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词条 Nagpur–Bhusawal section
释义

  1. History

  2. Loco sheds

  3. Workshops

  4. Economy

  5. Speed and passenger movement

  6. References

  7. External links

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The Nagpur–Bhusawal section (railway track) is part of the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line (alternatively known as Mumbai-Kolkata line / Bombay-Calcutta line) and connects Nagpur and Bhusawal both in the Indian state of Maharashtra. This section also has a number of branch lines. Part of one of the major trunk lines in the country, Nagpur–Bhusawal section passes through a section of the Deccan Plateau. The main line crosses Nagpur, Wardha, Amravati, Akola, and Buldhana districts of Vidarbha region and Jalgaon district of Khandesh region.[1][2][3][4]

History

The Great Indian Peninsula Railway extended the line from Bhusawal to Nagpur in 1867.[5]

The {{convert|189|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} long, {{RailGauge|2ft6in}} gauge Achalpur-Murtajapur-Yavatmal line, known as the Shakuntala Railway was, built by a British firm, Killik Nixon & Company, in 1903, to carry cotton from the interior of Vidarbha to the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line at Murtajapur.[6][6] The line, run by the Central Provinces Railways Company, India’s only operational private railway company listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange,[7][8] The line is under conversion to {{RailGauge|1676mm|lk=on}} broad gauge.

The {{convert|35|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} long, {{RailGauge|2ft6in|lk=on}} narrow gauge railway was built from Pulgaon to Arvi by Central Provinces Railway in 1917.[9][10] This line is also under conversion to {{RailGauge|1676mm|lk=on}} broad gauge.

The {{convert|34|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} long, {{RailGauge|1676mm|allk=on}} Butibori-Umrer branch line linking Umrer Coalfield to the main line was established in 1965.[11] The newly laid {{RailGauge|1676mm|allk=on}} Narkhed-Amravati branch line was opened in 2012.[12]

There was a {{convert|1469|km|mi}} long {{RailGauge|1000mm}} wide metre gauge line from Jaipur to Secunderabad via Akola. Most of the part of this line has been converted to {{RailGauge|1676mm|lk=on}} broad gauge.[13] The Great Indian Peninsula Railway was taken over by the state in 1925.[14] In 1951, the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway, the Scindia State Railways and the Dholpur Railways were merged to form Central Railway.[15]

The entire main line is electrified. Electrification of the railways in the region started in 1968-69 and continued up to Nandura in 1988-89. The Nandura-Badnera sector was electrified in 1989-90. The Badnera-Wardha sector was electrified in 1990-91. Badnera-Amaravati sector was electrified in 1993-94, Jalamb-Khamgaon and Butibori-Umrer in 1994-95.[16]

In 1910, the District Gazetteer of Buldhana gave an account of the railway line and its importance from the point of view of trade:

{{cquote|The Nagpur Branch of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway runs a distance of about 47 miles through the District from west to east, and is connected with Khamgaon by a branch from Jalamb 8 miles in length. The railway stations in the District are Khamkhed, Malkapur, Biswa, Nandura, Jalamb, Khamgaon, Shegaon and Nagjhari. Of these the leading stations for exports and imports are Khamgaon, Shegaon and Malkapur. The first two stations despatch to Bombay mainly cotton and grain produced in the Khamgaon and Mehkar talukas and the greater portion of that produced in the Chikhli taluk; Malkapur sends away grain, linseed, cotton, gur and other articles which it receives from the Malkapur taluk and from the north-west portion of the Chikhli taluk. Nandura is the principal outlet of the Jalgaon taluk although it also exports certain produce from the Malkapur taluk.[17]}}

Loco sheds

There are electric locomotive sheds at Ajni and Bhusawal on this line and a narrow gauge diesel loco shed at Murtazapur. Ajni loco shed has WAG-7, WAG-9 and WAG-9I locos. Bhusawal loco shed has WAM-4, WAP-4, WAG-5, WAG-7 and WCM-6 locos.[18]

