Nearest Railway Station to Amarkantak
Looking for the nearest railway station to Amarkantak? The closest railway station to Amarkantak, a sacred and frequently visited pilgrimage town, is Bhanwar Tonk Railway Station, located approximately 32.9 kilometers away. Situated in Chhattisgarh, Bhanwar Tonk Railway Station connects well with nearby regions, and travelers can reach Amarkantak from there in about an hour by road.
Nestled in Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh, Amarkantak holds great religious and spiritual significance. This serene town is uniquely known as the origin point of three important rivers—Narmada, Son, and Johila. Rich in natural charm, Amarkantak is also famed for its mystical vibe. The 15th-century saint and poet Kabir is believed to have meditated at the revered Kabir Chabutra in Amarkantak. Moreover, the legendary poet Kalidas referred to this town as Amrakuta, a name that gradually transformed into Amarkantak.
The area is also abundant in medicinal flora and plant life. Nearby, the Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary—around 40 km from Amarkantak—is a known habitat of the Bengal tiger. Surrounded by hills and dense forests, the region is not only spiritual but also ecologically rich. Additionally, the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University was established here to uplift and educate the tribal community.
Essential Information about Bhanwar Tonk Railway Station Type of Station: Amarkantak
- Type of Station: Regular
- Number of Platforms: 2
- Number of Halting Trains: 12
- Number of Originating Trains: 0
- Number of Terminating Trains: 0
- Track: Double Electric-Line
- Address: Khodri, Bilaspur Dist, Bhanwartonk
- State: Chhattisgarh
- Elevation: 455 m above sea level
- Zone: SECR/South East Central
- Division: Bilaspur
Nearby Stations to Bhanwar Tonk Railway Station – Amarkantak
- KGS/Khongsara 12 km
- KOI/Khodri 12 km
- SBRA/Sarbahara 18 km
- TGQ/Tenganmada 21 km
- PND/Pendra Road 23 km
- BIG/Belgahna 31 km
- HRB/Harri 32 km
- DNGWN/Dhangawan 35 km
- SLKR/Salkaroad 38 km
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- Porters/Escalators: n/a
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Trains Passing Through BHTK/Bhanwar Tonk
| TRAIN NO. | TRAIN NAME | TRAIN TYPE | ARRIVAL TIME | DEPARTURE TIME | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01653 | Bhopal – Bhubaneshwar One Way Special | Mail/Express Rake | 02:33 | 02:33 | ||
| 01661 | Habibganj – Puri Special Fare Special | Mail/Express Rake | 18:43 | 18:43 | ||
| 01662 | Puri – Habibganj Special Fare Special | Mail/Express Rake | 03:21 | 03:21 | ||
| 01682 | Bhopal – Bilaspur SpecialFare Special | Mail/Express Rake | 02:00 | 02:00 | ||
| 01704 | Visakhapatnam – Jabalpur Special Fare Special | Mail/Express Rake | 12:28 | 12:28 | ||
| 01753 | Jabalpur – Durg Tatkal Fare Special | Mail/Express Rake | 14:38 | 14:38 | ||
| 01754 | Durg – Jabalpur Special | Mail/Express Rake | 01:33 | 01:33 | ||
| 01755 | Jabalpur – Bilaspur Special | Mail/Express Rake | 16:22 | 16:22 | ||
| 01756 | Bilaspur – Jabalpur Special | Mail/Express Rake | 23:13 | 23:13 | ||
