Nashik Road
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Nashik Road नाशिकरोड OM CITY |
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| Nickname(s): ELECTRIC CITY | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Nashik |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Nashik Road (Marathi नाशिकरोड) (sometimes referred to as Nasik Road) is the name given to the suburb of Nashik that has the city's railway station. The name 'Nashik Road' was originally used for the town surrounding the station (about 8 km or 5 miles south-west from the heart of the Nashik city) and parts of the adjoining Deolali village, but has been administratively merged with the Nashik Municipal Corporation since 1984. Nashik Road is home to almost 150,000 residents and is one of the fastest growing suburbs of Nashik.
Nashik Road is a fast developing city suburb of Nashik and has many hotels and restaurants, educational institutions (St. Xaviers High School, St. Philomena's Convent High School, Purushottam English School, K.N.Kela Progressive, R.J.C. Bytco Girls School, Kothari Kanya Shala, Jairambhai, K.J. Mehta etc.), hospitals and financial institutions (Business co-op Bank, The Nasik Road Deolali Vyapari Sahakari Bank Ltd., SBI, ICICI Bank etc.) catering to the growing educational and financial needs of the population.
Dattamandir, Andhashala, Gandharvanagari, Shikhrewadi, Jailroad, Gaykhe mala, Jai Bhavani road, Upanagar are major residential areas. Shirdi of Saibaba is near from Nashik Road, woth frequency of 15 min. tourist vehicles travels to shirdi.
The Mumbai-Agra highway (NH3), Nashik-Pune highway (NH 50),Peth Road, Wani road, Bhagur-Nashik road (Lam road), Jail Road are some of the major roads in the city, alongside the residential and commercial neighbourhoods. The first and only road flyover of the city (named 'Swatantryaveer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar flyover') is in Nashik Road over the NH 50 and has helped reduce the traffic congestion in peak hours in the area.
Nashik Road railway station was built by Mr.Bhagwant Singh Kapoor's construction company who resides at Prakash Bhavan, Punjabi Colony, Nasik Road. This railway station is an important stop for trains on the Mumbai-Bhusawal-Delhi and Mumbai-Bhusawal-Nagpur-Kolkata Central Railway routes. Heavy passenger traffic is a daily feature of the Nashik Road-Mumbai railway sector.Recently a new train has been started between Nashik - Pune, which was a great issue since last 30 years. also the new train start from Nashik to Mumbai that is Rajya Rani Express in 2011.
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