Nagpur–Bhusawal section

Nagpur–Bhusawal section

to Bhusawal-Kalyan section 316 Bhusaval to Jabalpur-Bhusaval section Bhusawal TPS of Mahagenco Deepnagar SH 10 NH 6 to Bhusawal TPS 304 Varangaon 296 Achegaon 286 Bodwad SH 190 279 Kolhadi 277 Khamkhed Nal Ganga River 266 Malkapur NH 6 258 Wadoda Biswa Ganga River 252 Biswa Bridge 246 Kumgaon Burti 238 Nandura SH 196 Dnyanganga River to Khamgaon 226 Jalamb 214 Shegaon SH 173 206 Shri Kshetra Nagziri Mun River Paras TPS of Mahagenco 197 Paras 189 Gaigaon SH 197 Morna River SH 204 to Akola-Ratlam line MG 177 Akola (change for MG) / Akola Airport to Secunderabad 170 Yeulkhed 159 Borgaon Katepurna River 150 Katepurna 17 Achalpur Sapan River 9 Nowbagh 0 Chamak 8 Khusta Buzurg 9 Pathrot 10 Anjangaon 18 Kapustalni 25 Kokalda 30 Lehgaon Bhuleshwari River 38 Banosa SH 212 Purna River 47 Lakhpuri 139 / 0 / 60 Murtajapur (change for NG) 2 Murtazapur Town NH 6 12 Kinkhed Uma River 19 Vilegaon 24 Bhadshivni 27 Pohe 32 Karania 33 Karania Town 46 Somthan 49 Sangwi Adan River 53 Warudkhed 71 Darwa Moti Bagh 83 Tapona 88 Ladkhed 93 Ling 101 Lasina 113 Yavatmal / Yavatmal Airport SH 212 127 Mana Uma River 121 Mandura 114 Kuram 106 Takli 138 Narkhed / To Bhopal-Nagpur section 129 Mowad Jam River 120 Pusala SH 248 109 Warud Orange City SH 244 100 Benoda 85 Hiwarkheda Wardha River 79 Pala SH 24A 72 Morshi 66 Astegaon SH 24A SH 24A 57 Kolihir SH 241 Pendhi River 50 Chandur Bazar 37 Shirala 24 Walgaon Pendhi River SH 6 SH 200 11 New Amravati 9 Amravati 98 / 0 Badnera / Amravati Airport NH 6 89 Timtala 83 Malkhed 69 Chandur SH 243 62 Dipore 52 Dhamangaon SH 237 42 Talni Pulgaon barrage across Wardha River State Highway 10 32 Pulgaon Arvi Central Ammunition Depot SH 244 26 Kaotha 17 Dhegaon 3 Wardha State Highway 3 to Nagpur-Hyderabad line 0 Sewagram SH 258 3 Warud Dham River 11 Seloo Road 21 Tuliapur 29 Sindi NH-7 BPCL bulk petroleum depot 41 Borkhedi Wena River 49 Butibori Umrer Coalfiled of WCL NH-7 57 Gumgaon 64 Khapri 73 Ajni / Sonegaon airport 75 Nagpur Motibagh 76 Nagpur (change for NG) to Bhopal-Nagpur section to Chhindwara and Naqbhir NG to Bilaspur-Nagpur section to Main Line via Itwari Source:Google maps, Nagpur-Bhusawal Passenger 51286 indiarailinfo Shakuntala Passenger 52138 indiarailinfo, Murtazapur Yvatmal Passenger 52131 indiarailinfo Indore Yesvantpur Weely Express 19301 indiarailinfo

The Nagpur–Bhusawal section (railway track) is part of the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line (alternatively known as Mumbai-Kolkata line / Bombay-Calcutta line) and connects Nagpur and Bhusawal both in the Indian state of Maharashtra. This section also has a number of branch lines. Part of one of the major trunk lines in the country, Nagpur–Bhusawal section passes through a section of the Deccan Plateau. The main line crosses Nagpur, Wardha, Amravati, Akola, and Buldhana districts of Vidarbha region and Jalgaon district of Khandesh region.^[1][2][3][4]

History

The Great Indian Peninsula Railway extended the line from Bhusawal to Nagpur in 1867.^[5]

The 189 km (117 mi) long, 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge Achalpur-Murtajapur-Yavatmal line, known as the Shakuntala Railway was, built by a British firm, Killik Nixon & Company, in 1903, to carry cotton from the interior of Vidarbha to the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line at Murtajapur.^[6][7] The line, run by the Central Provinces Railways Company, India’s only operational private railway company listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange,^[8][9] The line is under conversion to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge.

The 35 km (22 mi) long, 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway was built from Pulgaon to Arvi by Central Provinces Railway in 1917.^[10][6] This line is also under conversion to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge.

The 34 km (21 mi) long, 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Butibori-Umrer branch line linking Umrer Coalfield to the main line was established in 1965.^[11] The newly laid 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Narkhed-Amravati branch line was opened in 2012.^[12]

There was a 1,469 kilometres (913 mi) long 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) wide metre gauge line from Jaipur to Secunderabad via Akola. Most of the part of this line has been converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge.^[13] The Great Indian Peninsula Railway was taken over by the state in 1925.^[14] In 1951, the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway, the Scindia State Railways and the Dholpur Railways were merged to form Central Railway.^[15]

The entire main line is electrified. Electrification of the railways in the region started in 1968-69 and continued up to Nandura in 1988-89. The Nandura-Badnera sector was electrified in 1989-90. The Badnera-Wardha sector was electrified in 1990-91. Badnera-Amaravati sector was electrified in 1993-94, Jalamb-Khamgaon and Butibori-Umrer in 1994-95.^[16]

In 1910, the District Gazetteer of Buldhana gave an account of the railway line and its importance from the point of view of trade:

Loco sheds

There are electric loco sheds at Ajni and Bhusawal on this line and a narrow gauge diesel loco shed at Murtazapur. Ajni loco shed has WAG-7, WAG-9 and WAG-9I locos. Bhusawal loco shed has WAM-4, WAP-4, WAG-5, WAG-7 and WCM-6 locos.^[18]

Workshops

Central Railway has three workshops on this line. Nagpur has a workshop for upkeep of passenger coaches and Ajni has facilities for repair of goods wagons. Bhusawal has a workshop for repairs of locos and wagons.^[18]

Economy

This line passes through the cotton producing areas of Vidarbha.^[19][20] Mahagenco has two major power stations on this route – the 500MW Paras Thermal Power Station and the 920 MW Bhusawal Thermal Power Station.^[21] Reliance Power has a 600 mW thermal power station at Butibori.^[22]

Coal-based thermal power stations consume large quantities of coal.^[23] For example, the Bhusawal Thermal Power Station consumed 2,400,000 tonnes of coal in 2006-07, and the Paras Thermal Power Station consumed 351,000 tonnes of coal in the same year.^[24] Around 80 per cent of the domestic coal supplies in India are meant for coal based thermal power plants and coal transportation forms 42 per cent of the total freight earnings of Indian railways.^[25] There are over 200 coal loading points across India. Coal is transported by rail to around 60 thermal power stations, 12 steel plants and 55 cement factories forming the major customers of coal.^[26]

Speed and passenger movement

The entire Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line is classified as a "Group A" line which can take speeds up to 160 km/h.^[27]

Nagpur, Akola and Bhusawal, on this line, are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.^[28]

References

External links

• Trains at Nagpur
• Trains at Akola
• Trains at Bhusawal