Bhopal railway division
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BHOPAL | |||||
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 Bhopal Junction station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Rani Kamalapati railway station India | ||||
| Coordinates | 23°13′18″N 77°26′24″E / 23.221589°N 77.440137°E | ||||
| Elevation | 495.760 metres (1,626.51 ft) | ||||
| System | Railway Division | ||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
| Operated by | West Central Railways | ||||
| Line | New Delhi-Chennai main line | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||
| Fare zone | West Central Railway zone | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | April 1952, 01 | ||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||
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Bhopal railway division is one of the three railway divisions falling under West Central Railway zone (WCR) of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 1 April 1952 and its headquarters are located at Rani Kamalapati railway station, Bhopal in the state of Madhya Pradesh of India.
Jabalpur railway division and Kota railway division being the other two. West Central Railway zone's headquarters are at Jabalpur.[1][2]
The Bhopal division extends to Khandwa Junction (excluding) in the south and Bina Junction (including) in the north on the Mumbai-Delhi main line route. Its branch lines extend from Bina Junction (excluding) to Maxi Junction (excluding) via Guna Junction and: from Guna Junction to Kota Junction (excluding) and from Guna Junction to Gwalior Junction (excluding).[3]
Number of Lines (tracks) on each route
The section between Khandwa junction to Itarsi junction is a double line section. Section between Itarsi junction to Bhopal junction to Bina junction section is a three line section. The branch line sections Bina-Guna, Guna-Kota and Guna-Maxi are presently single line sections where the work of provision of second line is in progress. Guna-Gwalior branch line is a single line section.
