Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Railway Station, also known as Itwari Junction railway station, is a Railway Junction Station and Terminus serving the city of Nagpur in Maharashtra state of India.[2]

A few trains also terminate at this station. It is also a narrow-gauge line railway junction. The station code is NITR and is managed by South East Central Railway (SECR). 4 long-distance trains which starts from and terminates at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari instead of Nagpur are, Rewa- Itwari Junction Express, Itwari Junction–Tatanagar Express, Bilaspur–Itwari Intercity Superfast Express & Shivnath Express. One new train Rewa-Itwari-Rewa Exp via Jabalpur-Nainpur-Balaghat-Gondia has been introduced. Itwari is among the five small stations which fall within the extended city limits of Nagpur along with Ajni, Kalamna, Kamptee and Khapri.

The Nainpur–Chhindwara–Itwari line of the erstwhile Satpura Railway, one of the latest narrow-gauge lines to be converted to broad-gauge, terminates here.[3]

Further, the area around Itwari railway station is also known as Itwari Locality of Nagpur.

Renaming Of Itwari Junction

The Maharashtra government has decided to change the name of Itwari Junction Railway Station in Nagpur district to ' Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Junction ' Railway Station, a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA said on 29-June-2023. In a press release, Nagpur East MLA Krishna Khopde said a notification was issued by the state's Home Department on June 16, which also informed that a no-objection certificate to the name change had been received from the Ministry of Home Affairs on May 23.[4]

References

  1. ^ "3 new platforms will be built in Itwari, Nagpur, Kalamna and Chhindwara will get connectivity". bhaskarhindi.com. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  2. ^ - Itwari Station Itwari railway station is managed by the South East Central Railways. It is located about 5 km from Nagpur railway station. Durg–Nagpur Passenger, Ramtek–Nagpur Passenger, Nagpur–Gondiya Passenger and Nagpur–Chakradharpur Passenger pass through Itwari.
  3. ^ "Narrow-gauge line Nainpur–Chhindwara–Itwari". Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Nagpur's Itwari Railway Station To Be Renamed After Subhash Chandra Bose". NDTV.com. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itwari
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