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Bhopal Junction
Rapid transit, Regional rail, Light rail & Commuter rail station
Bhopal Junction
Location	Bhopal Main Junction Railway Station, Near Nadra Bus Stand, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
Coordinates	23°16′4″N 77°24′50″E / 23.26778°N 77.41389°E / 23.26778; 77.41389
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	Agra–Bhopal section Bhopal–Nagpur section New Delhi–Chennai main line[Bhopal - Sehore - Ujjain section]
Platforms	6
Tracks	9
Connections	Taxi Stand, Auto Stand
Construction
Parking	Available
Disabled access
Other information
Station code	BPL
Fare zone	West Central Railway
History
Opened	1910; 109 years ago (1910)
Electrified	Yes
Traffic
Passengers	550,000 Avg per day
Services
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station Bhopal Nishatpura Junction New Delhi–Chennai main line Bhopal Habibganj Terminus Bhopal-Ujjain Branch Line Sant Hirdaram Nagar
Location
Bhopal Junction Location within Madhya Pradesh Show map of Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Junction Bhopal Junction (India) Show map of India

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

Platform No. 1 Bhopal Railway Station

Construction

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. Later on, the city of Bhopal got 4 new other local railway stations named:

Altogether the city has six railway stations within its city limits.

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.

Location

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.

Infrastructure

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.

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.

Happy Nari

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 Rs 5 only and accepts Rs 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.

Originating trains

Bhopal city is the starting point for The Bhopal Shatabdi Express as well as the fastest mail express train which is also India's first ISO certified train Shaan-e-Bhopal Express.

Passing trains

The location of Bhopal Junction is such that the trains for almost every Indian state are available. The station halts five pairs of Rajdhani Express, two pairs of Garibrath Express, Shatabdi Express, Duronto Express and about 210 pairs of express, while 13 pairs of passenger trains.

See also

• Sant Hirdaram Nagar railway station


• Habibganj railway station


• List of railway stations in India

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