Bhopal Junction railway station
Bhopal Junction | ||||||||||||||||
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| Rapid transit, Regional rail, Light rail & Commuter rail station | ||||||||||||||||
Bhopal railway station | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Bhopal Main Junction, Near Nadra Bus Stand, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh India | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°16′02″N 77°24′47″E / 23.267212°N 77.412970°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | West Central Railways | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Agra–Bhopal section, Bhopal–Nagpur section, New Delhi–Chennai main line, Ujjain–Bhopal section, Bhopal–Ram Ganj Mandi line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Taxi Stand, Auto Stand | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard on ground | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Available | |||||||||||||||
| Other information | ||||||||||||||||
| Status | Functioning | |||||||||||||||
| Station code | BPL | |||||||||||||||
| Zone(s) | West Central Railway zone | |||||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Bhopal | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1889 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 60,000 Avg per day | ||||||||||||||||
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Bhopal Junction railway station (station code: BPL) is a major railway junction of India and main railway station of Bhopal, the capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. This station also serves as a connecting point for various pilgrims from Asia to visit the Stupa of Sanchi, an important Buddhist stupa, which is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) from this station.