Puri, Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur, Raipur, Bilaspur and Bhopal are connected via weekly, biweekly or tri-weekly trains.
Bikaner railway station was constructed in 1891 with a Rs. 3,46,000 donation by Rai Bahadur Dewan Bahadur Sir Kasturchand Daga, a known trader from the city.
In 1889, the two states of Jodhpur and Bikaner formed the Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway to promote railway development jointly within the Rajputana Agency. In 1891 the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)-wide metre-gauge Jodhpur–Bikaner line was opened. In 1901–02, the metre-gauge line was extended to Bathinda.
The Bikaner (Lalgarh) workshop was set up in 1926. It carries out periodic overhauling of metre gauge coaches and wagons.
Bikaner Heritage Rail Museum at Bikaner displays items related to the Jodhpur and Bikaner Railway era. It was opened in 2012. Turban Museum in platform one open on 2021. Displays longest turban and smallest turban in world made by a Bikaner artist Pawan vyas.
Miraj Junction railway station (station code:- MRJ) is an important railway station in the city of Miraj, Maharashtra. The Pune – Yeshwantpur railway line passes through Miraj where it meets the Miraj – Kolhapur branch line. The Miraj - Nagpur section starts at Miraj and passes through towns such as Pandharpur, Kurduvadi, Barshi, Latur, Parli Vaijnath and Dharashiv. It is also a major Junction on Mumbai - Miraj - Bangalore line and Miraj - Nagpur line (via Kurduvadi, Dharashiv, Purna and Nanded.
The number of platforms is 6. The number of trains that halt there is 58. The number of trains that originate there is 9.
The number of trains which terminate there is 9.
The total number of trains is 80.
Connecting Major Cities
Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Ahemdabad, Bangalore,Delhi, Hubballi, Chandigarh, Ernakulam, Ajmer, Jodhpur,Puducherry, Dhanbad, Vasco, Mangalore,Udaipur, Mysuru, Tirupati And More
As of 2023, Miraj is the Highest revenue-generating Railway station under the A1 category of Pune Division after Pune & Falls.
After completing the doubling and electrification of the entire Pune-Miraj-Bangaluru line, many new trains will start from Miraj towards Chennai, Nanded, Howrah, Mangalore, etc.
The Miraj station, which is run by the Central Railway, has been established in the history of the Southern Maratha Railway Company. Railway lines were constructed between Koregaon and Miraj in June 1887 by the Southern Maratha Railway Company. Soon after the success of the railway on this route, the Miraj to Belgaum railway was constructed in December 1887. As the importance of the Miraj station in the Sangli district came to the attention of the South Maratha Railway Company, the company decided to rapidly expand the Miraj station and the trains running through this route.