Sonkhamb | |
Type: | Indian Railway Station |
Style: | Indian railway |
Address: | State Highway 248, Katol taluka, Sonkhamb, Nagpur district, Maharashtra |
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 21.2743°N 78.7256°W |
Map Type: | India#India Maharashtra |
Line: | Bhopal–Nagpur section |
Elevation: | 403m (1,322feet) |
Structure: | Standard (on ground station) |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Parking: | No |
Bicycle: | No |
Opened: | 1884 |
Electrified: | Yes |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | West Central Railway |
Status: | Functioning |
Sonkhamb railway station is a railway station of Bhopal–Nagpur section under Nagpur CR railway division of West Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. The station is situated beside State Highway 248, Katol taluka at Sonkhamb in Nagpur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.[1] [2]
The Bhopal–Itarsi line was opened by the Begum of Bhopal in 1884.[3] Itarsi and Nagpur Junction railway station was linked in between 1923 and 1924.[4] Electrification started in Bhopal–Itarsi section in 1988–89 and the rest Itarsi to Nagpur section was electrified in 1990–91.[5]