New Katni Junction railway station explained

New Katni Junction
Type:Indian Railways junction station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Near Hump Gate, SKP Road, Katni, Madhya Pradesh
Elevation:390m (1,280feet)
Line:Katni–Billibari link,
Katni–Bilaspur line
Structure:Standard (On Ground Station)
Platform:2
Tracks:7
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:West Central Railways
Status:Functioning
Electrified:Yes
Map Type:India Madhya Pradesh
Map Dot Label:New Katni Junction railway station
Map Size:300

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.

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.

Electric Loco shed, New Katni Jn.

SN Locomotives HP Quantity
1. 6120189
Total Locomotives Active as of July 2024 189

New township

A new township for accommodating more than 5,000 railway employees has been developed at New Katni.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Katni Junction . 14 November 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130814172521/http://katni.nic.in/katniJunction.htm . 14 August 2013 . dmy-all .