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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Bilaspur Junction <br />
| other_name = <br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| type = [[Regional rail]], [[Light rail]] & [[Goods railway]]<br />
| image = Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.jpg<br />
| address = Ahead budhwari bazar, [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh]]<br />
| country = {{flagu|India}}<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.0572|N|82.1678|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|292.300|m|ft}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[South East Central Railway zone|South East Central Railways]]<br />
| line = [[Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line]] <br> [[Bilaspur–Katni line]]<br />
| platform = 9 (6 main line) <br>(3 Terminus )<br />
| tracks = 18<br />
| other = Wifi enabled IR station,Zonal Headquarter<br />
| ADA = {{Access icon|20px}} Available<br />
| parking = Yes<br />
| structure = Standard (on ground station)<br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = BSP<br />
| zone = [[South East Central Railway zone]]<br />
| division = [[Bilaspur railway division]]<br />
}}<br />
| status = Operating<br />
| closed = <br />
| former = [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]<br />
| opened = {{start date and age|1889}}<br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 1969–70<br />
| passengers = 450000 (approx)<br />
| pass_system = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| map_type = India Chhattisgarh#India<br />
| map_locator = <br />
| image_caption = Old station building of Bilaspur Junction built in 1890.<br />
}}<br />
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'''Bilaspur Junction railway station''' (station code '''BSP'''), located in the Indian state of [[Chhattisgarh]], serves [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]] in [[Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur district]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The railway station came up in 1889 with the opening of [[Rajnandgaon]] to Bilaspur extension of erstwhile [[Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway]] taken over by [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] and construction of the Nagpur–Asansol main line of Bengal Nagpur Railway, which opened in 1891. The station building was constructed in 1890. It became a station on the crosscountry [[Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line]] in 1900.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1 |title=Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway |publisher=South Eastern Railway |access-date=2012-12-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401151628/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1 |archive-date= 1 April 2013 }}</ref><br />
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===Electrification===<br />
The Rourkela–Bilaspur section was electrified in 1969–70 while Bilaspur–Nagpur in 1976–77 and Bilaspur–Katni in 1981.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title = History of Electrification| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2012-12-08 }}</ref><br />
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==Zonal HQ==<br />
Bilaspur is headquarters of [[South East Central Railway zone|South East Central Railway]]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.secr.indianrailways.gov.in/ |title = South East Central Railway | publisher=South East Central Railway| access-date = 2012-12-05 }}</ref><br />
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==Busy station==<br />
Bilaspur is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |title=Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry |work=Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways |publisher=IRFCA |access-date=2012-11-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510115649/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |archive-date=10 May 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> as about 340 passenger trains and goods trains passes every day.<br />
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==Important trains==<br />
* 12441/ [[Bilaspur Rajdhani Express]]<br />
* 12130/ [[Azad Hind Express]]<br />
* 18237/ [[Chhattisgarh Express]]<br />
* 12823/ [[Chhattisgarh Sampark Kranti Superfast Express]]<br />
* 12102/ [[Jnaneswari Express]]<br />
* 12810/ [[Howrah–Mumbai Mail]]<br />
* 12855/ [[Bilaspur–Itwari Intercity Superfast Express]]<br />
* 18029/ [[Shalimar–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express]]<br />
* 22815/ [[Ernakulam–Bilaspur Express]]<br />
* 12851/ [[Bilaspur–Chennai Central Superfast Express]]<br />
* 22619/ [[Tirunelveli–Bilaspur Express]]<br />
For other train details please visit Indian Railway web site indianrail.gov.in<br />
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==Achievements==<br />
Bilaspur Junction railway station has many achievements:<br />
* Bilaspur Junction is third-cleanest railway station and cleanest zonal headquarter railway station of India. (Survey 2015–16)<br />
* Here is fourth-longest railway platform in Bilaspur Junction.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Wikivoyage-inline|Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh)}}<br />
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{{Top 100 booking stations of Indian Railways}}<br />
{{Railway stations in Chhattisgarh}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh]]<br />
[[Category:Railway junction stations in Chhattisgarh]]<br />
[[Category:Bilaspur railway division]]<br />
[[Category:Transport in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1889]]<br />
[[Category:1889 establishments in British India]]</div>>SdkbBot