The Akola–Ratlam rail line is a railway line in India linking

Akola Akola () is a municipal corporation and the third largest city in Vidarbha after Nagpur and Amravati and tenth largest city in Maharashtra. is located about east of the state capital, Mumbai, and west of the second capital, Nagpur. A ...

in Maharashtra with

Ratlam Ratlam, known historically as Ratnapuri (lit. ''gem city''), is a city in the northwestern part of the Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh state of India. The city of Ratlam lies above sea level. It is the administrative headquarters of Ratlam di ...

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

History

The Akola–Ratlam metre-gauge line was opened in 1963. Dhulghat Spiral is a unique spiral located on this metre-gauge section at around 2 kilometres from Dhulghat station towards Akola. It is also called 'Char Cha Akda' in Marathi and 'Char Ka Aankda' in Hindi, which in English means 'the figure 4' – railway tracks are arranged like 4 In 2008, the Union Cabinet approved the gauge conversion for the Ratlam–Mhow–Khandwa–Akola railway line of 472.64 km. The gauge conversion is in process. The Mathela–Nimarkhedi–NTPC Khargone section was converted to broad gauge and started on 12 August 2019 and electrification was also done on 15 March 2020. Thereafter, the Akola Junction–Akot section line gauge conversion project of this mainline was completed on 28 July 2020.

Loco Shed

Mhow Diesel Loco Shed and Ratlam Diesel Loco Shed are loco sheds on this line. These were earlier metre-gauge sheds but are now converted to broad-gauge sheds.Steam Locomotive Sheds of the Past
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Trains

Ajmer–Hyderabad Meenakshi Express Jaipur-Hyderabad Express is a train started by Indian Railways in September 2010. It connects Ajmer/Jaipur in Rajasthan with Hyderabad the capital of Telangana. It replaced a train called ''Meenakshi Express'' that used to run from Jaipur to Ka ...

* Mhow–Indore Passenger * Indore–Dr. Ambedkar Nagar DEMU * Ratlam–Laxmibai Nagar DEMU *

Indore–Ratlam DEMU Indore–Ratlam DEMU is a passenger train of the Indian Railways, which runs between Indore Junction railway station of Madhya Pradesh and Ratlam Junction railway station of Madhya Pradesh. In April 2016, it was announced that the train will ...

Jodhpur–Indore Express The 14801/14802 Jodhpur - Indore Express is an express train service which runs between Jodhpur Junction of Rajasthan and Indore Junction of Madhya Pradesh. It is currently being operated with 14801/14802 train numbers on a daily basis. Coa ...

Dr. Ambedkar Nagar–Sanawad Passenger Dr. Ambedkar Nagar - Omkareshwar Road Passenger was a metre-gauge passenger train of the Indian Railways, which was running between Dr. Ambedkar Nagar in Madhya Pradesh and Omkareshwar Road in Madhya Pradesh. It has being closed down on 30t ...

Rewa–Dr. Ambedkar Nagar Express The 11703/11704 Rewa–Dr. Ambedkar Nagar Express is a tri-weekly Express train service connecting of Indore, the largest city and commercial hub of Central Indian state Madhya Pradesh and , a major city in Madhya Pradesh, India. Train was anno ...

References

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