Habibganj railway station: Difference between revisions

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| name          =  

| type          = [[Regional rail]] and [[Light rail]] station

| image         = Habibganj.png

| image_caption = Habibganj railway station

| address      = Habibganj, Maharana Pratap Nagar Zone 2 [[Bhopal]]-462011, [[Madhya Pradesh]], <br /> India

| coordinates  = {{Coord|23.2216|N|77.4401|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline}}

| line          = [[Bhopal–Nagpur section]]<br />[[Delhi–Chennai line]]<br/>[[Bhopal]]→Jabalpur<br/>[[Itarsi]]→Indore

| structure    = At–ground

| platform      = 5

| elevation    = {{convert|495.760|m|ft}}

| levels        = 1

| tracks        = 6

| parking      = Available

| bicycle      = Available

| opened        = {{start date and age|1979}}

| closed        =  

| rebuilt      =  

| electrified  = Yes

| ADA          = {{Access icon|20px}}

| code          = RKMP <br/> HBJ (until 2021)

| owned        = [[Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation]]

| zone          = [[West Central Railway zone]]

| former        = Indian Branch Rly. Co. <br />[[Central Railways]]

| passengers    = 26,000 per day (average)

| pass_year    = Daily

| pass_percent  =  

| pass_system  =  

| mpassengers  =  

| services      = ATM, Baggage Room, Dormitory/Retiring Rooms<br/>Refreshment, Waiting Room

| map_locator  =  

| map_type      = India Bhopal#India Madhya Pradesh

| map_dot_label = '''Habibganj'''

'''Habibganj railway station''', officially '''Rani Kamalapati railway station''' (station code: RKMP), is a railway station in [[Bhopal City]] and part of the [[West Central Railway]].<ref name="Mint_2017">{{cite news |last1=Sood |first1=Jyotika |title=India’s first ‘private’ railway station Habibganj to come up near Bhopal |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/6zYTPft0qLmH1veLvzE8VI/Indias-first-private-railway-station-Habibganj-to-come-up.html |access-date=26 April 2022 |work=Mint |date=6 June 2017 |language=en}}</ref> It is located in [[Habibganj]], [[New Bhopal]] and lies on the main [[Jhansi]]–[[Bhopal Junction|Bhopal]]–[[Itarsi Junction (Madhya Pradesh)|Itarsi]] route line. It is India's [[List of private railway stations|first private railway station]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Habibganj: Here is India's first private railway station|url=http://www.businesstoday.in/sectors/infra/habibganj-here-is-india-first-private-railway-station/story/253859.html|magazine=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]]|date=7 June 2017|access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref> In November 2021, the [[Madhya Pradesh Government]] changed its name from Habibganj railway station to Rani Kamalapati railway station in the memory of Gond queen [[Rani Kamlapati]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dastidar |first1=Avishek G |title=Habibganj to Rani Kamlapati: How a railway station’s name is changed |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/habibganj-rani-kamlapati-name-change-railway-station-7622433/ |access-date=26 April 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=16 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==

The [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Ministry of Railways]] privatised Habibganj railway station in June 2017, making it India's first private railway station. The station will have facilities like a shopping complex, forex kiosk and eateries.<ref name="Mint_2017"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Sehra |first=Sumedha |date=9 June 2017 |title=What features will India's 1st privately run station have? |url=https://www.inshorts.com/news/what-features-will-indias-1st-privately-run-station-have-1496992560884 |publisher=Inshorts |access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref>

 

The rebuilt railway station was opened in November 2021 by Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tomar |first1=Shruti |title=Bhopal’s Habibganj station renamed after tribal queen |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bhopals-habibganj-station-renamed-after-tribal-queen-101636829150509.html |access-date=26 April 2022 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=14 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=PTI  |date=15 November 2021 |title=PM Modi inaugurates modern Rani Kamalapati railway station in Bhopal |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/pm-modi-inaugurates-modern-rani-kamalapati-railway-station-in-bhopal/article37502029.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref> The station code was changed from HBJ to RKMP.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 November 2021 |title=हबीबगंज हुआ रानी कमलापति रेलवे स्टेशन:MP सरकार के नोटिफिकेशन जारी करते ही प्लेटफॉर्म पर बोर्ड बदले, रविवार को आएंगे रेल मंत्री |lang=hi |trans-title=Habibganj is now Rani Kamlapati railway station: Boards changed on the platform as soon as the notification of the MP government was issued, the Railway Minister will come on Sunday  |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]] |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/mp/bhopal/news/rani-kamlapati-railway-station-bhopal-bansal-project-director-on-platform-pattika-sticker-129113814.html |access-date=21 November 2021}}</ref>

 

The station has 5 platforms.

 

[[Raja Bhoj International Airport]] is located near the suburb of Sant Hirdaram Nagar (formerly known as Bairagarh) and is the primary airport serving the state of Madhya Pradesh, India.<ref name="Chronicle" /> *As of January 2020, Bhopal has non-stop flights to [[New Delhi]], [[Mumbai]], [[Surat]], [[Jaipur]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Udaipur]], [[Bangalore]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Pune]] and [[Raipur]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/companies/article/indigo-to-start-non-stop-daily-flight-between-bhopal-hyderabad-and-jabalpur-hyderabad-soon/323025 |title=IndiGo to start non-stop daily flight between Bhopal-Hyderabad and Jabalpur-Hyderabad soon |publisher=Times Now |date=29 November 2018 |access-date=2 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203055506/https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/companies/article/indigo-to-start-non-stop-daily-flight-between-bhopal-hyderabad-and-jabalpur-hyderabad-soon/323025 |archive-date=3 December 2018 |url-status=live| df=dmy-all}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=November 2021}} There are no international flight from Bhopal.<ref name="Chronicle">{{cite news |title=Central Chronicle |url=https://centralchronicle.com/posts/No-international-flight-even-after-a-decade |access-date=17 November 2021 |work=centralchronicle.com |date=10 November 2021}}</ref>

 

Habibganj railway station lies on the main [[Jhansi]]–[[Bhopal Junction|Bhopal]]–[[Itarsi Junction (Madhya Pradesh)|Itarsi]] route line. [[Bhopal Junction]] is the other major railway station in the area.

 

* {{convert|2|km}} away from Maharana Pratap Nagar, Bhopal, the commercial area in southern region of the Bhopal city  

== Gallery ==

|File:Habibgunj Railway Station-PANOROMA.jpg|Bhopal Habibganj station in 2019

|File:Habibganj signboard.jpg|Old signboard of the station at the north end of platform no. 1

|File:Rani Kamlapati Station Name Board.jpg|The new Signboard on display at one of the newly redeveloped platforms

|File:Platform ticket of Rani Kamlapati Railway Station with printed station code RKMP.jpg|Platform ticket of Rani Kamlapati Railway Station with printed station code RKMP

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==See also==