Saugor railway station explained

Saugor
Type:	Indian Railways station
Style:	Indian Railways
Address:	Sagar, Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh
Country:	India
Coordinates:	23.8477°N 78.7433°W
Line:	Bina–Katni line
Elevation:	519m (1,703feet)
Structure:	Standard (on ground)
Platform:	2
Tracks:	4
Parking:	Yes
Electrified:	Yes
Owned:	Indian Railways
Operator:	West Central Railway
Status:	Functioning
Map Type:	India Madhya Pradesh#India#Asia
Map Dot Label:	Saugor railway station
Map Size:	300
Mapframe:	yes
Mapframe-Caption:	Interactive map

Saugor (station code: SGO) is a railway station in Sagar city in Madhya Pradesh. It is operated by the West Central Railway, with its headquarters at Jabalpur. Saugor is a 'A' Category railway station of West Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. Saugor is a major railway station of Bina–Katni line. The station consists of two platforms. Passenger, Express and Superfast trains halt here.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

History

See main article: Bina–Katni line. Katni Bina line was established in the year 1923 before India got independence,With this Sagar Station was established making it one of the oldest train station in India. It was started with a single track which was later converted to double track in 1982. It got electrified in year 1991

Development

Sagar Railway Station will be developed under Amrat Bharat Scheme.^[7]

Structure

Its give service to sagar city .It is located at 519 m above sea level and has two platforms.

Major trains

• Durg–Hazrat Nizamuddin Humsafar Express
• Bandra Terminus–Gorakhpur Humsafar Express
• Dayodaya Express
• Bhopal–Damoh Rajya Rani Express
  • Katni Bina Passenger Somnath–Jabalpur Express (via Bina)
• Madhya Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express
• Jabalpur–H.Nizamuddin Express
• Rewanchal Express
• Kamayani Express
  • Kshipra Express Bhopal–Bilaspur Express
• Vindhyachal Express
• Bhopal–Lucknow Express
• Shalimar–Udaipur City Weekly Express
• Kolkata–Madar Express
• Hirakud Express
• Kalinga Utkal Express
• Rewa–Dr. Ambedkar Nagar Express
• Howrah–Bhopal Weekly Express
• Bilaspur–Itwari Intercity Superfast Express
• Bhopal–Singrauli Superfast Express
• Durg–Jammu Tawi Superfast Express
• Chhattisgarh Sampark Kranti Superfast Express
• Damoh–Bina Passenger
• Damoh-Kota Passenger
• Singrauli–Hazrat Nizamuddin Superfast Express
• Bhagalpur–Ajmer Express
• Kolkata-Ahmedabad Weekly Express^[8]

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• Jabalpur Katra Durgawati Express
• Durg–Ajmer Express
• Udhampur Durg weekly express

Proposed rail line

• Sagar Kareli Chhindwara New Railline: Survey of new rail line Chhindwara–Kareli–Sagour rail line is in progress. This will help in connecting villages of Chhindwara, Narsinghpur and Sagar districts and help in the development of Satpura, Mahakaushal and Bundelkhand area respectively as a whole. This will provide and alternative north–south route via Lalitpur–Sagar–Narsinghpur–Chhindwara–Nagpur route alternative to Bina–Bhopal–Itarsi–Amla–Betul–Nagpur route thereby decreasing the distance between north and south by nearly 300 km. Kareli railway station will serve as an alternative to Itarsi Junction. This railway line will help in connecting Itarsi–Narsinghpur–Jabalpur–Katni stretch and Itarsi–Bhopal–Bina–Saugor–Katni stretch of West Central Railways. Recently CCEA also sanctioned Gadarwara-Indore new rail line via Budni. These two rail lines in combination will reduce the distance of the state's financial capital Indore from District like Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Hoshangabad, Sagar, Chhindwara which will help in industrial and economic development of these regions"^[10]
• Bhopal-Sagar-Chhatarpur New Railline

Trains waiting for approval

• Saugor–Katni Passenger
• Saugor–Chirmiri Passenger
• Bhopal–Saugor Passenger by extending Bhopal–Bina Passenger to Saugor
• Saugor-Nagpur Express
• Saugor-Khajuraho Passenger

Notes and References

1. Web site: SGO/Saugor. India Rail Info.
2. Web site: SAUGOR STATION. West Central Railway.
3. Web site: 11 स्टेशन में एनजीटी को मिला सब बेहतर, दिया आईएसओ सर्टिफिकेट. Nai Dunia.
4. Web site: ट्रेन आते ही प्लेटफार्म पर जल जाएगी बिजली, जाते 70 फीसद होगी बंद. Nai Dunia.
5. Web site: धूप से यात्रियों को राहत देने शेड तो बना दिया, लेकिन प्लेटफार्म पर काम की गति धीमी. Patrika.
6. Web site: Saugor (SGO): Passenger Amenities Details As on : 31/03/2018, Division : Jabalpur. Raildrishti.
7. https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1941449
8. https://indiarailinfo.com/train/ahmedabad-kolkata-weekly-express-19413/21718/60/7037
9. https://indiarailinfo.com/train/371
10. https://metrocitymedia.in/without-chhindwara-sagar-chhindwara-will-not-become-a-big-railway-junction/