Dr. Ambedkar Nagar Mhow | |||||||||||
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Express train and Passenger train station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Simrol Road, Mhow, Indore, Madhya Pradesh India | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 22°33′21″N75°46′15″E / 22.5558°N 75.7707°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 577 m (1,893 ft) | ||||||||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
Operated by | Western Railway | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Akola–Ratlam line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 4 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 9 | ||||||||||
Connections | Indore Metro, Taxi stand, Auto stand | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||||||||
Parking | Available | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Available | ||||||||||
Accessible | |||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
Station code | DADN | ||||||||||
Zone(s) | Western Railway | ||||||||||
Division(s) | Ratlam | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 2003 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2015 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Previous names | Mhow | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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The Dr. Ambedkar Nagar railway station, also Mhow railway station, is one of the local railway stations in Mhow, a suburb of Indore.
This station on the Delhi–Hyderabad metre-gauge line was founded in the 1870s. The station is equipped with two reservation counters. [1]
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. [2] [3] In January 2017, the station was named after B. R. Ambedkar. [4] [5] [6] [7]
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