Badnera railway station serves

Badnera Badnera is a town in Amravati district in the Indian state of Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is ...

, an area in

Amravati Amravati (pronunciation (help·info)) is the second largest city in the Vidarbha region and ninth largest city in Maharashtra, India. It is administrative headquarters of Amravati district and Amravati division which includes Akola, Buldha ...

city in the Indian state of

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...

. It is a junction station on the Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line. There is a

broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...

line to Narkhed. Today, Badnera is a part of

Amravati Municipal Corporation Amravati Municipal Corporation is the governing body of the city of Amravati in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The municipal corporation consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructur ...

. City buses are also available from this railway station to many area of Amravati city. This is one of major junctions on the Mumbai–Howrah railway line. Badnera is crew change point for all goods trains plying Bhusaval–Nagpur line addition to that some Express trains gets crew change here as well. Badnera is last station of Bhusaval Division of Central Railway so, many express trains get slack time here so reached Badnera right time. There is one branch line for Amravati which is for 9 km one of shortest branch lines in India. Badnera, New Amravati railway station are in

, so connected well with Amravati city. Trains starting from Amravati to Nagpur does not touch Badnera due chord line which eliminates reversal at Badnera. 51262 Wardha Amravati Passenger halts here for 110minutes, 51198 Wardha Bhusaval Passenger halt here for 85 min which is very rare in Indian Railways in terms of halt time.

History

The first train in India traveled from Mumbai to Thane on 16 April 1853. By May 1854,

Great Indian Peninsula Railway The Great Indian Peninsula Railway (reporting mark GIPR) was a predecessor of the Central Railway (and by extension, the current state-owned Indian Railways), whose headquarters was at the Boree Bunder in Mumbai (later, the Victoria Terminu ...

's Bombay–Thane line was extended to Kalyan. Bhusawal railway station was set up in 1860 and in 1867 the GIPR branch line was extended to Nagpur.

Electrification

Railways in the Badnera area were electrified in 1989–91.

Amenities

Amenities at Badnera railway station include: subscriber trunk dialling/public call office booth, waiting room, retiring room, and light refreshment stall.

Gallery

File:Badnera Junction.jpg, Badnera Junction File:Badnera platformboard.jpg, Badnera platform board File:Badnera Junction with 12105 Gondia Express.jpg, 12105 Vidarbha Express at Badnera Junction

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Trains at Badnera
{{Railway stations in Maharashtra Railway stations in Amravati district Railway junction stations in Maharashtra Bhusawal railway division Railway stations opened in 1867 Transport in Amravati