The Indore–Gwalior line is a railway route on the Western Railway, West Central Railway &

North Central Railway The North Central Railway (abbreviated NCR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India. The largest railway station in NCR is Kanpur Central. It is headquartered at Prayagraj and comprises three divisions: Allahabad division, Jhansi division, A ...

section of Indian Railways. This route is now fully electrified awaiting CRS approval. This corridor has consisted of rivers and plateaus. The route of this line is via Guna, Ruthiyai, Maksi & Dewas to Indore with bypassing Kunu Valley.

History

* In 1899, The Gwalior–Shivpuri line was opened by Schindia State railway as a light rail. Later it was transferred to

Gwalior Light Railway Gwalior Light Railway (GLR) or Maharaja Railway was a narrow-gauge railway network in Gwalior. It was set up for Gwalior State during the times of British India. Until its closure in 2020, the railway was the longest gauge railway in the world ...

. * In 1932, Agar–Ujjain section was opened by Gwalior light railways.

Main line & branches

Mainline of Indore–Gwalior Corridor Consists of length with 516 km. This line has six branches first branch line is from Bina Junction to Guna Junction with the Length of 119 km, second branch line is of Ruthiyai Junction to Kota Junction with the length of 164 km, third branch line is from Bhopal Junction to Nagda Junction with the length of 239 km, fourth branch line is from Ujjain Junction to Dewas Junction with the length of 41 km and fifth branch line is from Ratlam Junction to Dr. Ambedkar Nagar Mhow with the length of 140 km.

Projects

There is a construction of the new line from Ramganj Mandi Junction to Bhopal Junction via Biyavra rajgarh which situates on Mainline of Indore–Gwalior corridor with the length of 262 km which is a boom for reducing traffic for Nagda–Maksi–Bhopal line and Kota–Bina line for transportation to Southern states and eastern states of India.WCR pink book 2017-18
25 April 2019

References

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