Nagpur Junction railway station

Nagpur Junction (station code: NGP) is a railway station in Nagpur, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is an important junction station on the Howrah–Mumbai and Delhi–Chennai trunk line of the Indian Railways.

Nagpur Junction
Express train and Passenger train station
Nagpur Junction
Location	Sitabuldi, Nagpur 440001, Maharashtra India
Coordinates	21.1534°N 79.0889°E
Elevation	308.660 metres (1,012.66 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Government of India
Line(s)	New Delhi–Chennai main line Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line Bhopal–Nagpur section Nagpur–Secunderabad section Bilaspur–Nagpur section Nagpur–Bhusawal section Nagpur–Umrer–Nagbhir line Nagpur–Chhindwara line
Platforms	8
Tracks	13
Construction
Structure type	At ground
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functional
Station code	NGP
Zone(s)	Central Railway, South East Central Railway
Division(s)	Nagpur CR, Nagpur SEC
History
Opened	1867
Electrified	1988–89 (Ballarshah-Wardha–Nagpur) 1990–91 (Nagpur–Amla) 1991–92 (Tharsa–Nagpur)[1]
Passengers
160,000 daily (approx.)[2]

History

View of Nagpur station, Great Indian Peninsula Railway, opened January 1925

Nagpur railway station is one of the oldest and busiest stations in Maharashtra, India.

In 1867, Mumbai rail first connected to Nagpur. In 1881, Nagpur was connected to Kolkata via the Nagpur State Railway of Chhattisgarh.[3][4] It was officially inaugurated on 15 January 1925 by then Governor Sir Frank Sly.[4] Prior to 1924, the railway station was located east of its current location. It has become a major tourist destination.[5]

Services

Nagpur is a city with two divisional headquarters (one for Central Railway and another for South Eastern Railway), a rare distinction it shares with Lucknow.[6]

Nagpur railway station receives two hundred and forty-two trains daily,[7] with approximately 160,000 passengers embarking and disembarking.[2] Direct trains run from Nagpur railway station to all major cities, including: Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Kolkata.

Development

In 2008, Nagpur railway station was among 22 stations in India that were recommended to be upgraded to meet international standards. Priority areas were identified: security, safety and cleanliness. Work was to be undertaken via public–private partnerships and the Central Railway.[8] but it will be clean very soon and compete with other station.

Salwa–Butibori Chord Line

There is detention to freight trains due to conflict and priority to Mail, Express and Passenger trains. While line capacity is being augmented on the corridors leading to Nagpur by construction of a 3rd line, it is not found feasible, to lay independent lines for passing through traffic in the Nagpur area, because of space constraint.

This will decongest Nagpur, Ajni, Kalamna and Itwari Railway Line Yards, thus facilitating running of EMUs in and around Nagpur and reducing the detention of trains.[9]

References

1. "Electrification History". Retrieved 31 March 2004.
2. Nash, David (29 September 2015). "Here's what the free Wi-Fi commitment to Indian Railways probably costs Google". Firstpost. Reuters. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
3. "Division at a Glance: (as on 01.03.2019)". Central Railway. 3 January 2019.
4. "90 years of Nagpur station Building".
5. "Travel to Nagpur". mapsofindia.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2011.
6. "Geography: Railway Zones". IRFCA.
7. "Nagpur Junction Arrival & Departure". India Rail Info.
8. "Nagpur to get model railway station". The Times of India.
9. "Salwa–Butibori (Chord Line)". maharail.com.

External links

• Nagpur Junction railway station at the India Rail Info