New Katni Junction railway station
Railway station in Madhya Pradesh / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about New Katni Junction railway station?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
New Katni Junction railway station (station code:- NKJ) railway station, located on the Katni–Bilaspur line, serves Katni in Madhya Pradesh. Administrative head of New Katni Junction is Area Railway Manager. It is basically a marshaling yard and there are two locomotive sheds, Katni Diesel Shed and New Katni Electric Shed. There are also a box depot which is used for repair work of freight wagons. It is located between two rivers Simraul and Bimraul expanded in about 5 km.
New Katni Junction | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indian Railways junction station | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | Near Hump Gate, SKP Road, Katni, Madhya Pradesh India | ||||
Coordinates | 23°48′50″N 80°25′15″E | ||||
Elevation | 390 metres (1,280 ft) | ||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||
Operated by | West Central Railways | ||||
Line(s) | Katni–Billibari link, Katni–Bilaspur line | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Tracks | 7 | ||||
Construction | |||||
Structure type | Standard (On Ground Station) | ||||
Other information | |||||
Status | Functioning | ||||
Station code | NKJ | ||||
Zone(s) | West Central Railway zone | ||||
Division(s) | Jabalpur | ||||
History | |||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||
|
Katni | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[1] |
A small colonial goods yard exist at KMZ during the early 1950s. To keep pace with industrial development of the country, setting up of Bhiali & Rourkela Steel Plants and the discovery of huge stock of coal in central coalfields it was becoming necessary that infra structural facilities of quicker transportation should be developed. With this view, in mind, the Railway Board in 1956 decided to go in for construction of a Marshalling Yard in New Katni Junction at an estimated cost of Rs. 90 Lac. A huge Marshalling Yard complex was constructed between river Simraul & Bimraul and the same was opened for traffic in the morning of 19 January 1961.