Raipur Junction is the main railway station of Raipur city. It is one of only a few railway stations in India, which has been given grade ‘A-1’ by the Indian Railways and is one of the highest grossing railway stations in India. This station is one of the major stations on the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line. It is also the point of origin of the Raipur-Vizianagaram branch line route.
History of Raipur Railway Station
Octogenarians boarded the Kendri-Kurud narrow gauge train at Telibandha railway station inside Raipur city on 30 April, which was on its last journey on the 117-year-old rail route only to be “part of history”.
“A lot has changed in the last seven decades.I never imagined in my wildest dreams that when I boarded a train for the first time on a mid-summer day in 1938, our ‘chuchuk gadi’ – like the narrow gauge train in local parlance – was a day in history Since then, Mangu, a resident of Bhat-village between Raipur-Kurud road, told that it was the only mode of transport from Raipur to Dhamtari.
The railway route was conceived during the British rule to connect Raipur to Nagpur in 1871 and the first train on the Raipur-Kurud narrow gauge railway track, part of the Raipur-Nagpur route, created a history for the area on 10 September 1900. Was.
“The train previously had only four ‘ana (money)’ in terms of travel fare and ticket. .
Three railway stations on the narrow gauge route – Telibandha, Mana and Bhatgaon – were closed for the construction of a 22-km expressway at a cost of Rs 258 crore to connect the Raipur railway station to the local owner in Raipur city.
This train used to be the only message from both the bride and groom sides in the area. It was also the major transport mode for local villagers, who accompany their family members to nearby places, either participate in festivals, including wedding ceremonies, or watch movies in Raipur.
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