Dr. Ambedkar Nagar railway station
The Dr. Ambedkar Nagar railway station is one of the local railway stations in Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, a suburb of Indore.[1]
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| Indian Railway Station | |||||||||||
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| Other names | Mhow Railway Station | ||||||||||
| Location | Simrol Road, Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, Indore, Madhya Pradesh India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22.5558°N 75.7707°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 577 m (1,893 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Akola–Ratlam rail line Indore - Dr.Ambedkar Nagar line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 ( 3 under construction) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 9 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Indore Metro , Taxi stand, auto stand | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Available | ||||||||||
| Disabled access |  | ||||||||||
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| Status | Electrification | ||||||||||
| Station code | DADN | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Western Railway | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 2003 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2015 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | MHOW | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers | 9,000 | ||||||||||
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  Dr. Ambedkar Nagar Location within India  Dr. Ambedkar Nagar Dr. Ambedkar Nagar (Madhya Pradesh) | |||||||||||
This station on the Delhi-Hyderabad Meter gauge line was founded in the 1870s. The station is equipped with two reservation counters. It is a meter gauge station but broad gauge conversion work is going on.[2]
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.[3][4]
In January 2017, the station was named after B. R. Ambedkar.[5][6][7][8]
Major trains
- Dr. Ambedkar Nagar - Yesvantpur Weekly Express
- Malwa Express
- Rewa - Dr. Ambedkar Nagar Express
- Dr. Ambedkar Nagar - Bhopal Intercity Express
- Indore – Dr. Ambedkar Nagar DEMU
- Dr. Ambedkar Nagar - Kalakund Heritage Train
- Dr. Ambedkar Nagar - Nagpur Superfast Express
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See also
References
- "DADN/Dr. Ambedkar Nagar (Mhow)". India Rail Info.
- Jauhri, Rajesh (12 November 2012). "Mhow villagers may be deprived of rail services". The Times of India.
- "WR declare closure of Fatehabad-Indore & Fatehabad-Ujjain MG Section for GC works". RailNews. 24 February 2014.
- "(untitled)". Free Press Journal. Archived from the original on 5 May 2014.
- Rename Mhow station after Ambedkar: Thawar Chand Gehlot
- Centre nod for renaming of Mhow railway station after Ambedkar
- Centre nod for renaming of Mhow railway station after Ambedkar
- Mhow railway station now Ambdekar station
External links
- Unigauge sorely needed in Southern Railway
- `Project Unigauge' likely to be included in the 11th plan
- Does privatisation provide the answer?
- Pakala-Dharmavaram BG line opened
- Dr. Ambedkar Nagar railway station at the India Rail Info
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