Itwari railway station

Itwari is a railway station, junction, and terminus about 5 km from Nagpur railway station in Maharashtra state of India.[1]

Itwari Junction (Nagpur)
Indian Railways station
General information
LocationShantinagar Colony, Itwari, Nagpur, Pin-440002, Maharashtra, India
Coordinates21°09′00″N 79°08′00″E
Elevation304 metres (997 ft)
Owned byIndian Railways
Operated bySouth East Central Railway
Platforms7
Tracks10
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
ParkingAvailable
Other information
StatusFunctioning
Station codeITR
Zone(s) South East Central Railway  
Division(s) Nagpur SEC
History
ElectrifiedYes
Passengers
18000
Location
Itwari Junction (Nagpur) is located in India
Itwari Junction (Nagpur)
Itwari Junction (Nagpur)
Location within India
Itwari Junction (Nagpur) is located in Maharashtra
Itwari Junction (Nagpur)
Itwari Junction (Nagpur)
Itwari Junction (Nagpur) (Maharashtra)

A few trains also terminate at this station. It is also a narrow-gauge line railway junction. The station code is ITR and is managed by South East Central Railway. 4 long-distance trains which starts from and terminates at Itwari instead of Nagpur are, Rewa- Itwari Junction Express, Itwari Junction–Tatanagar Express, Bilaspur–Itwari Intercity Superfast Express & Shivnath Express. One new train Rewa-Itwari-Rewa Exp via Jabalpur-Nainpur-Balaghat-Gondia has been introduced. Itwari is among the five small stations which fall within the extended city limits of Nagpur along with Ajni, Kalamna, Kamptee and Khapri.

One of the few existing narrow-gauge lines of the Satpura Railway, the Nainpur–Chhindwara–Itwari line terminates here.[2]

Further, the area around Itwari railway station is also known as Itwari Locality of Nagpur.

References

  1. - Itwari Station Itwari railway station is managed by the South East Central Railways. It is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Nagpur. Durg–Nagpur Passenger, Ramtek–Nagpur Passenger, Nagpur–Gondiya Passenger and Nagpur–Chakradharpur Passenger pass through Itwari.
  2. "Narrow-gauge line Nainpur–Chhindwara–Itwari". Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.


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