Nagpur Junction railway station

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Nagpur railway station
Indian railway station
Nagpur Railway Station Stitch.jpg
Location Goswami Tulsidas Road, Nagpur, Pin - 440001, Maharashtra
 India
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Elevation 308.660 metres (1,012.66 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Line(s) Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line
Delhi-Chennai line
Nagpur-Hyderabad line
Nagpur-Bilaspur Section
Nagpur-Nagbhir NG
Nagpur-Chhindwara NG
Platforms 10 (8 broad gauge and 2 narrow gauge)
Tracks 13
Construction
Structure type At ground
Parking Available (paid)
Other information
Status Functional
Station code NGP
Zone(s) Central Railway
South East Central Railway
Division(s) Nagpur
History
Opened 1867
Electrified 1988-89 (Ballarshah-Wardha-Nagpur)
1990-91 (Nagpur-Amla)
1991-92 (Tharsa-Nagpur)[1]
Previous names Bengal Nagpur Railway
Traffic
Passengers Approx. 1.6 lakh daily

Nagpur railway station is a railway station in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.

Nagpur is the geographical center of India and one of India's most important railway junctions. The Nagpur railways constitute a very significant part of the transport and communication system in Nagpur.

A total of 242[2] trains from various destinations halt at Nagpur, making it one of the busiest junctions all over the country. These include passenger, express, mail, Duronto, Rajdhani, Garib Rath trains. Of these, 53 run daily and 26 terminate or originate from Nagpur. Almost 1.6 lakh passengers board/leave Nagpur Railway Station [3] Nagpur Railway station, one of the oldest and busiest Stations of Nagpur was inaugurated in its present from on Jan 15th 1925 by the then Governor Sir Frank.[4] Apart from the main station, other railway stations in the city include Ajni, Itwari, Kalamna and Godhani. Nagpur-Ajni rail route which is just 3 km long, is the shortest train run in Indian Railways primarily meant for crew to travel from Nagpur station to the workshop at Ajni.[5] Some important trains that are available at the Nagpur railway station are the CST Mumbai - Nagpur Duronto, Visakhapatnam Nizamuddin Samata Express, Vidarbha Express, Bangalore Nizamudin Rajdhani Express, Mumbai Howrah Mail, Trivandrum Central - New Delhi Kerala Express, Chennai Central - New Delhi Tamil Nadu Express.

The railways at Nagpur were established a long time back, well before the independence of India, as Nagpur used to be an important city of India even then. 1867 marks the beginning of the Nagpur railways. In 1881, Nagpur was linked up with another important city of India, Kolkata, via the railways of the state of Chhattisgarh.[6][7]

The original railway station of Nagpur was previously located towards the east of its current site. The present-day railway station of Nagpur was also put up in the pre-independence days. being established in 1924.

The railways in Nagpur are important not only because the city is one of the tourist destinations of the country and the second capital of the significant state of Maharashtra, but also because of its prime location. The railway station has a central location in the entire country and hence is strategically very important not only in the state but in the entire subcontinent of India.[8]

Modernization

Among the 22 stations in India which have been recommended to be upgraded to international standard, Nagpur railway station is one of them. Work is to be sourced out to the Public-Private Partnerships and the Central Railway has identified priority areas like security, safety and cleanliness for the station.[9]

The close-situated Ajni is planned to be developed as a terminus and is also under consideration with a vision of diverting the traffic from the Nagpur railway station in the long run. A proposal to develop Ajni as a coaching complex is also under way.[9][10]

Facilities

The main complex has waiting and retiring rooms for passengers awaiting connecting trains. It also has 'Comesum', the IRCTC authorized multicuisine food plaza in the main building, having seating capacity of 150 people.

The Retiring Rooms are available at the rent rates of 250 rupees, for those with air conditioning and 200 rupees without.

Trains Originating/Terminating at Nagpur

Following are the trains which operate from the Nagpur Railway Station.[11] More passing trains from Nagpur, are available for Bhopal Junction via. Itarsi Junction, Gwalior, Jabalpur Junction via. Balaghat Junction, New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Indore Junction BG, Jaipur, Lucknow, Agra, Varanasi, Rajkot, Surat and almost, all the destinations throughout the India.

Duronto

Train No. Train Name Destination
12290 NAGPUR - MUMBAI DURONTO EXPRESS Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus

Garib Rath

Train No. Train Name Destination
12114 NAGPUR - PUNE GARIB RATH Pune

Super Fast Express

Train No. Train Name Destination
22112 NAGPUR - BHUSAWAL SUPER FAST EXPRESS Bhusawal
12924 NAGPUR INDORE SUPER FAST EXPRESS Indore
12914 NAGPUR- INDORE TRISHATABDI EXPRESS Indore
12136 NAGPUR- PUNE SUPERFAST EXPRESS PUNE

Mail/Express

Train number Train name Destination
12140 NAGPUR - MUMBAI Sewagram Express Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
11402 NAGPUR - MUMBAI Nandigram Express(via NANDED) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
18240 NAGPUR BILASPUR EXPRESS Bilaspur
12856 NAGPUR BILASPUR INTERCITY EXPRESS Bilaspur
11454 NAGPUR - AHMEDABAD Prerana Express Ahmedabad
12135 NAGPUR PUNE EXPRESS Pune
12140 NAGPUR-KOLHAPUR EXPRESS Chattrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus
18239 NAGPUR - GEVRA EXPRESS Gevra Road

