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Sairam friends,

I have tried to help few devotees who travel from chennai , mumbai and Delhi to shirdi and by sai grace now will write few words about Sainath and also basic guidance to travel from Coimbatore to Shirdi by train.

Please do not mail me regarding trains to shirdi etc. Its your responsiblity to check irctc.co.in

Pilgrimage to Shirdi :

Shri Sai Baba is the crest jewel among Saints. Sai lived over 60 years in shirdi , untill he got Mahasamadhi ( 1918 ) . Shirdi is in Maharastra state, India.  Pilgrimage to shirdi is as sacred as pilgrimage to temples like Kashi,Rameshwaram.

Your shirdi trip must be filled with thoughts of Sai Baba, chantings his holy name Sai Sai Sai and reading Sai Satcharitra all the way singing saibaba’s leela. Baba has assured from his Dwarakamai

” Who ever steps shirdi soil, his sufferings would come to an end”

When ever you face obstacles in going to shirdi,  Light a lamp and keep chanting Sai Sai Sai with patience . Surely Sai pull you to shirdi at the right time.

Coimbatore to Shirdi trains  :

1. From Coimbatore  Train No : 1014,  LakamanyaTilak express starts at 8 A.M  and reaches bangalore at 15 : 10. From Bangalore Train number 2627 starts in the evening 19:20 and reaches Kopergaon next day afternoon at 13.45

2. From Coimbatore Train No : 1014  , Starts at 8. A.M and reaches Solapur next day morning at 5.30. From Solapur Train number : 2627 starts at 7.40 A.M and reaches Kopergaon by 13: 45 afternoon.

3.From Coimbatore Train No: 1014 starts at 8.A.M and reaches Daund next day morning at 9:15. .From Daund , Train No:  515 starts at 13 :00 in the afternoon and reaches Kopergaon at 17:35 in the evening.

You can also travel by Bus from Daund railway station to Ahmed Nagar and from there to Shirdi. ( 4 hour journey , not recommonded for devotees who travel alone )

Kopergaon is 17Kms from Shirdi . Take a share auto to shirdi for 30 rupees per person.

SaiBaba Sansthan’s Accomodation :

There are many Budget hotels in Shirdi approx Rs.600 per day. Try to get accomodation in Bhakti Nivas built by Saibaba Sansthan. Here, they charge only 150 rs per day for 4 people. Its hard to get accomodation at times due to crowd.  From 9 A.M to 9.P.M food is provided at the cost of 5  Rs.

Shirdi to Coimbatore Trains :

1. From Kopergaon ( only on wednesdays ) Train no : 6501 starts at 8:25 A.M and reaches Bangalore next day morning at 4.45 . From Bangalore Train No : 2677 starts at 6 :15 A.M and reaches coimbatore at 13:00

2.From Kopergaon Train No : 1334 starts at 17:20 evening and reaches Pune at 23:10 in the night. From Pune Train No : 1013 starts at 2:00 Late night and reaches Coimbatore next day morning at 6: 30 A.M. ( 29 hours journey )

3.From Shirdi bus stand, there are Bus to Daund railway station. From Daund Train No : 6381 starts at 20 :50 at night and reaches Manthralayam at 6.20 A.M . ( It reaches coimbatore at 00:15 )

Train names :

Register in www.irctc.co.in and check for recent train timings and availability. Please don’t mail me for such inquiries .

1014 - Lokamanya TT Exp

1013 – Coimbatore Exp

2627 – Karnataka Exp

2628 – Karnataka Exp

6501 – ADI SBC exp

2677 – Ernakulam exp

1334 – CSTM FAST Pass

6381 – Kanyakumari Exp.

Coimbatore to Shirdi Map –

The map shows Bus/Car route.I have tried to change like most train travels.



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Sairam friends,

Shirdi is situated in Maharashtra state, India. The nearest airport is Aurangabad ( 126 kms ) but most devotees who travel from abroad reaches Mumbai airport. I write this article to help both the locals and also devotees from abroad to reach shirdi safely from Mumbai.

To help Saibaba devotees to reach shirdi by bus , car,Taxi  :

A useful Shirdi to Mumbai Map ( scroll down )

For sai devotees from America, Europe, Malaysia, Singapore , dubai and other middle east countries , i tried to give basic information about their journey from Mumbai to Shirdi.

Guidance to help Sai devotees coming from Foreign countries to Shirdi :

The distance between Mumbai to shirdi is approx 260 kms.  Mumbai airport is also the closest international airport to reach shirdi. So sai devotees who wish to come to india especially for shirdi darshan can come to mumbai and then take a Bus or taxi to shirdi.

Flight which reaches india in day time is fine :

Try to book a flight which reaches india in day time so that its easy for you to get buses to shirdi as most of buses from Mumbai to shirdi starts in evening.

From Airport to Dadar or any place where you can get shirdi bus :

If you are sure you can check out of the airport  before  9 Pm indian standard time, then its ok to travel to Dadar by taxi from where you can get Bus to shirdi. Tell the cabs driver that you wish to reach the place where you can get buses to shirdi.

I don’t have any association with travel agents or taxi or bus.  There are few who provide shirdi Cabs services direct airport pickup ,you can choose the car you wish to travel. search google.com with term ” shirdi cabs ”

Make sure you are aware of approx cost, prices are listed below. There are bus to shirdi which starts even at 11 in night but if you come alone and for women sai devotees, its not safe. Ofcourse everyone says Saibaba is there to protect. You also have to plan your trip safely.

Taxi from Mumbai to Dadar to get shirdi Bus : 200 to 500 Rs ( 10 to 15 $ max )

Bus from Mumbai to Shirdi

Non Ac Bus – 200 Rs ( 5 $ )

Ac Bus – 250 Rs

Volvo Bus – 300 to 450 Rs. ( 10 $ )

Shirdi Cabs – Hiring a car can take you shirdi with in 5 to 6 hours

Cabs from Mumbai to Shirdi – 3500 INR to 6000 INR for one way. ( approx 90 $ to 150 $ ) . Must be within 12,000 R.s for two way if you return within a day.

One of my Sai friend came from australia , took a taxi with driver from mumbai to shirdi, used the taxi for 5 days and then went back to mumbai all for 20,000 Rs. . Personally, if you ask me  , i suggest prefer a one way drop which is affordable.

You can also get buses from Andheri east, ask driver to take you to place in Andheri east or Dadar to get shirdi Bus. If you want to book a taxi directly to shirdi, it must cost you between 3500 to 6000 for one way but i don’t want to take the risk of recommonding any travels. Do a search in google.

If your flight arrives late night to Mumbai airport :

If your flight arrives late night or too early in the morning, better stay in a friends house or hotels in mumbai . There are few near airport. I really don’t have idea about budget Hotels in mumbai.  If your flight arrives early morning 2 Am to 4 Am ,  wait in airport for 2 hours and then take taxi to Dadar to take Bus to Shirdi.

Theres a cabin inside airport campus itself to book taxi or you can check  www.merucabs.com . For airport to dadar or andheri east pick up. I recommond them as i have experienced their service though a bit expensive.

Bus route from Mumbai to Shirdi :

Some buses goes to Nasik and then to shirdi others take a short cut avoiding nasik.

Bus route – Mumbai- Nashik- Niphad- Yeola – Shirdi

Pune and Aurangabad airport can be a option to reach Shirdi:

Distance between Pune to shirdi – 190 Kms

Bus route – Pune- Kalamba- sangmner- Talegaon- shirdi

Distance between Aurangabad to Shirdi 126 kms.

Bus route – Aurangabad- Vaijapur Yeola- Kopargaon-Shirdi

Theres also a Airport in Pune and Aurangabad . you have to check if theres convinient flight to reach Aurangabad.

Shirdi to Mumbai trains :

Personally travel to shirdi by train is recommonded only for people who are used to places in Mumbai as there are several railway stations.  Click here for list of trains from shirdi to mumbai

Shirdi Map -

Shirdi to Mumbai by road is displayed in the below Map.

