New Katni Junction railway station

New Katni Junction
Indian Railway Junction Station
Location New Katni, Madhya Pradesh
 India
Coordinates 23°48′50″N 80°25′15″E / 23.813963°N 80.420887°E / 23.813963; 80.420887Coordinates: 23°48′50″N 80°25′15″E / 23.813963°N 80.420887°E / 23.813963; 80.420887
Elevation 390 metres (1,280 ft)
Owned by Indian Railways
Line(s) Katni-Billibari link
Katni-Bilaspur line
Platforms 2
Construction
Structure type Standard (On Ground Station)
Other information
Status Functioning
Station code NKJ
Zone(s) West Central Railways
Division(s) Jabalpur
Location
New Katni Junction railway station
Location in Madhya Pradesh

New Katni Junction 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 boxn depot which is used for repair work of freight wagons. It is located between two rivers Simraul and Bimraul expanded in about 5 km.

Loco sheds

Both the Katni Diesel Loco Shed and the New Katni Junction Electric Loco Shed are located at New Katni Junction. The former has WDM-2, WDM-3A, WDM-3D WDG-3A, WDG-4, WDG-4D, WDS-6 and the only WDG-3C "Cheetah" diesel locomotives. The latter holds 170+ WAG-5 and WAG-7 electric locomotives and has a large marshalling yard attached to it.[1]

New township

A new township for accommodating more than 5,000 railway employees has been developed at New Katni.[2]

References

  1. "Sheds and workshops". IRFCA. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  2. "Katni Junction". Archived from the original on 14 August 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station
West Central Railway zone
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West Central Railway zone
Katni-Bilaspur line
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West Central Railway zone
Katni-Bilaspur line
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