Railway Station Sangli Railway Station is an important railway hub in Sangli City and the main station for Sangli district. Many long-route trains stop at Sangli city providing connectivity to important cities of India. Sangli city station is directly connected to important cities like: •
Mumbai, •
Pune, •
Delhi, •
Udaipur, •
Bangalore, •
Surat, •
Vadodara, •
Mathura, •
Bikaner, •
Mangalore, •
Madgaon, •
Kanyakumari, •
Puducherry, •
Salem, •
Tirunelveli, •
Vellore, •
Madurai, •
Kota, •
Guntakal, •
Cochin, •
Mysuru, •
Jhansi, •
Agra, •
Ajmer, •
Jodhpur, •
Ahmedabad, •
Gandhidham, •
Kolhapur, •
Belgavi, •
Dharwad, •
Huballi, •
Shri Ganganagar, •
Puducherry, •
Mangalore, •
Karwar by direct trains. •
Sangli-
Bengaluru Rani Chennamma Express, •
Sangli-
Parli Vaijnath DEMU express and •
Sangli-
Miraj DEMU train are the 3 trains that start their journey from Sangli station. • Bengaluru-Sangli
Rani Chennamma Express, • ParliVaijnath-Sangli DEMU express and • Kolhapur-Sangli DEMU train are the 3 trains that end their journey at Sangli station. Sangli railway station is undergoing major redevelopment and will be a major transportation hub of the region. Autorickshaws and private cars are available at Sangli station to reach nearby places like: •
Kolhapur, •
Ichalkaranji, •
Tasgaon, •
Walwa, •
Ashta, •
Kirloskarwadi, •
Jaysingpur, etc.
Road Transportation MSRTC has a Divisional Office at Sangli and bus depots & terminals at Sangli and
Miraj within city limits. Direct buses connect to: •
Pune, •
Mumbai, •
Solapur, •
Kolhapur, •
Pandharpur, •
Akkalkot, •
Parbhani, •
Nanded, •
Latur, •
Shegaon, •
Beed, •
Chatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, •
Ahmednagar, •
Panjim, •
Ratnagiri, •
Satara, •
Nashik, •
Hyderabad and many more cities in: •
Maharashtra and •
Karnataka. MSRTC runs Shivshahi: • airconditioned seater buses, • non airconditioned sleeper coaches and • ordinary buses from: • Sangli and • Miraj bus-depots. The State Government of Maharashtra has approved to build an airport near Kavalapur for the Sangli Metropolitan Area. Within metropolitan limits, the city bus of MSRTC is the best medium used by people; also, auto rickshaws, private cars and two-wheelers are used by many people. Other than MSRTC, many private travels like: • Balaji, • Shreenath, • VRL, • NTN, • Datta Krupa, • Konduskar, • Ashoka, • M. B. Link, • Vaibhav, • Shreyash, • Sanjay, • Sai Krupa, • Deepakraj, • Saini, • Sharma ply a/c and non a/c sleeper coaches and seater buses to: •
Ahmedabad, •
Surat, •
Mumbai, •
Pune, •
Coimbatore, •
Salem, •
Chennai, •
Hyderabad, •
Panjim, •
Nagpur, •
Latur, •
Solapur, •
Bangalore and other cities. Soon, Sangli will have MSRTC E-Buses. ==Geography==