Dr. Ambedkar Nagar railway station
Railway station in Madhya Pradesh, India
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The Dr. Ambedkar Nagar railway station, also Mhow railway station, is one of the local railway stations in Mhow, a suburb of Indore.
India
Dr. Ambedkar Nagar Mhow | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Simrol Road, Mhow, Indore, Madhya Pradesh India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22.5558°N 75.7707°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 577 m (1,893 ft) | ||||||||||
| System | Express train and Passenger train station | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Western Railway | ||||||||||
| Line | Akola–Ratlam line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 9 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Indore Metro, Taxi stand, Auto stand | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||||
| Cycle facilities | Available | ||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
| Station code | DADN | ||||||||||
| Zone(s) | Western Railway | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Ratlam | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1870s | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2015 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Mhow | ||||||||||
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History
This station on the Delhi–Hyderabad metre-gauge line was founded in the 1870s. The station is equipped with two reservation counters.[1]
Development
Mhow has been connected to Indore and Khandwa by metre-gauge railway lines. In 2008, the Union Cabinet approved the gauge conversion for the Ratlam–Mhow-Khandwa–Akola railway line. (472.64 km). The cost of the gauge conversion would be about Rs.1421.25 crore.[2][3] In January 2017, the station was named after B. R. Ambedkar.[4][5][6][7]
Trains
Some of the important trains originating from this station is as follows: