Bhusawal railway division

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Bhusawal railway division is one of the five railway divisions of the Central Railway (India) zone of Indian Railways, located at Bhusawal in the Jalgaon district of Maharashtra state in western India. The other railway divisions are: Mumbai CSMT, Nagpur, Solapur and Pune. There are 115 railway stations in the Bhusawal railway division. [1]

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Bhusawal Junction

History

Milestones In 1853, the Survey for extension of Mumbai-Thane line beyond Igatpuri towards Khandesh was completed. By 1860, the Bhusawal Station building with a single platform was constructed. The following year, the Igatpuri – Bhusawal section was opened on October 1. By 1866, the Bhusawal – Khandwa Section was opened and in 1867, the Bhusawal – Badnera section became active as single line.

In 1920, the Bhusawal division was formed under the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR) and within the next two years, the doubling of the Bhusawal - Badnera section was completed. [2]

Eventually, Bhusawal become part of the Central Railway Zone in 1951 and in 1962, the Central Railway Zonal Training School setup at Bhusawal. Electrification with 25 KV AC Traction was completed for the Igatpuri – Bhusawal section in 1969 and by 1972, Bhusawal Electric Loco shed started functioning. The Bhusawal-Badnera Section was electrified with 25 kV AC traction in 1990 and the Bhusawal Khandwa Section was electrified in 1992. As a result, by 1993, the Bhusawal steam loco shed was shut down and the last steam loco was withdrawn from service on 16 December 1993. [3]

Connections

It connects other railway division of central railway zone at

It connects to other Zones of Indian railways at

List of railway stations and towns

The list includes the stations under the Bhusawal division and their station category. [4] [5]

Category of stationNo. of stationsNames of stations
A-1 Category1 Nashik Road
A Category10 Akola Junction, Amravati, Badnera Junction, Bhusaval Junction, Burhanpur, Chalisgaon Junction, Jalgaon, Khandwa Junction, Shegaon, Khamgaon, Manmad
B Category4 Malkapur, Devlali, Pachora Junction, Murtajapur Junction
C Category
(Suburban station)
0-
D Category7-
E Category55-
F Category
Halt Station
38-
Total115-

Junction stations

The Junction railway stations in the Bhusawal railway divisions are: Chalisgaon Jn, Pachora Jn, Jalgaon Jn, Bhusawal Jn, Manmad jn, Khandwa Jn, Jalamb Jn, Akola Jn, Murtajapur Jn, Badnera Jn.

Railway line and en route stations

There are three main lines in this railway subdivision and numerous branch lines.

The railway line en route station details are as follows:

Igatpuri-Bhusawal line

SectionMain/BranchGaugeDouble/Single lineTractionDistance in km
Igatpuri (excl.) to Manmad JnMainBGDoubleElectric124
Manmad Jn to Chalisgaon JnMainBGDoubleElectric67
Chalisgaon Jn to Dhule BranchBGSingleDiesel57
Chalisgaon Jn to Pachora JnMainBGDoubleElectric45
Pachora Jn to Jamner BranchNGSingleDiesel50
Pachora Jn to Jalgaon JnMainBGDoubleElectric47
Jalgaon Jn to Bhusawal JnMainBGDoubleElectric25
Total-- km of Main-- km of BG-- km of double line-- km of electrified track---
-- km of Branch-- km of NG-- km of single line-- km of diesel track---

Bhusawal-Khandwa line

Bhusawal-Badnera line

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