Nagpur, 30 May (HS):

The name of Osmanabad Railway Station will now be Dharashiv Railway Station.

Indian Railways has changed the name of Osmanabad Railway Station to Dharashiv following

the decision of the Maharashtra Government to change the name of the city.

The station

previously known as Osmanabad, with the station code UMD, has now been officially

renamed as Dharashiv with the new station code DRSV.

Accordingly, the new name of the station

is to be read and written in the following manner:

In Devanagari Script (Marathi): धाराशिव

In Devanagari Script (Hindi): धाराशिव

In Roman Script (English): DHARASHIV

All railway

records, signage, announcements, and passenger information systems will be

updated to reflect the new name.

Passengers and the general public are requested to take note of the change.

To implement the name

change, Mumbai PRS (Passenger Reservation System) will be temporarily shut down

for a brief period of 1 hour 45 minutes i.e from 23:45 hrs of 31.05.2025 to

01:30 hrs of 01.06.2025. During this period of shutdown, changes related to the

renaming of Usmanabad station to Dharashiv and necessary updates will be

carried out.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar