Mahasamund railway station is the principal station of

Mahasamund Mahasamund City is a city in Mahasamund District in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.It is situated on the Mumbai-Kolkata and Raipur-Vishakhaptnam National Highways. It is one of the largest (ranked 13th) and most important cities in the State ...

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (, ) is a landlocked state in Central India. It is the ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the seventeenth most populous. It borders seven states – Uttar Pradesh to the north, Madhya Prade ...

, India. It is an important station of the

Sambalpur railway division Sambalpur railway division is one of the three railway divisions under East Coast Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 5 November 1951 and its headquarter is located at Sambalpur in the state of Odisha of India. ...

of the

East Coast Railway zone The East Coast Railway (abbreviated ECoR) is one of the 19 railway zones of Indian Railways. It came into existence on 1 April 2003. The headquarters of the zone are at Bhubaneswar, Odisha History Consequent upon the parliament's approval, Ea ...

Facilities

Mahasamund station is a model station declared in the

Railway Budget Railway budget of India was the Annual Financial Statement of the state-owned Indian Railways, which handles rail transport in India. It was presented every year by the Minister of Railways, representing the Ministry of Railways, in the Parliam ...

. It has a computerised reservation counter, parking, a canteen, a cloak room, a waiting hall, a goods shed, and an automatic announcer. An R.P.F. police station is also located in the station. Mahasamund falls under East Coast Railway zone Sambalpur railway division so this city lacks some standard facilities. Dualling of the railway track from

Raipur Raipur ( ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Raipur is also the administrative headquarters of Raipur district and Raipur division, and the largest city of the state. It was a part of Madhya Pradesh before the state of Chh ...

Titlagarh Titilagarh is a town and Municipality in Balangir district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Odisha. Geography and Climate Titilagarh is located at . It has an average elevation of 215 metres (705 feet). Demogr ...

is in progress and may be completed in October 2019. The

– Arand section is complete. Two new platforms have been sanctioned and construction started. Now Railway Board is decided to generate new additional Divisional Railway Manager post in Mahasamund.

List of major trains

* Lokmnanya Tilak Terminus–Puri Superfast Express (via Sambalpur) *

Gandhidham–Puri Weekly Express The 22973/22974 Gandhidham–Puri Weekly Express is an Express trains in India, Express train of Indian Railways that runs between Gandhidham Bg Railway Station, Gandhidham Junction and Puri railway station, Puri via Vizianagaram. It is current ...

(via Vizianagaram) *

Gandhidham–Puri Weekly Superfast Express The 12993/12994 Gandhidham - Puri Weekly Superfast Express is a Superfast Express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between Gandhidham Junction and Puri via Sambalpur. It is currently being operated with 12993/12994 train numbers ...

(via Sambalpur) *

Puri–Ahmedabad Express The 12843 / 12844 Puri–Ahmedabad Express is a Superfast Express train of Indian Railways – East Coast Railways zone that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 12843 from Puri to Ahmedabad Junction and as train number 12 ...

(via Vizianagaram) *

Puri–Ahmedabad Weekly Express The 20861/20862 Puri–Ahmedabad Weekly Express is an Express train belonging to East Coast Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 18405/18406 train numbers on a weekly basis. Service The 18405/Puri ...

(via Sambalpur) *

Puri–Durg Express The Puri–Durg Express is an Express train belonging to East Coast Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 18425/18426 train numbers on a daily basis. This train was introduced as Bhubaneswar–Raipu ...

* Puri–Sainagar Shirdi Express * Puri–Ajmer Express *

Samata Express The 12807 / 12808 Samata Express is a superfast train between Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Hazrat Nizamuddin in New Delhi and is operated by South Coast Railways. This train is also known as Vizag Steel Samata Superfast Express and Q ...

* Visakhapatnam–Bhagat Ki Kothi Express * Visakhapatnam–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Superfast Express * Korba–Visakhapatnam Express * Bilaspur–Tirupati Express * Durg–Jagdalpur Express * Junagarh Road–Raipur Passenger * Titlagarh–Raipur Passenger * Raipur–Visakhapatnam Passenger * Durg–Visakhapatnam Passenger

Nearby attractions

* Sirpur * Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary *

Rajim Rajim is a town which is proposed to be in Raipur district but officially in Gariaband district, Chhattisgarh, India. Rajim is named after Rajiv Lochan Mandir which is the Main Hindu Pilgrimage Temple of Rajim dedicated to Vishnu. There is also ...

* Sanjay Kanan Picnic Spot

References

Railway stations in Mahasamund district Sambalpur railway division {{Chhattisgarh-railstation-stub