The Bina–Katni line is the railway route between of Bina and of

Katni Katni officially Murwara is a city on the banks of the Katni River in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Katni District. It is in the Mahakoshal region of central India. The city is from the divisional headquarters ...

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 ...

, India.

History

The line was established in the year 1923 before India got independence, making it one of the oldest train routes in India. It was started with a

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which was later converted to

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in 1982. It got electrified in year 1991

Important trains passing through

The line serves important stations for both goods as well as passenger express and mail trains. The important trains include : * Bhopal–Rewa Rewanchal Express *

Bhopal–Bilaspur Express The Bhopal–Bilaspur Express/Passenger, is an express passenger train service running between Bhopal Junction railway station of Bhopal City, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh and Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh (formerly in ...

* Bhopal–Itarsi Vindhyachal Express *

Bhopal–Lucknow Express The Bhopal–Lucknow Express is a Tri-Weekly Superfast Express trains in India, superfast express train service offered by West Central Railway, West Central Railways Bhopal Division. It runs between Bhopal Junction railway station of Bhopal the ...

* Bhopal–Damoh Rajya Rani Express *

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 ...

Durg–Jammu Tawi Express The Durg–Jammu Tawi Express is an Express train belonging to South East Central Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 18215/18216 train numbers on a weekly basis. Service The 18215/Durg–Jammu ...

Howrah–Bhopal Weekly Express Bhopal–Howrah Express is a weekly express train operated by Indian Railways which runs between Rani Kamlapati railway station in Bhopal, the capital of the Madhya Pradesh state, and Howrah Junction railway station in Kolkata, the capital of ...

* Indore–Howrah Shipra Express *

Bhopal–Singrauli Superfast Express The 22165 / 22166 Bhopal–Singrauli Superfast Express is a Superfast train belonging to West Central Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 22165/22166 train numbers on a weekly basis. Service T ...

Bilaspur–Itwari Intercity Superfast Express The 12855 / 56 Bilaspur - Itwari InterCity SF Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways South East Central Railway zone that runs between and Itwari Junction in India. It operates as train number 12855 from to Itwar ...

Somnath–Jabalpur Express (via Itarsi) The 11463 / 11464 Somnath–Jabalpur Junction Express (via Itarsi) is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways – West Central Railway zone that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 11463 from Somnath to Jabalpur Jun ...

* Jabalpur–Hazrat Nizamuddin MP Express * Jabalpur–Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express * Jabalpur–Jaipur Express * Jabalpur–Jammu Tawi Durgavati Express * Jaipur–Durg Express * Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (Mumbai)–Varanasi Kamayani Express * Puri–Haridwar Kalinga utkal Express * Amritsar–Vishakhapattanam Hirakund Express *

Shalimar–Udaipur City Weekly Express The Shalimar–Udaipur City Weekly Express is an Superfast Express train belonging to North Western Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 20971/20972 train numbers on a weekly basis. Service The 2 ...

* Ajmer–Kolkata Express * Bina–Katni 505 Passenger *

Damoh–Kota Passenger The Damoh–Kota Passenger is a daily passenger train service offered by West Central Railway. It runs between Damoh Junction railway station of Damoh City, Madhya Pradesh and Kota Junction Railway Station in Rajasthan, India. Arrival and dep ...

*Bina–Damoh Passenger *Saugor–Katni Passenger *Saugor–Chirmiri Passenger

Trains waiting for approval

As per demands and to reduce passenger traffic of the route, a few trains were demanded which though got the green signal (but these were not announced in the Rail Budget) from the parliament but just waiting for approval by the railway minister. These demanded trains include : * Bhopal–Saugor Passenger by extending Bhopal–Bina Passenger to Saugor * Nagpur–Rewa Superfast Express

Stations on this railway section

On the route, the following are the main railway stations : * *Baghora * * Sumreri * Jeruwakheda *Isarwara * Nariaoli *Ratona * * Makronia * Lidhora Khurd * Girwar *Dangidhar * Ganeshganj *

Patharia Patharia is a town and a nagar panchayat in Damoh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. During World War II, the town served as the training camp for what would become Wingate's Chindits. Demographics As of the 2011 Census of India ...

* Aslana * * Karhiya Bhiadeli *

Bandakpur Bandakpur is a small town in the district of Damoh in Madhya Pradesh, India. The town is known for a temple of Shiva -the Jageshwar Nath temple. There is a main temple where Shiva-Linga is situated in main sanctum. Devi Parvati faces Shiva o ...

* Ghatera *Golapatti * Sagaoni * Ratangaon * Salaia *Bakhleta *Rithi *Patohan *Hardua *Majhgawanphatak *Katni Murwara Junction * (Madhya Pradesh)

References

External links

Official Website of West Central Railway
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