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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Railway station in Maharashtra, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = Murtizapur Junction<br />
| type = [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]<br />
| style = Indian Railways<br />
| image = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|100px]]<br />
| image_caption = Indian Railways logo<br />
| address = Tangachowk Road, Murtizapur, Maharashtra<br />
| country = India<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|20.7361|77.3547|format=dms|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline, title}}<br />
| elevation = {{convert|303|m|ft}}<br />
| line = [[Nagpur–Bhusawal section]] of [[Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line]], <br/>{{stnlnk|Achalpur}}–{{stnlnk|Yavatmal}} line<br />
| other = <br />
| structure = Standard, on ground<br />
| platform = 2<br />
| tracks = <br />
| parking = Available<br />
| opened = 1867<br />
| closed = <br />
| rebuilt = <br />
| electrified = 1989–90<br />
| accessible = <br />
| code = {{Indian railway code<br />
| code = MZR<br />
| zone = [[Central Railway zone]]<br />
| division = {{rwd|Bhusawal}}<br />
}}<br />
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Central Railway zone|Central Railway]]<br />
| status = Active <br />
| former = [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]<br />
| passengers = <br />
| pass_year = <br />
| pass_percent = <br />
| pass_system = <br />
| map_type = India Maharashtra<br />
| map_dot_label = Murtizapur railway station<br />
| map_size = 260<br />
| map_caption = Location in Maharashtra<br />
}}<br />
'''Murtizapur railway station''' serves [[Murtizapur]] in [[Akola district]] in the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]] and was opened in 1867. The {{stnlnk|Achalpur}}–{{stnlnk|Yavatmal}} [[narrow-gauge]] line, popular as [[Shakuntala Railway]], meets the electrified {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] [[Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line]] at Murtizapur.<br />
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==History==<br />
The first train in India travelled from Mumbai to Thane on 16 April 1853. By May 1854, [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]'s Bombay–Thane line was extended to Kalyan. Bhusawal railway station was set up in 1860 and in 1867 the GIPR branch line was extended to Nagpur.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html | title = IR History: Early Days – I : Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1832–1865) | publisher =IRFCA | access-date = 2013-03-18 }}</ref><br />
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The {{convert|189|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}-long Achalpur–Murtazapur–[[Yavatmal]] {{track gauge|762mm}} [[narrow-gauge railway]], locally known as the [[Shakuntala Railway]], was built by a British firm, Killik Nixon & Company, in 1903.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/docs/rinbad-ng.html |title = Indian Narrow Gauge Lines 2002–2003| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2013-03-08 }}</ref><ref name=times>{{cite web| url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/A-historic-train-faces-an-uncertain-future/articleshow/11721563.cms| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130426163100/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-02/nagpur/31016631_1_narrow-gauge-broad-gauge-shakuntala-express| url-status = live| archive-date = 26 April 2013|title =A historic train faces an uncertain future |last= More|first= Vaidehi|location=Nagpur|date=2 February 2012 | work = [[The Times of India]]| access-date = 2013-03-08 }}</ref><br />
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===Electrification===<br />
The railways in the {{stnlnk|Nandura}}–{{stnlnk|Badnera}} sector were electrified in 1989–90.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title = History of Electrification| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2013-03-18 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Adjacent stations|noclear=y<br />
|system=Indian Railways<br />
|line=Central Railway zone|left=Mana (Maharashtra)|right=Katepurna|type=[[Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line]]<br />
|line2=Central Railway zone|left2=Lakhpuri|right2=Murtazapur Town|type2=Shakuntala line}}<br />
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{{Central Railway}}<br />
{{Railway stations in Maharashtra}}<br />
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[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1867]]<br />
[[Category:Railway stations in Akola district]]<br />
[[Category:Railway junction stations in Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Bhusawal railway division]]</div>
Md. Toslim Bhuiyan Prantik