| 02583 | Valsad-Puri Special | SuperFast Rake | 17:32 | 17:32 | ||
| 02823 | Durg – Hazrat Nizamuddin SF Special | SuperFast Rake | 19:03 | 19:03 | ||
| 02867 | Durg – Hazrat Nizamuddin HumSafar Inaugural Special | Humsafar Rake | 15:31 | 15:31 | ||
| 04123 | Raipur – Allahabad Kumbh Mela Special | Mail/Express Rake | 11:13 | 11:13 | ||
| 04124 | Allahabad – Raipur Kumbh Mela Special | Mail/Express Rake | 00:32 | 00:32 | ||
| 04407 | Durg – Hazrat Nizamuddin SpecialFare AC SF Special | AC SuperFast Rake | 11:22 | 11:22 | ||
| 04408 | Hazrat Nizamuddin – Durg Special Fare AC SF Special | AC SuperFast Rake | 07:53 | 07:53 | ||
| 04827 | Jodhpur-Durg Special | Mail/Express Rake | 04:44 | 04:44 | ||
| 08003Y | Kharagpur – Puri Passenger Special (UnReserved) | Passenger Rake | 08:42 | 08:42 | ||
| 08061 | Shalimar – Jaipur Special Fare Special | Mail/Express Rake | 09:11 | 09:11 | ||
| 08062 | Jaipur – Shalimar Special Fare Special | Mail/Express Rake | 09:17 | 09:17 | ||
| 08213 | Durg – Jaipur Inaugural Special | Mail/Express Rake | 15:06 | 15:06 | ||
| 08214 | Jaipur-Durg Inaugural Special | Mail/Express Rake | 17:21 | 17:21 | ||
| 08233 | Pipariya – Bliaspur Special | Mail/Express Rake | 14:41 | 14:42 | ||
| 08234 | Bilaspur – Pipariya Special | Mail/Express Rake | 11:37 | 11:39 | ||
| 08507 | Visakhapatnam – Jhansi One Way Special | Mail/Express Rake | 23:14 | 23:14 | ||
| 08575 | Visakhapatnam -Bhagat Ki Kothi Inaugural Special | Mail/Express Rake | 22:21 | 22:21 | ||
| 08576 | Bhagat Ki Kothi – Visakhapatnam One Trip Special | Mail/Express Rake | 17:22 | 17:22 | ||
| 08633 | Hatia – Habibganj Special Fare Garib Rath Special | Garib Rath Rake | 09:08 | 09:08 | ||
| 08634 | Habibganj – Hatia Special Fare Garib Rath Special | Garib Rath Rake | 19:26 | 19:26 | ||
| 08765 | EMPTY MEMU RAKE | MEMU Rake | 08:06 | 08:06 | ||
| 08766 | EMPTY MEMU RAKE | MEMU Rake | 23:46 | 23:46 | ||
| 08791 | Durg – Allahabad Chheoki Kumbh Mela SpecialFare Special | Mail/Express Rake | 02:10 | 02:10 | ||
| 08792 | Allahabad Chheoki – Durg Kumbh Mela Special Fare Special | Mail/Express Rake | 07:45 | 07:45 | ||
| 08891 | Bilaspur – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Special | Mail/Express Rake | 18:38 | 18:38 | ||
| 08892 | Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra – Bilaspur Special | Mail/Express Rake | 21:18 | 21:18 | ||
| 08897 | Gondia -Ambikapur Biweekly Special | Mail/Express Rake | 11:10 | 11:10 | ||
| 08898 | Ambikapur – Gondia Biweekly Special | Mail/Express Rake | 14:43 | 14:43 | ||
| 0897 | Clone SF Special | Mail/Express Rake | 23:55 | 23:55 | ||
| 09668 | Ajmer Sakhi Gopal Special (UnReserved) | Mail/Express Rake | 15:50 | 15:50 | ||
| 09717 | Jaipur – Durg (Weekly) Holiday Special | Mail/Express Rake | 05:20 | 05:20 | ||
| 12535 | Lucknow Jn – Raipur Garib Rath Express | Garib Rath Rake | 03:52 | 03:52 | ||
| 12536 | Raipur – Lucknow Jn Garib Rath Express | Garib Rath Rake | 15:35 | 15:35 | ||
| 12549 | Durg – Jammu Tawi Weekly SF Express (PT) | SuperFast Rake | 16:06 | 16:06 | ||
