Railway Lines and College
The Station has two railway lines, a straight line between Ahmedabad and Mumbai & the other being the line to New Delhi via Ratlam,Kota and Mathura. Trains going towards northern region uses the Ratlam line while all the other trains use the Ahmedabad-Mumbai line like Ahemdabad Shatabdi,Delhi Sarai Rohilla Garib Rath, Gujarat Mail,Karnavati Express,Suryanagari Express,Ranakpur Express etc..The prestigious trains Mumbai Rajdhani,August Kranti Rajdhani,Trivandrum Rajdhani,Golden Temple Mail, Avantika Express etc.
The Railway Staff College is the alma mater for the Officers of the Indian Railways. It is situated in a sprawling campus of 55 acres of the Pratap Vilas Palace at Lalbaug, Vadodara. It provides training to all levels of Indian Railway officers, from probationers to General Managers.
The college was founded in 1930 at Dehradun and then shifted to its present regal sylvan surroundings at Vadodara, in 1952. It is housed in the Pratap Vilas Palace (built in 1914 AD) surrounded by lush green lawns and designed by C.F. Stevens in the renaissance style. The property consisting of 55 acres of garden and wooded land, enlivened by the calls of peacocks and migratory birds, was purchased from the Gaikwads (erstwhile rulers) of Vadodara.)
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