Navapur Railway Station: Divided by states, united by Indian Railways

Navapur railway station in the Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, is a unique railway station with one part of it in the Tapi district of Gujarat and the other part in the Nandurbar district of Maharashtra. When this station was built, Maharashtra and Gujarat were not divided. On May 1, 1961, when Mumbai province was divided, it was divided into two states Maharashtra and Gujarat. Navapur station came between the two states in this partition and since then has had a different identity. The ticket window at this station falls in Maharashtra, while the station master sits in Gujarat, not only this but there is also an announcement in four different languages at this station. Information is also written in four languages, Hindi, Gujarati English and Marathi, so it is easy to understand the passengers coming from both Maharashtra and Gujarat.