Nearest Railway Station to Somnath Temple
Are you looking for the details related to the nearest railway station to the Somnath temple? The nearest railhead is the Veraval railway junction and it is about at 5 km distance and will take about 10 to 20 minutes in covering the distance via road, using an auto or a taxi, as per the convenience. The railway station is well connected to many Indian cities including Mumbai, Ahmedabad and others and a large number of trains run by through the same on day to day basis. The other nearby railheads that are in close vicinity are Chorvad Road, Maliya Hatina, Keshod junction, Badodar junction, Junagadh junction that lies within a range of 30 to 90 km distance and as per the traffic and station, the time will vary too. The Somnath Temple is been on the Western Coast of Gujarat, India and is supposed to be the first among 12 Jyotirlingas shrines of Shiva. It is indeed a famous and widely visited tourist and pilgrim spot of the state and is also known to be reconstructed many times in the past after repeated destruction done by the Muslim rulers and invaders. At present, it has been developed in Chaulukya style architecture.
Essential Information about Veraval Junction Railway Station
- Type of Station: Junction
- Number of Platforms: 5
- Number of Halting Trains: 14
- Number of Originating Trains: 7
- Number of Terminating Trains: 8
- Track: Single Diesel-Line
- Address: Opp., Railway Station Area, Veraval, Pin – 362265 Veraval
- State: Gujarat
- Elevation: 8 m above sea level
- Zone: WR/Western
- Division: Bhavnagar Para
Nearby Stations to Veraval Junction Railway Station
- SMNH/Somnath 5 km
- ADE/Adari Road 9 km
- SVB/Savni 13 km
- CVR/Chorvad Road 18 km
- TAV/Talala Junction 25 km
- MLHA/Maliya Hatina 30 km
- CTRD/Chitrawad 32 km
- KODR/Kodinar 38 km
Rating: 4.9/5
- Cleanliness: Good
- Porters/Escalators: Excellent
- Food: Excellent
- Transportation: Excellent
- Lodging: Excellent
- RailFanning: Excellent
- Sightseeing: Excellent
- Safety: Excellent
Trains Passing Through VRL/Veraval
| TRAIN NO. | TRAIN NAME | TRAIN TYPE | ARRIVAL TIME | DEPARTURE TIME | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04187XX | Jhansi – Veraval Summer Special | Mail/Express Rake | 04:35 | destination | ||
| 04188 | Veraval – Jhansi Summer Special | Mail/Express Rake | origin | 06:35 | ||
| 06929 | Dwarka – Somnath Bharat Darshan Special | Mail/Express Rake | 02:53 | 02:53 | ||
| 09207 | Somnath – Puri (Weekly) Special | Mail/Express Rake | 07:30 | 07:40 | ||
| 09208 | Puri – Somnath (Weekly) Special | Mail/Express Rake | 19:50 | 20:00 | ||
| 09252 | Dwarka – Somnath Inaugural Special | Mail/Express Rake | 20:20 | 20:25 | ||
| 09441 | Junagarh – Somnath Mela Special (UnReserved) | Passenger Rake | 01:17 | 01:25 | ||
| 09442 | Somnath – Junagarh Mela Special (UnReserved) | Passenger Rake | 20:41 | 20:50 | ||
| 11087 | Veraval – Pune Express (PT) | Mail/Express Rake | origin | 08:25 | ||
| 11088 | Pune – Veraval Express (PT) | Mail/Express Rake | 16:45 | destination | ||
| 11463 | Somnath – Jabalpur Express (Via Itarsi) | Mail/Express Rake | 09:40 | 09:50 | ||
| 11464 | Jabalpur – Somnath Express (Via Itarsi) (PT) | Mail/Express Rake | 17:10 | 17:20 | ||
| 11465 | Somnath – Jabalpur Express (via Bina) (PT) | Mail/Express Rake | 09:40 | 09:50 | ||
| 11466 | Jabalpur – Somnath Express (via Bina) (PT) | Mail/Express Rake | 17:10 | 17:20 | ||
| 16333 | Veraval – Thiruvananthapuram Express (PT) | Mail/Express Rake | origin | 04:25 | ||
| 16334 | Thiruvananthapuram Central – Veraval Express (PT) | Mail/Express Rake | 16:45 | destination | ||
| 19119 | Ahmedabad – Somnath InterCity Express | Mail/Express Rake | 19:30 | 19:40 | ||
| 19120 | Somnath – Ahmedabad InterCity Express | Mail/Express Rake | 06:35 | 06:45 | ||
| 19251 | Somnath – Okha Express | Mail/Express Rake | 22:45 | 22:47 | ||
| 19252 | Okha – Somnath Express | Mail/Express Rake | 05:05 | 05:10 | ||
| 19319 | Veraval – Indore Mahamana Express | Mail/Express Rake | origin | 08:45 | ||
| 19320 | Indore – Veraval Mahamana Express | Mail/Express Rake | 18:05 | destination | ||
| 19569 | Rajkot – Veraval Express (UnReserved) | Mail/Express Rake | 15:35 | destination | ||
| 19570 | Veraval – Mumbai Central Express | Mail/Express Rake | origin | 13:20 | ||
| 22945-Slip | Saurashtra Mail Slip (PT) | SuperFast Rake | 15:35 | destination | ||
| 22957 | Somnath SF Express | SuperFast Rake | 06:00 | destination | ||
| 22958 | Somnath SF Express | SuperFast Rake | origin | 21:35 | ||
| 22991 | Bandra Terminus – Veraval SF Express | SuperFast Rake | 04:35 | destination | ||
| 22992 | Veraval – Mumbai Bandra (T.) SF Express | SuperFast Rake | origin | 12:45 | ||
| 59297 | Porbandar – Somnath Passenger (UnReserved) | Passenger Rake | 11:05 | 11:15 | ||
| 59298 | Somnath – Porbandar Passenger (UnReserved) | Passenger Rake | 14:20 | 14:25 | ||
| 59421 | Rajkot – Somnath Passenger (UnReserved) | Passenger Rake | 23:15 | 23:25 | ||
| 59422 | Somnath – Rajkot Passenger (UnReserved) | Passenger Rake | 04:30 | 04:40 | ||
| 59423 | Rajkot – Veraval Passenger (UnReserved) | Passenger Rake | 12:30 | destination | ||
| 59424 | Veraval – Rajkot Passenger (UnReserved) | Passenger Rake | origin | 17:25 | ||
| 59507 | Rajkot – Somnath Passenger (UnReserved) | Passenger Rake | 09:30 | 09:45 | ||
| 59508 | Somnath – Rajkot Passenger (UnReserved) | Passenger Rake | 11:10 | 11:15 | ||