Bhopal Junction railway station
Railway junction station in Madhya Pradesh, India
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Bhopal Junction railway station (station code: BPL) is a major railway junction of India and main railway station of Bhopal, the capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. This station also serves as a connecting point for various pilgrims from Asia to visit the Stupa of Sanchi, an important Buddhist stupa, which is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) from this station.
India
 BHOPAL JUNCTION | ||||||||||||||||
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 Bhopal railway station | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Bhopal Main Junction, Near Nadra Bus Stand, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh India | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23.267212°N 77.412970°E | |||||||||||||||
| System | Rapid transit, Regional rail, Light rail & Commuter rail station | |||||||||||||||
| Owner | Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Operator | West Central Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Lines | Agra–Bhopal section, Bhopal–Nagpur section, New Delhi–Chennai main line, Ujjain–Bhopal section, Bhopal–Ram Ganj Mandi line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Taxi Stand, Auto Stand | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Standard on ground | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible |  Available | |||||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||||
| Status | Functioning | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | BPL | |||||||||||||||
| Zone(s) | West Central Railway zone | |||||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Bhopal | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1889 | |||||||||||||||
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| 60,000 Avg per day | ||||||||||||||||
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History
The Bhopal–Itarsi section of New Delhi–Chennai main line was opened in 1884. Jhansi–Bhopal section was opened in 1889. In 1895, the Ujjain–Bhopal section was opened.[1][2][3] The station building was constructed in year 1910.
In 1984, the station was affected by the Bhopal disaster, when toxic gas fumes from a nearby chemical plant leaked. In the station, staff, passengers, people fleeing the gases and other persons present died and were injured from inhaling these gases. Station staff still tried to alarm nearby stations not to send trains towards Bhopal. The station master made a stationary train, the Gorakhpur to Mumbai Express, leave immediately ahead of departure time to save the people on board.[4][5]
Rail lines
Bhopal has following rail lines:
- New Delhi – Chennai main line - existing: Connect North India with South India, runs via Mathura-Agra-Bhopal-Nagpur-Hyderabad. In 2026, it has 3 parallel tracks and fourth track is under-construction.
- Ratlam-Ujjain–Bhopal line - existing: Connect Bhopal to western Madhya Pradesh and beyond to Rajasthan.
- Bhopal-Ramganj Mandi line - under-construction with target completion by December 2027: a new Rs3,035 cr 276-km long greenfield line connecting Bhopal in the southeast to Kota in northwest via Ramganj Mandi-Aklera-Rajgarh-Biaora.[6] In March 2026, 50% of the 276 km track was complete (Ramganj Mandi-Rajgarh section in the north) and the remaining Rajgarh-Bhopal section in the south was under-construction.[7]
Passenger services
Facilities
The station has 6 platforms in addition to enough waiting halls, refreshment centre, passenger ticket counter and ticket vending machines, vehicle parking, communication facility, sanitary facility and dedicated Government Railway Police force to ensure security.[8]
Train services
Bhopal Junction railway station is located on the main Delhi–Chennai route which halts more than 200 daily trains, with a total of more than 380 trains within a week. To the north of the Bhopal Junction lies Bina Junction, to the south lies Itarsi Junction. There is one track which connects Bhopal to the west with Ujjain Junction, Sehore, Shujalpur, Ratlam Junction and Ahmedabad Junction. Also to some portion of Indore Junction, Sehore, Shujalpur and Dewas Junction.
Other railway stations within Bhopal city
Other railway stations serving Bhopal metropolitan area
Gallery
Main building, 2022
Platform No. 1 Bhopal Railway Station, April 2017
Railway Reservation Center Bhopal, 2017
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See also
- Bhoj Metro, Bhopal metro trains
- Future of rail transport in India
- Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh