Ahmedabad Junction railway station (station code: ADI) is the main railway station of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is also the biggest railway station within Gujarat and also one of the major railway stations in India. It is the highest income-generating division in Western Railways. It connects to Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Howrah and other major cities of India. Also it is the central railway station of Gujarat which connects to Saurashtra, Kutch, Vadodara, Surat, Himmatnagar, Bhavnagar, Palanpur, etc
Before the partition of India, the Sindh Mail used to travel to Hyderabad, Sindh via the Hyderabad–Mirpur Khas–Khokhrapar–Munabao–Barmer–Luni–Jodhpur–Pali–Marwar–Palanpur–Ahmedabad route. It was constructed by Gokuldas Contractor and Associates.
Ahmedabad Junction is the primary station of rail transport for the city of Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat, India and an important center of the Western Railways zone of the Indian Railways. Locally, people refer to it as Kalupur Station (as it is situated in the Kalupur area of the walled city) to distinguish it from other stations in the city. It contains a total of 12 platforms and 16 tracks. It serves trains that connect Ahmedabad to different parts of Gujarat, as well as major Indian cities.
On the north side of the station are the two tallest minarets in Ahmedabad, the only remnant of Sidi Bashir Mosque.
This minaret is the tallest minaret in Ahmedabad.It is believed that this minaret will be of a mosque. But now there is no trace of the mosque. But there is a royal tomb near the mosque in which Hazrat Kalu Shaheed, Hazrat Chand Shaheed and Hazrat Roshan Shaheed R.A.
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1. Gujarat ka Patnagar Ahmedabad
2. Ahmedabad no Itihas
3. Ahmedabad ke aauliya kiraam
4. Mumbai Gazattear
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