Ajni railway station

{{Short description|Railway Station in Maharashtra, India}}

{{one source|date=February 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Ajni

| native_name =

| type = Indian Railways station

| style = Indian Railways

| image = 100px

| image_caption = Indian Railways logo

| address = Humpyard Road, Ajni, Nagpur, Pin-440003, Maharashtra,

| country = {{flagu|India}}

| coordinates = {{coord|21|07|37|N| 79|04|58|E|display=inline}}

| map_type = India Maharashtra#India

| map_dot_label = Ajni

| line =

| elevation = {{convert|304.290|m|ft}}

| structure = Standard (on-ground station)

| platform = 3 + 4(under construction){{cite web|url=https://thelivenagpur.com/2023/09/19/transformation-ajni-station-with-four-platforms/ |website=thelivenagpur.com|title=Transformation: Ajni station with Four platforms|access-date=2023-09-19}}

| depth =

| levels =

| tracks = 6

| parking = Available

| opened =

| closed =

| rebuilt =

| electrified = Yes

| accessible =

| code = {{Indian railway code

| code = AJNI

| zone = Central Railway zone

| division = {{rwd|Nagpur CR}}

}}

| owned = Indian Railways

| operator = Central Railways

| status = Functioning

| former =

| passengers = 18000

| pass_year =

| pass_percent =

| pass_system =

| mpassengers =

| services = {{Adjacent stations

|system=Indian Railways

|line=Central Railway zone|left=Khapri|right=Nagpur Junction

|system2=Nagpur Metro|line2=orange|left2=Sitabuldi|right2=Rahate Colony|transfer2=Congress Nagar

}}

}}

Ajni railway station (station code:- AJNI) is a railway station in vicinity of Nagpur in Maharashtra on Delhi–Chennai line.

It is situated at a distance of about 2.8 km from Nagpur railway station. There are plans to develop it as a terminus alternative to Nagpur. A proposal has also been sent to Railway Ministry to develop it as a Coaching complex.{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-03/nagpur/28233576_1_ajni-coach-maintenance-facilities-nagpur-station |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103083132/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-09-03/nagpur/28233576_1_ajni-coach-maintenance-facilities-nagpur-station |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-11-03 |website=The Times of India |title=Rlys red signal Ajni complex |access-date=2016-01-11}}

Many trains have a brief stop of about 2 minutes at this station. This station is mainly used by residents of Central, West, South-West and Southern suburbs of Nagpur and short-distance daily travelers. Trains terminating at Nagpur get almost 80 percent emptied here. And trains originating from Nagpur get filled here with almost 40 percent.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

Ajni is among the five small stations which falls within the extended city limits of Nagpur. The name of these five stations are Ajni, {{stnlnk|Itwari}}, {{stnlnk|Kalamna}}, Kamptee & Khapri.

In the past (until the mid to late 1990s), Ajni had the station code of AQ.