Rau railway station

Rau
Rau
Express train and Passenger train station
Location	NH52 (earlier NH3), Rau, Indore; India
Coordinates	22°38′01″N 75°48′11″E / 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
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Available
Disabled access
Other information
Status	Fully operational broad gauge (BG converted lines)
Station code	RAU
Fare zone	Western Railways
Electrified	Yes, from 2017 onwards
Services
Location
	Rau Location in Madhya Pradesh Rau Location in India

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The Rau railway station is one of the local railway stations in Rau, a suburb of Indore.^[1]

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]^{[failed verification]}

Major trains[edit]

These trains pass through the station.^[4]

Number	Train	To	Type
09547	DADN - Ratlam DEMU	Ratlam	Local
09323	DADN - Bhopal Intercity Express	Bhopal	Express
52965	DADN - Kalakund Heritage Train	Kalakund	NA
04115	DADN - Prayagraj	Prayagraj	Express
02919	Malwa SF Special	SVDK	Superfast Express
09305	DADN - Kamakhya	Kamakhya	Superfast Express
01704	DADN - Rewa	Rewa	Superfast Express
09301	DADN - Yeswantpur	Yeswantpur	Superfast Express
09223	DADN - Nagpur	Nagpur	Superfast Express

References[edit]

↑ railinfo
↑ "railnews". Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
↑ freepressjournal Archived 5 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "13 Train Departures from DADN/Dr. Ambedkar Nagar". indiarailinfo(dot)com. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

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[1] railinfo

[2] "railnews". Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.

[3] reepressjournal Archived 5 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine

[4] "13 Train Departures from DADN/Dr. Ambedkar Nagar". indiarailinfo(dot)com. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

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