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Travel to Valsad


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The city has a rail terminus for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad line and Mumbai-Delhi line of the Western Railway. Connected by the National Highway no. 8 (NH 8), Valsad is about 150 km north of Mumbai and about 100 km south of the city of Surat.

Rail

Valsad is a major railway station on the Mumbai-Vadodara mainline of Western Railways (WR) and is well connected by rail to all major cities in India. The present railway station building was established in 1925. Most trains on the route including the August Kranti Rajdhani Express have a scheduled halt at Valsad. Adjacent to the railway station is the Valsad Electric Loco Shed which houses over 100 electric locomotives. It is the only loco shed on WR which houses the AC/DC locomotives like WCAM-1 and WCAM-2, WCAM-2P and one of the only two in India (the other being Kalyan on Central Railways) to house AC/DC dual powered electric locomotives. Recently many WAG-5/5As have been homed at Valsad who are pure AC locomotives. Valsad has three platforms no 1,2,3 and there are almost 4-5 freight sidings.

Several long distance express trains and short distance intercity trains originate and terminate at Valsad. Some of the trains starting from Valsad are-

0123/0124 Valsad Fast Passenger to Mumbai Central

19109/19110 Gujarat Queen to Ahmedabad

12929/12930 Intercity Superfast Express to Dahod

19051/19052 Shramik Express to Sonpur

12943/12944 Udyogkarmi Superfast Express to Kanpur

249WR/250WR Passenger to Viramgam

12911/12912 Valsad-Haridwar Express to Haridwar

22909/22910 Valsad Puri Superfast Express puri

19055/19056 Valsad Jodhpur Express
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