Nagpur Railway Station

Nagpur Railway Station is a railway station in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.

Nagpur is the geographical centre of India and one of India’s most important railway junctions. The Nagpur railways constitute a very significant part of the transport and communication system in Nagpur. Many people from the rest of the country and abroad visit Nagpur to spend a vacation or on a work-related tour. For these frequent visitors to the city, the railways of Nagpur along with the airways and the roadways are of immense importance.

A total of 160 trains from various destinations halt at Nagpur. These include passenger, express, mail, Duronto, Rajdhani, Garib Rath trains. Of these, 65 are daily trains and 26 terminate or originate from Nagpur. Almost 1.6 lakh passengers board or leave Nagpur Railway Station daily. Some important trains that are available at the Nagpur railway station are the CST Mumbai – Nagpur Duronto, Vishakapatnam Nizamuddin Samata Express, Mumbai-Gondia Vidarbha superfast Express, Bangalore Nizamudin Rajdhani Express, Mumbai Howrah Mail, Trivandrum Central – New Delhi Kerala Express, Chennai Central – New Delhi Tamil Nadu Express.

The railways at Nagpur were established a long time back, well before the independence of India, as Nagpur used to be an important city of India even then. 1867 marks the beginning of the Nagpur railways. In 1881, Nagpur was linked up with another important city of India, Kolkata, via the railways of the state of Chhattisgarh.

The original railway station of Nagpur was previously located towards the east of its current site. The present-day railway station of Nagpur was also put up in the pre-independence days. being established in 1924.

The railways in Nagpur are important not only because the city is one of the tourist destinations of the country and the second capital of the significant state of Maharashtra, but also because of its prime location. The railway station has a central location in the entire country and hence is strategically very important not only in the state but in the entire subcontinent of India.