Passenger

Train number Train name Destination
58834 NAGPUR-CHHINDWARA PASSENGER Chhindwara
58838 NAGPUR-RAMAKONA-CHHINDWARA PASSENGER Chhindwara
51285 NAGPUR-BHUSAVAL PASSENGER Bhusawal
58842 NAGPUR-RAMAKONA PASSENGER Ramakona
51294 NAGPUR=AMLA PASSENGER Amla
58844 NAGPUR-NAGBHIR PASSENGER Nagbhid
58840 Nagpur Jabalpur Narrow Gauge Express Jabalpur
51259 NAGPUR-WARDHA PASSENGER Wardha
51830 NAGPUR-ITARSI PASSENGER Itarsi
58811 NAGPUR-RAMTEK PASSENGER Ramtek

Halting trains

Rajdhani Express

Train Name
Secunderabad-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani
Bangalore-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani no. 22693
Bangalore-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani no. 12430
Chennai Central-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani
Bilaspur-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani

Duronto Express

Train Name
Pune-Howrah Duronto
Mumbai CST-Howrah Duronto
Chennai Central -Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto
Secunderabad-Hazrat Nizamuddin Duronto
Yeshvantapur Delhi Sarai Rohilla AC Duronto Express

Garib Rath Express

Train Name
Chennai Central Hazrat Nizamuddin Garib Rath Express

Sampark Kranti Express

Train Name
Hazrat Nizamuddin-Madurai Sampark Kranti
Hazrat Nizamuddin-Tirupati Sampark Kranti
Hazrat Nizamuddin-Yesvantpur Sampark Kranti

Super Fast Express

Train No. Train Name
12724 Telangana Express
12812 Hatia-Mumbai LTT SF Express
12642 Thirukkural SF Express
22847 Visakhapatnam - Mumbai SF Express
22866 Puri Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express
12880 Bhubaneswar-LTT SF Express
12645 Millennium SF Express
12643 Swarna Jayanti SF Express
12803 Visakhapatnam-H Nizamuddin SF Express
12390 Chennai Egmore- Gaya SF Express
22893 Sainagar Shirdi-Howrah SF Express
12767 HazurSahib Nanded-Kolkata SF Express
12648 Kongu SF Express
12808 Samata SF Express
22845 Hatia Pune Superfast Express
12687 Madurai Dehradun Express
12626 Kerala Express
12589 Gorakhpur-Secunderabad SF Express
12521 Raptisagar Express
12160 Jabalpur - Amravati SF Express
12860 Gitanjali Express
22403 Puducherry-New Delhi SF Express
12295 Sanghamitra SF Express
22688 Madurai Dehradun Express
12410 Raigarh Nizamuddin Gondwana Express
12406 Bhusaval Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express
12721 Dakshin Express
12850 Pune-Bilaspur SF Express
22905 Okha Howrah Link SF Express
12101 Jnaneswari Express
12905 Howrah Porbandar Express
12129 Azad Hind Express
12539 Yesvantpur-Lucknow SF Express
12578 Bagmati Express
12967 Chennai-Jaipur SF Express
12969 Coimbatore-Jaipur SF Express
12809 Howrah Mumbai Mail
12975 Jaipur Mysore Superfast Express
12844 Puri Ahmedabad Express
12669 Ganga Kaveri Express
12792 Patna Secunderabad SF Express
12616 The Grand Trunk Express
12879 Mumbai LTT - Bhubaneshwar SF Express
12621 Tamil Nadu Express
12994 Puri-Gandhidham SF Express
22827 Puri - Surat SF Express
22620 Tirunelveli - Bilaspur SF Express
22815 Bilaspur-Ernakulam SF Express
12522 Raptisagar Express
12592 Bangalore City-Gorakhpur SF Express
12722 Nizamuddin Visakapatanam SF Express
12146 Bhubaneswar-Lokmanya TT SF Express
12152 Samarsata Express
12950 Santragachi-Porbandar SF Express
12833 Howrah Ahmedabad Superfast Express

Mail/Express

Train No. Train Name
01652 Habibganj - Secunderabad Express
15024 Yeshvantpur Gorakhpur Express
15611 Mumbai LTT - Kamakhya Express
13426 Surat - Malda Town Express
02745 Sai Nagar Shirdi - Puri Express
16093 Chennai-Lucknow Express
16031 Andaman Express
16687 Navyug Express
16787 Tirunelveli-Jammu Tawi Express
16317 Himsagar Express
18238 Chhattisgarh Express
16325 Ahilyanagari Express
17610 Purna - Patna Express
16327 Korba-Tiruvananthapuram Express
18239 Shivnath Express
11045 Deekshabhoomi Express
16359 Ernakulam - Patna Express
14259 Rameswaram-Varanasi Express
17005 Hyderabad-Darbhanga Express
11040 Maharashtra Express
18473 Puri Jodhpur Express
18406 Puri Ahmedabad Express
18029 Shalimar Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express

References

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  4. http://www.nagpurtoday.in/90-years-of-nagpur-station-building/01142300
  5. http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/indian-railways-10-interesting-facts_789718.html
  6. http://www.cr.indianrailways.gov.in//view_section.jsp?id=0,6,1191,1196,1683
  7. http://www.nagpurtoday.in/90-years-of-nagpur-station-building/01142300
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External links

Nagpur travel guide from Wikivoyage