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Achalpur railway station serves Achalpur in Amravati district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the terminal station on
narrow-gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...
Murtajapur Junction–Achalpur line of
Shakuntala Railway Shakuntala Railway was a narrow-gauge railway line between Yavatmal and Achalpur in Maharashtra in central India. History Killick, Nixon and Company, set up in 1857, created the ''Central Provinces Railway Company (CPRC)'' to act as its ...
. The Shakuntala Railway is the only privately owned railway in India. The company, Killick-Nixon, originally British is now in Indian hands. The company operated a ZD steam engine on the run until 1994.


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Railway stations in Amravati district Railway stations opened in 1912 1912 establishments in India {{Maharashtra-railstation-stub