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Sunday, March 15, 2009

How to reach Shirdi by Train

For those people who can't travel to Shirdi by Bus due to Motion sickness have now got relief because now they can travel directly to Shirdi by Train. here are the details :-

Fulfilling the long-standing demand for a direct train connectivity to the holy town of Shirdi in Ahmednagar district, the Central Railway has started a train from Mumbai (CST) to Shirdi (Sainagar) via Pune.

The daily train takes six hours from Pune to reach Shirdi. The train (No 1333) leaves Mumbai (CST) at 10.55 pm. It reaches Kalyan at 11.50 pm and Pune at 4.10 am. It travels via Daund, Ahemadnagar, Belapur, Puntamba and reaches Shirdi at 10.30 am. The Shirdi-Mumbai (No 1334) train departs from Shirdi at 4.40 pm and reaches Pune at 11.05 pm. It reaches Kalyan at 3 am and CST at 4.25 am. The fare from Pune is Rs 89 for second class and Rs 373 for III AC.