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Bilaspur Junction
Bilaspur Junction
Regional rail, Light rail & Goods railway
	Old station building of Bilaspur Junction built in 1890,now made VIP Entrance.
General information
Location	Ahead budhwari bazar, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh; India
Coordinates	22°03′26″N 82°10′04″E / 22.0572°N 82.1678°E
Elevation	292.300 metres (958.99 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	South East Central Railways
Line(s)	Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line ; Bilaspur–Katni line
Platforms	8 (5 island platforms + 3 Terminus)+ 2 under construction)
Tracks	18
Connections	Wifi enabled IR station,Zonal Headquarter
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Available
Other information
Status	Operating
Station code	BSP
Zone(s)	South East Central Railway zone
Division(s)	Bilaspur railway division
History
Opened	1889; 136 years ago
Electrified	1969–70
Previous names	Bengal Nagpur Railway
Passengers
	450000 (approx)
Location
Location
	Bilaspur Junction Location within Chhattisgarh
	Interactive map

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]

Electric Loco Shed, Bilaspur

Bilaspur Electric loco Shed Commissioned on 2018. Current Homing Capacity on the Shed is 100 locos.

SN	Locomotives	HP	Quantity
1.	WAG-9	6120	200
Total Locomotives Active as of July 2024			200

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

18477/ Kalinga Utkal Express
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
20826/ Bilaspur–Nagpur Vande Bharat 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 fifth-longest railway platform in Bilaspur Junction.

References

^ "Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway". South Eastern Railway. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
^ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
^ "South East Central Railway". South East Central Railway. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
^ "Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry". Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways. IRFCA. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 2012-11-21.

External links

Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) travel guide from Wikivoyage

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Gatora towards ?		South East Central Railway zone Tatanagar–Bilaspur section of Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line		Dadhapara towards ?
Uslapur towards ?		South East Central Railway zone Katni–Bilaspur branch line		Terminus