Workshops

Central Railway has three workshops on this line. Nagpur has a workshop for upkeep of passenger coaches and Ajni has facilities for repair of goods wagons. Bhusawal has a workshop for repairs of locos and wagons.[18]

Economy

This line passes through the cotton producing areas of Vidarbha.[19][20] Mahagenco has two major power stations on this route – the 500MW Paras Thermal Power Station and the 920 MW Bhusawal Thermal Power Station.[21] Reliance Power has a 600 mW thermal power station at Butibori.[22]

Coal-based thermal power stations consume large quantities of coal.[23] For example, the Bhusawal Thermal Power Station consumed 2,400,000 tonnes of coal in 2006-07, and the Paras Thermal Power Station consumed 351,000 tonnes of coal in the same year.[24] Around 80 per cent of the domestic coal supplies in India are meant for coal based thermal power plants and coal transportation forms 42 per cent of the total freight earnings of Indian railways.[25] There are over 200 coal loading points across India. Coal is transported by rail to around 60 thermal power stations, 12 steel plants and 55 cement factories forming the major customers of coal.[26]

Speed and passenger movement

The entire Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line is classified as a "Group A" line which can take speeds up to {{convert|160|km/h|abbr=on}}.[27]

Nagpur, Akola and Bhusawal, on this line, are amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.[28]