Sai bless you for a peaceful journey, accomodation in a comfortable Hotel and happy Sai Darshan.

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Shirdi Trains – Its for you to check the Indian railways website if the information below is right.

I have only tried to help sai baba devotees and cant be responsible if you plan your trip withour confirming.

Sai Nagar Shirdi Railway station :

A new Railway station has been build in shirdi called Sai Nagar. Its just 3-4 kms from the Main saibaba temple in shirdi.
Please don’t mail me asking about train timings and trying to understand how to travel by train to shirdi if you are new to mumbai and  if you came from other countries or states. The best option is to book a travels bus and reach shirdi by bus comfortably.

I have provided the train numbers . All you have to do is register in irctc.com and check to confirm for seat availability and also timings. DO NOT TAKE ALL THE INFORMATION HERE to plan your trip. You have to take responsibility. I have just tried to help you with some basic information. Further i have not travelled to shirdi by train .

The other nearest railway stations are Kopargaon – KPG ( 10 miles from shirdi )
Manmad – 49 kms from shirdi

you can register in www.irctc.com and from Mumbai CST or Mumbai LTT ( Lokamanya tilak kurla ) search for trains to
Sai Nagar shirdi
Manmad
and
Kopargaon
For people who travel from other states in india and who come from other countries ,Please please go by Bus from mumbai to shirdi. Thats the best option as you might not be used to Mumbai Local trains for transit.
You can use the alphabats in www.irctc.com – Indian Railway reservation and also www.trainenquiry.com to check for seat availability.

CSTM – Mumbai CST
LTT – Lokmanya Tilak Terminus – Mumbai situated in Kurla
BCT – Mumbai Central
SNSI – Sai Nagar shirdi station

Train which goes to Shirdi Sai Nagar , Kopergoan ( 15 kms ) and Manmad ( 49 kms )
1. Mumbai shirdi special
Train number – 0177

departure at 10.20 P.M reaches shirdi at 5. A.M in Sainagar station

2. Tapovan Express :

Train number : 7617

Departs @ 06:10AM
Arrives @ 12:11PM
reaches Rotegaon/RGO
(37 km from Sainagar Shirdi)

3.Devgiri Express
train number – 7057
Departs @ 09:05PM from Mumbai CST.

5.Shirdi Fast Passenger
Train number – 1333
Departs @ 10:55PM
Mumbai cst
Reaches after a 10 hour journey next day morning at 10.30 to Sai Nagar shirdi station.

6. Pushpak Express
train number – 2534
Departs @ 08:20AM from Mumbai cst
Arrives @ 12:48PM to Manmad ( you can get down in kopergaon station )

Return journey by train from Shirdi Sai Nagar station to Mumbai

1. Shirdi Mumbai Special
Train number – 0118
Departs @ 07:30AM in shirdi
arrives mumbai Cst at 02:25PM

2.Tapovan Express
Train number – 7618

Departs @ 03:50PM from Ratangoan situation 37 kms away from shirdi

3.Mumbai CST Fast Passenger
train number – 1334

Departs @ 04:40PM Sainagar Shirdi/SNSI
Arrives @ 04:25AM next day early morning.

trains From Kopergoan railway station ( 15 kms from shirdi )

4..Manmad LTT Express
train number – 2118

Departs @ 08:35AM
Manmad Junction/MMR
(41 km from Kopargaon)
Arrives @ 01:00PM
to LTT ( kurla lokamanya tilak railway station, mumbai )

5.Panchvati Express
Train number – 2110
Departs @ 06:10AM
Manmad Junction/MMR
(41 km from Kopargaon)
Arrives @ 10:23AM ro Dadar Mumbai.

Thanks and hope it helps.

I always prefer Bus journey from Mumbai to shirdi and back from shirdi to Mumbai which takes only 7 to max 9 hours .I shall write another article about bus journey later

Sai bless you for a peaceful journey to shirdi , nice hotel to stay and Happy Sai Darshan

Venkat

30 :03 : 2009

Sai Ram friends,

This Approx Distance from New Delhi to Shirdi is 1200 Kms

I have included very few trains which goes from New Delhi to Shirdi. You can search for trains which goes to following stations near shirdi

1.Kopergoan – 15 kms

2.Mammad – 40 kms

Now shirdi has its own Railway Station so some of the trains which halts at kpergoan for few minutes might come to shirdi station too. You have to verify this.

