Saugor railway station
Saugor (also pronounced as Sãgar) (Station Code : SGO) is an important and main railway station of Sagar city in Madhya Pradesh. It is operated by West Central Railway with its headquarters at Jabalpur.
Structure and location
The railway station of Sagar lies on the main Bina–Katni rail route. To its north lies Khurai railway station and to its south lies Damoh Junction railway station. The main railway station of Sagar is located just 3 km from the city centre and 10 km from its other local railway station Saugor Makronia. The main railway station of Sagar consists of a total of 2 platforms. The following facilities are presently available at the railway station :
- 3 Computerised Reserved Ticket Counters
- 4 Computerised Unreserved Ticket Counters
- 3 Waiting Halls (1 General, 1 Ladies and 1 Upper Class)
- Telephone Booths
- Railway Restaurant at Platform no.1
- Food stores at both the platforms
- Book and Tea stalls
- Railway Coaching Centre
- Railway Police Station
- Cold Water Vendors
- PNR Checking Machines
- Toilets and Sanitation
There is a need for an A.T.M. as well as Internet Cafe at the station whose works are under construction
Important trains passing through
The station of Saugor halts for a few trains as there are more goods trains than that of passengers due to coal mines. The trains which pass on through Bina–Katni rail route had their stoppage at this station. The important trains halting here are:
- Rewanchal Express between Bhopal Habibganj (Bhopal) and Rewa
- Bhopal–Bilaspur Express between Bhopal Junction and Bilaspur
- Damoh–Kota Passenger between Damoh and Kota
- Bhopal Rajya Rani Express between Damoh and Bhopal
- Durgavati Express between Jabalpur Junction and Jammu Tawi
- Madhya Pradesh Sampark Kranti between Jabalpur Junction and Hazrat Nizamuddin (Delhi)
- Gondwana Express (Mahamaya Express) between Jabalpur Junction and Hazrat Nizamuddin (Delhi)
- Jabalpur–Hazrat Nizamuddin Super Fast Express
- Dayodaya Express between Jabalpur Junction and Jaipur
- Jabalpur Somnath Express between Jabalpur Junction and Rajkot/Veraval/Somnath
- Shipra Express between Indore Junction BG (Indore) and Howrah (Kolkata)
- Vindhyachal Express (Bina - Itarsi Express) between Bhopal Junction and Itarsi Junction
- Bhopal–Howrah Express (Haabde) between Bhopal Junction and Howrah (Kolkata
- Bhopal–Lucknow Express betweon Bhopal Junction and Lucknow
- Bhopal–Damoh Intercity Express between Bhopal and Damoh
- Indore–Jabalpur Intercity Express between Indore and Jabalpur
- Indore–Rewa Express between Indore and Rewa
- Durg–Jammu Tawi Express between Durg and Jammu
- Durg–Hazrat Nizamuddin Express
- Durg–Ajmer Express between Ajmer and Durg
- Kamayani Express (Kurla - Banaras Express) between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Mumbai) and Varanasi Junction
- Kalingutkal Express (Utkal Express) between Haridwar and Puri
- Hirakund Express (Sambalpur Express) between Amritsar and Vishakhapattanam
- Indore–Patna Express
- Bandra–Patna Express
- Ahmedabad–Patna Express
- Ajmer–Chitpur via Dhanbad, Asansol Express between Ajmer and Kolkata
- Ajmer–Santragachi Express via Tatanagar, Kharagpur between Ajmer and Kolkata
- Bikaner–Puri Express between Bikaner and Puri
- Bhuj–Shalimar SuperFast Express between Bhuj and Kolkata
- Bhagalpur–Ajmer Express between Bhagalpur and Ajmer
- Udaipur–Shalimar Express between Udaipur and Kolkata
It has also operated and halts for many passenger trains, these were:
- Saugor–Bhopal Passenger
- Saugor–Katni Passenger
- Saugor–Chirmiri Passenger
- Kota–Damoh Passenger
- Bina–Katni Passenger
- Bina–Damoh Passenger and
- Chirmiri Passenger
Despite heavy passenger demand and traffic there is no luxury train on the Bina–Katni rail route so this station does not halt any Rajdhani Express, any Shatabadi Express or a Jan Shatabadi Express due to lack of railway ministry attention on the Katni - Bina route. Hence it lacks connectivity with important places such as all the major cities in South India including Trivendrum, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Mysore, Coimbatore, Kochi, Kolhapur and Tirupati. It also lacks direct connectivity with North and East India despite of heavy passenger traffic for cities like Dehradun, Gorakhpur, Kanpur and Guwahati.