References

1. ^{{cite web| url = http://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/AKOLA/comm_railways.html |title =Communications - Railways | publisher= The Gazetteers Department, Maharashtra| accessdate = 20 April 2013}}
2. ^{{cite web| url = http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/Nagpur%20dips%2012-13.pdf |title = Brief Industrial Profile of Nagpur District| publisher=MSME Development Institute | accessdate = 20 April 2013}}
3. ^{{cite web| url = http://wardha.nic.in/htmldocs/Trainmain.asp |title = Railway Network in Wardha| publisher= Wardha district administration| accessdate = 20 April 2013}}
4. ^{{cite web| url = http://amravati.nic.in/gazetteer/gazetteerb/commu_intro.html |title = Communications - Introduction| publisher=The Gazetteers Department, Maharashtra | accessdate = 20 April 2013}}
5. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html | title = IR History: Early Days – I | last = Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1832 - 1865)| publisher= IFCA| accessdate = 8 March 2013}}
6. ^{{cite web| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-02/nagpur/31016631_1_narrow-gauge-broad-gauge-shakuntala-express|title =A historic train faces an uncertain future |last= More|first= Vaidehi| publisher= The Times of India, Nagpur, 2 February 2012 | accessdate = 8 March 2013}}
7. ^{{cite web| url =http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/a-curious-relic-from-another-era/article4469578.ece |title = A curious relic from another era| publisher= The Hindu Business Line, 4 March 2013| accessdate = 8 March 2013}}
8. ^{{cite web| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4041983.stm |title =A railway ride into history | publisher= BBC, 26 November 2004| accessdate = 8 March 2013}}
9. ^{{cite web| url =http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html |title = IR History: Part III (1900-1947)| publisher= IRFCA| accessdate = 8 March 2013}}
10. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/docs/rinbad-ng.html |title = Indian Narrow Gauge Lines 2002-2003| publisher= IRFCA| accessdate = 8 March 2013}}
11. ^{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=v21-4YYgocUC&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=Muri-Chandrapura+line&source=bl&ots=2lfbxydpeo&sig=k1wlrhY-A8FVApK4K4u1NYGqLGY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nx9yUca-D4iErQeVn4G4CA&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAjge#v=onepage&q=Muri-Chandrapura%20line&f=false |title = Transport Geography of India: Commodity Flow and the Regional Structure of Indian Economy| page= 60|author= Moonis Raza & Yash Aggarwal|publisher= Concept Publishing Company | location=New Delhi | ISBN = 81-7022-089-0|accessdate = 20 April 2013}}
12. ^{{cite web| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-20/nagpur/32763645_1_extra-coaches-new-train-brijesh-dixit |title = Green signal for traffic on Narkhed Amaravati rail line |last=Pinjarkar |first= Vijay| publisher= The Times of India, Nagpur, 20 July 2012| accessdate = 8 March 2013}}
13. ^{{cite web| url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=34694 |title = Gauge conversion of Ratlam-Khandwa-Mhow-Akola | publisher= Press Information Bureau| accessdate = 8 March 2013}}
14. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html |title = IR History: Part III (1900-1947)|publisher=IRFCA | accessdate = 2013-04-03 }}
15. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-geog.html#newzone |title = Geography : Railway Zones|publisher= IRFCA| accessdate = 24 March 2013 }}
16. ^{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title = History of Electrification|work= |last= |first=| publisher= IRFCA| accessdate = 15 March 2013}}
17. ^{{cite web| url = http://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/BULDHANA/bank_trade%20routes.html |title = Trade routes| publisher=The Gazetteers Department, Maharashtra | accessdate = 18 March 2013}}
18. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shed.html |title = Sheds and Workshops| publisher= IRFCA| accessdate = 19 April 2013}}
19. ^{{cite web| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=XhF2rr_4uhsC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=Vidarbha+Calcutta-Bombay+line&source=bl&ots=tG_ss1LTmR&sig=bpWWQ_LdRn6Yl_5_KrKof4GyD_M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=thdJUY7bJoP5rQepqIH4DQ&ved=0CCwQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=Vidarbha%20Calcutta-Bombay%20line&f=false |title = Population dynamics in India|work= page 35 |last= Ranade|first=Prabha Shastri| publisher= Google| accessdate = 20 March 2013}}
20. ^{{cite web| url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rahul-gandhi-kalawati-suicides-in-vidarbha/1/157746.html|title = Rahul’s Lost Widows |last= Damayanti Dutta and Kiran Tare| publisher= India Today, 7 November 2011| accessdate = 8 March 2013 }}
21. ^{{cite web| url =http://www.mahagenco.in/index.php/about-us |title =Installed capacity of Mahagenco |publisher= Mahagenco | accessdate = 2013-03-08 }}
22. ^{{cite web| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-03/india-business/36129960_1_butibori-mw-unit-largest-captive-coal-reserves|title = Reliance-Power starts up second unit of Butibori plant | publisher=The Times of India, Nagpur, 3 January 2013 | accessdate = 2013-03-08 }}
23. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.citizenscoalcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/TypicalCoalFiredPowerPlant.pdf |title =Diagram of a typical coal-fired thermal power station | publisher= | accessdate = 21 April 2013}}
24. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/yearly/thermal_perfm_review_rep/0607/Section-9.pdf | title = Coal supply to various power stations | publisher = | accessdate = 21 April 2013 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140531090331/http://www.cea.nic.in/reports/yearly/thermal_perfm_review_rep/0607/Section-9.pdf | archivedate = 31 May 2014 | df = dmy-all }}
25. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.miningweekly.com/article/indian-railways-cil-to-collaborate-for-additional-coal-transport-capacity-2013-02-14 |title = Indian Railways, CIL to collaborate for additional coal transport capacity| publisher= Mining weekly.com, 14 February 2013| accessdate = 21 April 2013}}
26. ^{{cite web| url = http://saiindia.gov.in/english/home/Our_Products/Audit_report/Government_Wise/union_audit/recent_reports/union_compliance/2004/Railways/2004_9/chapter3.htm |title = Chapter 3: Coal movement on Indian Railways| publisher= | accessdate = 21 April 2013}}
27. ^{{cite web| url = http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/IRPWM/PermanentWayManualCh2_data.htm |title = Chapter II – The Maintenance of Permanent Way|work= |last= |first= | publisher= | accessdate = 14 March 2013}}
28. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |title=Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry |work=Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways |last= |first= |publisher=IRFCA |accessdate=14 March 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510115649/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |archivedate=10 May 2014 |df= }}

External links

  • Trains at Nagpur
  • Trains at Akola
  • Trains at Bhusawal
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