Bilaspur Junction railway station (station code BSP), located in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, serves Bilaspur in Bilaspur district.
History
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.[1]
Electrification
The Rourkela–Bilaspur section was electrified in 1969–70 while Bilaspur–Nagpur in 1976–77 and Bilaspur–Katni in 1981.[2]
Zonal HQ
Bilaspur is headquarters of South East Central Railway[3]
Busy station
Bilaspur is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.[4] as about 340 passenger trains and goods trains passes every day.
Important trains
- 12441/ Bilaspur Rajdhani Express
- 12130/ Azad Hind Express
- 18237/ Chhattisgarh Express
- 12823/ Chhattisgarh Sampark Kranti Superfast Express
- 12102/ Jnaneswari Express
- 12810/ Howrah–Mumbai Mail
- 12855/ Bilaspur–Itwari Intercity Superfast Express
- 18029/ Shalimar–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express
- 22815/ Ernakulam–Bilaspur Express
- 12851/ Bilaspur–Chennai Central Superfast Express
- 22619/ Tirunelveli–Bilaspur Express
For other train details please visit Indian Railway web site indianrail.gov.in
Achievements
Bilaspur Junction railway station has many achievements:
- Bilaspur Junction is third-cleanest railway station and cleanest zonal headquarter railway station of India. (Survey 2015–16)
- Here is fourth-longest railway platform in Bilaspur Junction.
References
- ↑ Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway. South Eastern Railway. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
- ↑ History of Electrification. IRFCA. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- ↑ South East Central Railway. South East Central Railway. Retrieved 2012-12-05.
- ↑ Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry. IRFCA. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
External links
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