Bilaspur Junction railway station

Bilaspur Junction Railway Station (station code BSP), located in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, serves Bilaspur in Bilaspur district.

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
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 (1889)
Electrified	1969–70
Previous names	Bengal Nagpur Railway
Passengers
450000 (approx)
Location Bilaspur Junction Location within Chhattisgarh Interactive map

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 was commissioned on 2018.

Serial No.	Locomotive Class	Horsepower	Quantity
1.	WAG-9	6120	254
2.	EF12K	12000	10
Total Locomotives Active as of July 2025[4]			264

Busy station

Bilaspur is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.^[5] 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

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.