Rau railway station

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Rau
Express train and Passenger train station
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General information
Location NH52 (earlier NH3), Rau, Indore
India
Coordinates 22°38′01″N75°48′11″E / 22.633636°N 75.8031038°E / 22.633636; 75.8031038
Elevation2 587 m (1,926 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Line(s) Akola–Ratlam line
Platforms BG
Tracks4 BG
ConnectionsTaxi stand, auto stand
Construction
Structure typeStandard (on-ground station)
ParkingAvailable
Bicycle facilitiesAvailable
Disabled access Wheelchair symbol.svg
Other information
StatusFully operational broad gauge (BG converted lines)
Station codeRAU
Fare zone Western Railways
ElectrifiedYes, from 2017 onwards
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Suburban Railway Logo.svg Indian RailwaysFollowing station
Tihi
towards ?
Western Railway zone
Dhar-Indore line
Rajendra Nagar
towards ?
Haranya Kheri
towards ?
Western Railway zone
Location
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Rau
Location in Madhya Pradesh
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Rau
Location in India

The Rau railway station is one of the local railway stations in Rau, a suburb of Indore. [1]

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Rau is situated on rail line from Ratlam to Akola. Rail line is now converted from meter-gauge to broad-gauge between Ratlam and Mhow. Rau is well connected to Indore, Ratlam, Mhow, Khandwa, Akola and Ujjain. Nearest broad-gauge railway station is the main railway station that is at Indore BG which is 18 km away. The next nearest stations are Mhow (Dr. Ambedkar Nagar railway station) towards the south which is around 13 km to the south and Tihi which is the on the new Indore–Dahod & Indore–Chota Udepur railway line which is under construction. Rau is soon to be an official junction once the aforementioned lines become fully operational for passengers. The new line which diverges to the west is single line broad-gauge and non-electrified railway line mainly used to transport containers from Pithampur dry containers port near Tihi. The new railway line from Rau is laid till Tihi and the is under progress at snails pace. 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] [ failed verification ]

Major trains

These trains pass through the station. [4]

NumberTrainToType
09547 DADN - Ratlam DEMURatlamLocal
09323 DADN - Bhopal Intercity ExpressBhopalExpress
52965 DADN - Kalakund Heritage TrainKalakundNA
04115 DADN - PrayagrajPrayagraj Express
02919Malwa SF Special SVDK Superfast Express
09305 DADN - KamakhyaKamakhya Superfast Express
01704 DADN - RewaRewa Superfast Express
09301 DADN - YeswantpurYeswantpur Superfast Express
09223 DADN - NagpurNagpur Superfast Express

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References

  1. railinfo
  2. "railnews". Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  3. freepressjournal Archived 5 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "13 Train Departures from DADN/Dr. Ambedkar Nagar". indiarailinfo(dot)com. Retrieved 5 November 2021.