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🛤️ India’s Only Double-Diamond Railway Crossing Is in Nagpur

Discover India's only double-diamond railway crossing in Nagpur - a rare engineering marvel where two major railway lines intersect at grade. A hidden gem in Indian rail infrastructure.

Pratik Kamble

01 Aug 2025 — 2 min read

Double-Diamond Railway Crossing

🛤️ SpotGenie Fact : India’s Only Double-Diamond Railway Crossing Is in Nagpur!

Beneath the calm hum of central India’s rail traffic lies a rare and mind-boggling piece of engineering - India’s only double-diamond railway crossing, right in the heart of Nagpur.

This junction is so rare that only a few exist anywhere in the world. But what makes it truly jaw-dropping is that it isn’t just a tangle of tracks - it’s a perfect at-grade intersection of two double-track main railway lines, forming a double diamond pattern.

🚦 What Exactly Is a Double-Diamond Crossing?

Let’s break it down:

A diamond railway crossing occurs when two railway lines intersect each other on the same level (not via bridges).
A double diamond means two such crossings side by side - where four tracks intersect, forming four overlapping diamonds.
Each track continues uninterrupted - which means trains can travel in all four directions without any flyover or underpass.

At Nagpur, these crossings connect:

The North–South trunk line (Delhi–Chennai)
The East–West trunk line (Mumbai–Howrah)

That makes it a national railway nerve center, with enormous freight and passenger traffic passing through - often without stopping.

📍 Location and Trivia

📌 Location: Just outside Nagpur Junction, between the Itwari and Ajni areas.
📷 It can be spotted via satellite imagery and even viewed from footbridges nearby.
🕵️‍♂️ Railfans and railway engineers worldwide refer to it as a “flat marvel” due to the complexity it handles - without flyovers or signal delays.
🧩 It’s an operational nightmare turned engineering excellence, where even a minor error could ripple through India’s railway timetable.

🤯 Did You Know?

This setup is so rare globally that you’ll find similar examples only in countries with legacy railway systems like the UK or parts of Eastern Europe - but not at the same scale or usage intensity as Nagpur’s.

🧠 Why SpotGenie Loves This

At SpotGenie, we celebrate everything unique about India’s transport story - whether it’s a smart hack, a historic marvel, or a hidden world like this. This double-diamond crossing may not be visible from the street, but it silently manages the rhythm of Indian railways every day.

Next time you pass through Nagpur, know that you’re gliding over one of the rarest railway intersections on Earth.