Itarsi Junction railway station

Itarsi اٹارسي جنکشن
Indian Railway Junction Station
Location Itarsi, Madhya Pradesh
Coordinates 22°36′29″N 77°46′01″E / 22.608°N 77.767°E / 22.608; 77.767Coordinates: 22°36′29″N 77°46′01″E / 22.608°N 77.767°E / 22.608; 77.767
Elevation 329.400 metres (1,080.71 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Line(s) Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line
Delhi-Chennai line
Platforms 7
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code ET
Zone(s) West Central Railways
Division(s) Bhopal railway division
Location
Itarsi railway station
Location in Madhya Pradesh

Itarsi Junction (Station Code : ET) is a railway station in Hoshangabad District in Madhya Pradesh which passes more than 330 trains through it. It falls under the West Central Railway zone of Indian Railways network. It is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) away from Hoshangabad. Trains from Central Railway undergo engine changes here i.e. electric engines of WAP/WAM/WAG class are changed to diesel engines of WDP/WDM/WDG class and vice versa. These changes happen for trains which pass through Jabalpur-Katni-Satna railway line and sometimes for trains which pass through Bhopal.

Itarsi is the only junction in the state of Madhya Pradesh along with Maharashtra, Southern Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh which has stoppage for 330+ trains daily. For instance, Bhopal Junction halts 270 trains followed by Nagpur 240 trains, Jhansi 225 trains, and Bilaspur 125 trains.

Structure and location

The railway station of Itarsi consist of total 7 platforms. The platform is well furnished to meet up with all the passenger needs and demands. The railway junction provides the following facility at different platforms:

Connectivity

Itarsi Junction Railway station is very well connected with rail routes from all four sides. Thus the trains for almost all the Indian destinations such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Ahmedabad, Kanpur, Patna, Indore, Bhopal, Jhansi,Gwalior, Jabalpur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Allahabad, Bareily, Dehradun, Jammu, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Ajmer, Ratlam, Ujjain, Rajkot, Surat, Bhuj, Nagpur, Kolhapur, Mysore, Trivandrum, Coimbatore, Ernakulum, Vishakhapatnam, Tirupati, Puri, Bhuwaneswar, Guwahati, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Kannur and others are easily available. There is more than a single train to reach many important destinations from Itarsi such as:

Track position

Itarsi Junction is the only railway station in central India to halt 330 trains every week. Nagpur halts 248, Bhopal halts 245. Jhansi halts 230 but Itarsi has stoppage for 330 trains. The tracks on the junction are such that they provide a vast connection to all the four directions.To the north lies the important capital city of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal. To the east lies the another railway junction Jabalpur. To the southwest lies Khandwa and Bhusawal, and to the southeast lies Amla Jn., Betul and Nagpur. The station always holds heavy over-traffic as the trains on the Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line and Jhansi – Bhopal Jn. – Nagpur routes cross at Itarsi.

Important trains passing through

See also

CR
Bhusawal
Nagpur CR
NCR
Jhansi
SECR
Nagpur SEC
WR
Ratlam
WCR
Bhopal
Jabalpur

References

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