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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.
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Bhopal Junction | |||||||||||||||
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| Rapid transit, Regional rail, Light rail & Commuter rail station | |||||||||||||||
 Bhopal railway station | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Bhopal Main Junction, Near Nadra Bus Stand, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh India | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23.267212°N 77.412970°E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||||||
| Operated by | West Central Railways | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Agra–Bhopal section, Bhopal–Nagpur section, New Delhi–Chennai main line, Ujjain–Bhopal section | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Connections | Taxi Stand, Auto Stand | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard on ground | ||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||
| Disabled access |  Available | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||||||||||||
| Station code | BPL | ||||||||||||||
| Zone(s) | West Central Railway zone | ||||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Bhopal | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1910 | ||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| 60,000 Avg per day | |||||||||||||||
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  Bhopal Junction Location within Bhopal  Bhopal Junction Bhopal Junction (Madhya Pradesh) | |||||||||||||||
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Infrastructure
The station is located at about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of the city centre and 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Bhopal Habibganj.
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.[1]
History
The station was constructed in year 1910. The second station for the city (Bhopal Habibganj) was constructed in year 1975 and its inauguration was done by Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India.
In 1984, the station was affected in 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 onboard.[2][3]
The main railway station as well as Bhopal Habibganj are selected along with 47 other railway stations to emerge as The World Class Railway Station. The Bhopal Junction and Bhopal Habibganj have already received ISO 9001:2000 Certificate.
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, Ratlam Junction and Ahmedabad Junction. Also to some portion of Indore Junction, Sehore and Dewas Junction.
Development
The Bhopal railway station has become the India's first railway station to have a sanitary napkin vending machine named as ‘Happy Nari’. The machine dispenses two sanitary napkins at the cost of ₹5 only and accepts ₹5 coins. The sanitary pads vending machine has been installed at platform No.1 by the Railway Women Welfare Association of Bhopal. The machine has the capacity of holding 75 sanitary pads. A specially trained female staff will refill the machine.
See also
- Sant Hirdaram Nagar railway station
- Ranikamlapati railway station
- Nishatpura railway station
- List of railway stations in India
References
- "BPL". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- Pal, Sanchari (28 October 2016). "The Forgotten Stationmaster Who Saved Countless Lives During the Bhopal Gas Tragedy". The Better India. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- "Bhopal gas tragedy: An unsung hero who saved many lives". The Times of India. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
External links
- Bhopal Junction railway station at the India Rail Info
- "Daily passenger visit". Indianrailways Official Website.
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