Durg Junction railway station

Durg Junction
Indian Railway Junction Station
Location Durg, Chhattisgarh
India
Coordinates 21°11′59″N 81°17′30″E / 21.1998°N 81.2917°E / 21.1998; 81.2917Coordinates: 21°11′59″N 81°17′30″E / 21.1998°N 81.2917°E / 21.1998; 81.2917
Elevation 290 m (951 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Line(s) Bilaspur-Nagpur section of Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line
Tracks Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Construction
Structure type Standard (on ground station)
Parking Available
Other information
Station code DURG
Zone(s) South East Central Railway
Division(s) Raipur
History
Opened 1891
Electrified 1970–71
Previous names Bengal Nagpur Railway
Location
Location of Durg railway station in Chhattisgarh

Durg Railway Station, is a junction station located in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. It serves Durg, Bhilai and the adjoining areas of Durg district. Durg Junction is the part of South East Central Railway.

History

Durg railway station started its functioning in 1891. Initially, Durg was the part of Bengal Nagpur Railway. The Nagpur-Asansol main line of Bengal Nagpur Railway which came up in 1891 covered Durg station for the first time. The cross country Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line, opened in 1900, was the second long route which passed through Durg railway station.[1]

Bhilai Steel Plant, inaugurated on 4 February 1959, enhanced the importance of Durg railway station.[1]

Railway reorganization

The Bengal Nagpur Railway was nationalized in 1944.[2]Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 with the portion of East Indian Railway Company east of Mughalsarai and the Bengal Nagpur Railway.[3] In 1955, South Eastern Railway was carved out of Eastern Railway. It comprised lines mostly operated by BNR earlier.[3][4] Amongst the new zones started in April 2003 were East Coast Railway and South East Central Railway. Both these railways were carved out of South Eastern Railway.[3]

Electrification

The Bilaspur-Bhilai and Bhilai-Durg sections were electrified in 1970-71, Durg-Paniajob section in 1989-90. The Paniajob-Gondia and Gondia-Bhandara Road sections in 1990-91, Bhandara Road-Tharsa and Tharsa-Nagpur sections in 1991-92.[5]

Train Details

89 trains start/terminate/pass through Durg Junction.Most of the trains start/terminate/pass daily, whereas some express trains pass through Durg Junction in the scheduled day of the week only.[6] Durg railway station is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.[7]

List of Trains passes through Durg[6]

Updated as of January,2013

Train No. Train Name
16327 Korba-Trivandrum Express
12993 Gandhidham-Puri SF Express
22828 Surat-Puri SF Express
12860 Gitanjali Express
22894 Howrah-SainagarShirdi SF Express
12768 Kolkata Santragachi-Hazur Sahib Nanded SF Express
12870 Howrah-Mumbai CST Express
18240 Nagpur Bilaspur Shivnath Express
22893 SainagarShirdi-Howrar Express
12767 HazurSahib Nanded-Kolkata Satragachi SF Express
12869 Mumbai CST-Howrah Express
22845 Pune-Hatia Biweekly SF Express
12808 Samata Express
18473 Puri-Jodhpur Express
22846 Hatia-Pune Biweekly SF Express
13426 Surat-Malda Town Weekly Express
13287 South Bihar Express
18030 Shalimar-Mumbai LTT(Kurla) Express
02746 Puri-SaiNagarShirdi(Weekly) SF Special
12409 Gondwana Express
18238 Chhattisgarh Express
17006 Darbhanga-Hyderabad Express
17008 Darbhanga-Secunderabad Express
68704 Durg Raipur MEMU Local
68705 Raipur Dongargarh MEMU Local
12442 New Delhi-Bilaspur Express
12810 Howrah - Mumbai CST Mail
18209 Dalli Rajhara Raipur Express
12843 Puri Ahmedabad Superfast Express
22827 Puri-Surat (Weekly) Express
12856 Nagpur-Bilaspur Intercity
12994 Puri-Gandhidham Weekly Express
18405 Puri Ahmedabad Express
22815 Bilaspur-Ernakulam Express
13425 Malda Town - Surat Weekly Express
22619 Bilaspur Tirunelveli SF Express
12851 Bilaspur-Chennai Central Weekly SF Express
12069 Raigarh-Gondia Jan Shatabdi
12130 Azad Hind SF Express
17005 Hyderabad-Darbhanga Express
12823 Chhattisgarh Sampark Kranti Express
17007 Secunderabad-Darbhanga Express
12549 Durg-Jammu SF Express
12906-Slip Howrah-Hapa-Okha Link Express
12906 Howrah-Porbandar Express
12102 Jnaneshwari Super Deluxe Express
22906 Howrah-Okha Link Express
12252 Wainganga Express
12850 Pune-Bilaspur SuperFast Express
12410 Gondwana Express
12101 Jnaneswari Super Deluxe Express
12905 Porbandar- Howrah Express
22905 Okha Howrah Link Express
12152 Samarsata Express
12950 Santragachi Jn Porbandar Kavi Guru Express
12146 Bhubaneswar-Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express
12129 Azad Hind SF Express
12849 Bilaspur-Pune SF Express
12834 Howrah Ahmedabad Express
12949 Porbandar-Santragachi Kavi Guru Express
12145 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus-Bhubaneswar Express
12151 Samarsata Express
18211 Durg - Jagadalpur (Triweekly) Express
12844 Ahmedabad Puri Superfast Express
18406 Ahmedabad Puri Express
18207 Durg-Ajmer Weekly Express
18426 Durg Puri Express
12441 Bilaspur-New Delhi Rajdhani Express
12070 Gondia-Raigarh Jan Shatabdi
18237 Chhattisgarh Express
12811 Mumbai LTT-Hatia SF Express
12852 Chennai Central-Bilaspur Weekly SF Express
12807 Samta Express
22848 Mumbai LTT-Visakhapatnam SF Express
12853 Amarkantak Express
18029 Mumbai LTT-Shalimar [Kurla] Express
22816 Ernakulam-Bilaspur Express
18474 Jodhpur-Puri Express
22620 Tirunelveli Bilaspur(via TVC) SF Express
12855 Bilaspur-Nagpur Intercity Express
18205 Durg-Nautanwa Expr
18203 Betwa Express
18201 Durg-Nautanwa Express(via Varanasi)
12812 Hatia-Mumbai LTT SF Express
22847 Visakhapatnam-Mumbai LTT Weekly Express
18210 Raipur Dalli Rajhara Express
15160 Sarnath Express
18241-Slip Durg Ambikapur Express Slip
18241 Durg Ambikapur Express
16328 Trivandrum-Korba Express
12833 Ahmedabad-Howrah Express
68729 Raipur Dongargarh ME
12859 Gitanjali Express
18239 Gevra Road-Nagpur Shivnath Express
12251 Wainganga Express

Nearby Airports to Durg railway station

There are 2 airports nearby Durg railway station :-

References

  1. 1 2 "Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway". South Eastern Railway. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
  2. "IR History: Part - III (1900 - 1947)". IRFCA. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
  3. 1 2 3 "Geography – Railway Zones". IRFCA. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
  4. "IR History: Part - IV (1947 - 1970)". IRFCA. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
  5. "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
  6. 1 2 "Train_Schedule/Details". Retrieved 2013-01-15.
  7. "Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry". Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways. IRFCA. Retrieved 2013-01-09.

External links

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