Mhow railway station
Mhow railway station | |||||||||||
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| Indian Railway Station | |||||||||||
| Location |
Simrol Road, Mhow, Madhya Pradesh India | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 577 m (1,893 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Akola–Ratlam Metre Gauge Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 BG | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 BG | ||||||||||
| Connections | Taxi stand, auto stand | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Available | ||||||||||
| Disabled access |
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| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Construction - Gauge Conv - MG/NG to Single Diesel BG | ||||||||||
| Station code | MHOW | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Western Railways | ||||||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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The Mhow Railway Station is one of the local railway stations in Mhow a suburb of Indore.[1][2]
This station on the Delhi-Hyderabad Meter gauge line was founded in the 1870s. The station is equipped with two reservation counters and it is a meter gauge station but broad gauge conversion work is going on.[3]
Mhow has been connected to Indore and Khandwa by metre gauge railway lines. In 2008, the Union Cabinet approved the gauge conversion for the Ratlam-Mhow-Khandwa-Akola railway line. (472.64 km). The cost of the gauge conversion would be about Rs.1421.25 crore.[4][5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Mhow". IndiaRailInfo.com.
- ↑ "Mhow (MHOW), Mhow Railway Station". Make My Trip.
- ↑ Jauhri, Rajesh (12 November 2012). "Mhow villagers may be deprived of rail services". The Times of India.
- ↑ "WR declare closure of Fatehabad-Indore & Fatehabad-Ujjain MG Section for GC works". RailNews. 24 February 2014.
- ↑ "(untitled)". Free Press Journal. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014.
External links
- Unigauge sorely needed in Southern Railway
- `Project Unigauge' likely to be included in the 11th plan
- Does privatisation provide the answer?
- Pakala-Dharmavaram BG line opened
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