Rau railway station
The Rau railway station is one of the local railway stations in Rau, a suburb of Indore.[1]
Rau | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | NH52 (earlier NH3), Rau, Indore India | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22.633636°N 75.8031038°E | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 2 587 m (1,926 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Akola–Ratlam line | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | BG | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 BG | ||||||||||||||
| Connections | Taxi stand, auto stand | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||||||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Available | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Fully operational broad gauge (BG converted lines) | ||||||||||||||
| Station code | RAU | ||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | Western Railways | ||||||||||||||
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| Electrified | Yes, from 2017 onwards | ||||||||||||||
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Rau is situated on rail line from Ratlam to Akola. Rail line is now converted from meter-gauge to broad-gauge between Ratlam and Mhow. Rau is well connected to Indore, Ratlam, Mhow, Khandwa, Akola and Ujjain. Nearest broad-gauge railway station is the main railway station that is at Indore BG which is 18 km away. The next nearest stations are Mhow (Dr. Ambedkar Nagar railway station) towards the south which is around 13 km to the south and Tihi which is the on the new Indore–Dahod & Indore–Chota Udepur railway line which is under construction. Rau is soon to be an official junction once the aforementioned lines become fully operational for passengers. The new line which diverges to the west is single line broad-gauge and non-electrified railway line mainly used to transport containers from Pithampur dry containers port near Tihi. The new railway line from Rau is laid till Tihi and the is under progress at snails pace. In 2008, the Union Cabinet approved the gauge conversion for the Ratlam–Mhow-Khandwa–Akola railway line.(472.64 km). The cost of the gauge conversion would be about Rs.1421.25 crore.[2][3]
Major trains
The following trains have stoppage at the station.[4]
| Number | Train | From | To | Type |
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| NA | Dr. Ambedkar Nagar - Ratlam DEMU passenger train | DADN | RTM | Local |
| NA | Dr. Ambedkar Nagar - Indore DEMU passenger train | DADN | INDB | Local |
See also
References
- railinfo
- "railnews". Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- freepressjournal Archived 5 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- "Departures from RAU/Rau (2 PFs)". IndiaRailInfo. Retrieved 21 September 2022.