Register in www.irctc.com and check for trains which goes from New Delhi  to Goa,Bangalore etc. This way the trains will cross Manmad or Kopergoan stations.

List of few trains from New Delhi to Kopergoan

1.Train number – 2628 -  karnataka express

New Delhi to Bangalore will Half few minutes at Kopergoan . The Map below shows the approx route of this Train journey from Delhi to shirdi.

Most train takes the following route from New Delhi

New Delhi – Mathura – Agra – Gwalior – Jhansi – Bhopal – Bhurhanpur – Jalgoan – Manmad – Kopergoan

2.  Train Number 2680 – Goa express from Nizamuddin

Goa express also comes from Delhi via Kopergoan.

Return journey – Shirdi To Delhi trains

1. Same train goes back to Delhi from Kopergoan station. Karnataka express – Train No  2627

2. Goa express – 2779 – Kopergoan to Delhi

Friends , At present am able to list only above 2 important trains. You can check in Indian railway reservation for other options

1. Delhi to Nasik trains

Two hour journey From Nasik many buses are there to shirdi apart from trains but mostly these trains are always full as it comes from Punjab via delhi.

Try this train which comes to Manmad station

Train No. 2618 Mangla LKDSP Express

From Nizamuddin ( NZM ) to ernakulam .

It halts at Manmad and also Nasik. Get down at Manmad and take bus just an hour journey to Shirdi

2. Delhi to Pune trains - from Pune go to Shivaji nagar bus stand and get Shirdi Bus ( 5 hour journey )

3. Delhi to Mumbai trains – From mumbai buses can be got from dadar, borivali,andheri etc to shirdi ( 7 to 8 hours )

Shirdi Map – Delhi to Shirdi :

Google Map shows Bus route . I have tried to make it approx for New Delhi to Shirdi train route based on Karnataka express.

New Delhi – Mathura – Agra – Gwalior – Jhansi – Bhopal – Bhurhanpur – Jalgoan – Manmad – Kopergoan

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Sairam friends,

By grace of sai i was able to do a approximate change in car route from chennai to shirdi  so that you can get a idea how most of the trains towards Mumbai travels.

Chennai to Shirdi Distance – 1200 Kms ( approx )

Chennai to Pune by train and from Pune to shirdi by bus

The best way is take any train which goes to Mumbai via Pune. Get down in Pune railway station, ask for Shivaji Nagar bus stand. From here there are various Bus to Shirdi. If you dont get shirdi bus, please go to Ahmadnagar and from there to shirdi. This is the safe way for women , children and old people.

Short Cut – if you feel secured , Try to get down in Daund station and travel to Ahmandnagar by bus  :

You can get down in a station called Daund which comes a couple of hours before Pune station, This is a small train junction. Once you get down in daund , walk out of the railway station, there will be few autos…ask them to take you to the junction where 3 roads meet. This is where Ahmadnagar and shirdi bus comes.

The auto takes just 10 minutes to reach this point where three roads meet. You have to wait in the corner and look for Nagar bus ( Ahmadnagar ) which takes you to Ahmadnagar bus stand. From Ahmadnagar there are frequest Bus to Manmad which stops in shirdi or direct Shirdi Bus.

If you get down in daund, Make sure you experience State trasport bus with no much comfort but its going to save you more than couple of hours.

Shirdi Map – It shows Bus route from chennai to Shirdi.

I have adjusted appox train route from Chennai to Shirdi

A – Chennai , B – Shirdi

Did you see a place in the map called Baramati before Pune . Double click to zoom in and look above. In light words the Railway station Daund can be seen.

This is where you can get down if the train goes in day time. Its recommonded you get down in pune only if the train travels daund in night time as its not safe. I mean better directly reach Pune and from there take Bus to Shirdi.

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