Bilaspur railway station
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Bilaspur Junction
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| Regional rail, Light rail & Goods railway | |
Old Station Building of Bilaspur Junction built in 1890.
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| Location | Ahead budhwari bazzar, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh India |
| Coordinates | 22°03′26″N 82°10′04″E / 22.0572°N 82.1678°ECoordinates: 22°03′26″N 82°10′04″E / 22.0572°N 82.1678°E |
| Elevation | 292.300 metres (958.99 ft) |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| Operated by | South East Central Railway zone |
| Line(s) |
Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line Katni-Bilaspur line |
| Platforms | 9 |
| Tracks | 18 |
| Connections | Wifi enabled IR station,Zonal Headquarter |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) |
| Parking | Yes |
| Disabled access |  |
| Other information | |
| Status | Operating |
| Station code | BSP |
| Zone(s) | South East Central Railway zone |
| Division(s) | Bilaspur railway division |
| History | |
| Opened | Template:Srart date and age |
| Electrified | 1969–70 |
| Previous names | Bengal Nagpur Railway |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers | 8 lacs |
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Bilaspur Junction railway station, located in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, serves Bilaspur in Bilaspur district.
The railway station came up in 1889 with the opening of Rajnandgaon to Bilaspur extension of erstwhile Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway taken over by Bengal Nagpur Railway and construction of the Nagpur-Asansol main line of Bengal Nagpur Railway, which opened in 1891. The station building was constructed in 1890. It became a station on the crosscountry Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line in 1900.
The Rourkela-Bilaspur section was electrified in 1969-70 while Bilaspur-Nagpur in 1976-77 and Bilaspur-Katni in 1981.
Bilaspur is headquarters of South East Central Railway
Bilaspur Railway Station is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway. as about 340 passenger trains and goods trains passes every day.
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