Itarsi Junction railway station

Itarsi
Indian Railway Junction Station
Location Itarsi, Madhya Pradesh
Coordinates 22°36′29″N 77°46′01″E / 22.608°N 77.767°ECoordinates: 22°36′29″N 77°46′01″E / 22.608°N 77.767°E
Elevation 329.400 metres (1,080.71 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Line(s) Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line
Delhi-Chennai line
Bhopal-Nagpur section
Jabalpur-Bhusawal section
Platforms 6
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code ET
Zone(s) West Central Railways
Division(s) Bhopal
Location
Itarsi railway station
Location in Madhya Pradesh

Itarsi Junction (Station Code : ET) is a railway station in Hoshangabad District in Madhya Pradesh which pass on more than 330 trains through it. It falls under the West Central Railway zone of Indian Railways network. It is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) away from Hoshangabad. Trains from Central Railway undergo engine changes here ie. electric engines of WAP/WAM/WAG class are changed to diesel engines of WDP/WDM/WDG class and vice versa,This changes happen for trains which pass through Jabalpur-Katni-Satna railway line and sometimes for trains which pass through Bhopal

Itarsi is the only junction in the state of Madhya Pradesh along with Maharashtra, Southern Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh which has stoppage for 330+ trains daily. For instance, Bhopal Junction halt 270 trains followed by Nagpur 240 trains, Jhansi 225 trains and Bilaspur 125 trains.

Structure and location

The railway station of Itarsi consist of total 7 platforms. The platform is well furnished to meet up with all the passenger needs and demands. The railway junction provides the following facility at different platforms:

Connectivity

Itarsi Junction Railway station is very well connected with rail route from all the four sides. Thus the trains for almost all the Indian destinations such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune, Ahemedabad, Kanpur, Patna, Indore, Bhopal,Jhansi,Gwalior, Jabalpur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Allahabad, Bareily, Dehradun, Jammu, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Ajmer, Ratlam, Ujjain, Rajkot, Surat, Bhuj, Nagpur, Kolhapur, Mysore, Trivendrum, Coimbatore, Ernakulum, Vishakhapatnam, Tirupati, Puri, Bhuwaneswar, Guwahati, Dhanbad, Ranchi etc. are easily availables. There are more than a single train to reach many important destinations from Itarsi such as:

Track position

Itarsi Junction is the only railway station in central India to halt 330 trains every week. Nagpur halts 248, Bhopal halts 245. Jhansi halts 230 but Itarsi has stoppage for 330 trains. The tracks on the junction are such that they provide a vast connection to all the four directions.To the North lies the Important Capital City of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, To the east lies the another itant railway junction Jabalpur.To the South West lies Khandwa and Bhusawal, and to the South East lies Amla Jn., Betul and Nagpur. The station is always holds heavy over-traffic as the trains on the Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line and Jhansi - Bhopal Jn. - Nagpur routes cross at Itarsi.

Important trains passing through

See also