| 12550 | Jammu Tawi – Durg Weekly SF Express | SuperFast Rake | 09:52 | 09:52 | ||
| 12823 | Chhattisgarh Sampark Kranti Express (PT) | Sampark Kranti Rake | 16:06 | 16:06 | ||
| 12824 | Chhattisgarh Sampark Kranti Express | Sampark Kranti Rake | 10:16 | 10:16 | ||
| 12853 | Amarkantak Express (PT) | SuperFast Rake | 22:28 | 22:28 | ||
| 12854 | Amarkantak Express (PT) | SuperFast Rake | 03:31 | 03:31 | ||
| 14709 | Bikaner – Puri Express | Mail/Express Rake | 20:10 | 20:10 | ||
| 14710 | Puri – Bikaner Express | Mail/Express Rake | 18:35 | 18:35 | ||
| 14720 | Bilaspur – Bikaner Weekly Antyodaya Express | Antyodaya Rake | 12:50 | 12:50 | ||
| 15159 | Sarnath Express | Mail/Express Rake | 01:33 | 01:33 | ||
| 15160 | Sarnath Express (PT) | Mail/Express Rake | 00:58 | 00:58 | ||
| 15229 | Sarnath Express | Mail/Express Rake | 01:40 | 01:40 | ||
| 15230 | Sarnath Express | Mail/Express Rake | 00:56 | 00:56 | ||
| 15231 | Barauni – Gondia Express | Mail/Express Rake | 11:24 | 11:24 | ||
| 15232 | Gondia – Barauni Express (PT) | Mail/Express Rake | 03:46 | 03:46 | ||
| 18201 | Durg – Nautanwa Express (via Varanasi) (PT) | Mail/Express Rake | 23:53 | 23:53 | ||
| 18202 | Nautanwa – Durg Express (via Varanasi) | Mail/Express Rake | 09:37 | 09:37 | ||
| 18203 | Betwa Express (PT) | Mail/Express Rake | 23:53 | 23:53 | ||
| 18204 | Betwa Express | Mail/Express Rake | 08:15 | 08:15 | ||
| 18205 | Durg – Nautanwa Express (Via Faizabad) (PT) | Mail/Express Rake | 23:53 | 23:53 | ||
| 18206 | Nautanwa – Durg Express (Via Faizabad) | Mail/Express Rake | 08:15 | 08:15 | ||
| 18207 | Durg – Ajmer Weekly Express | Mail/Express Rake | 20:23 | 20:23 | ||
| 18208 | Ajmer – Durg Weekly Express | Mail/Express Rake | 17:14 | 17:14 | ||
| 18213 | Durg – Ajmer Weekly Express | Mail/Express Rake | 20:23 | 20:23 | ||
| 18214 | Ajmer – Durg Weekly Express | Mail/Express Rake | 17:14 | 17:14 | ||
| 18215 | Durg – Jammu Tawi Express (via Amritsar) (PT) | Mail/Express Rake | 13:01 | 13:01 | ||
| 18216 | Jammu Tawi – Durg Express (Via Amritsar) | Mail/Express Rake | 14:30 | 14:30 | ||
| 18233 | Narmada Express (PT) | Mail/Express Rake | 14:41 | 14:43 | ||
| 18234 | Narmada Express | Mail/Express Rake | 12:25 | 12:27 | ||
| 18235 | Bhopal – Bilaspur Express cum Passenger | Mail/Express Rake | 00:48 | 00:50 | ||
| 18236 | Bilaspur – Bhopal Express Cum Passenger | Mail/Express Rake | 22:11 | 22:13 | ||
| 18241 | Durg – Ambikapur Express Cum Passenger (PT) | Mail/Express Rake | 01:33 | 01:33 | ||
| 18241-Slip | Durg – Chirimiri Slip Express (PT) | Mail/Express Rake | 01:30 | 01:30 | ||
| 18242 | Ambikapur – Durg Express Cum Passenger (PT) | Mail/Express Rake | 04:15 | 04:15 | ||
| 18247 | Bilaspur – Rewa Express | Mail/Express Rake | 20:16 | 20:18 | ||
| 18248 | Rewa – Bilaspur Express | Mail/Express Rake | 07:43 | 07:45 | ||
| 18477 | Kalinga Utkal Express (PT) | Mail/Express Rake | 17:06 | 17:06 | ||
| 18478 | Kalinga Utkal Express (PT) | Mail/Express Rake | 08:36 | 08:36 | ||
| 18507 | Hirakud (Hirakund) Express (PT) | Mail/Express Rake | 20:21 | 20:21 | ||
| 18508 | Hirakud (Hirakund) Express | Mail/Express Rake | 02:41 | 02:41 | ||
| 18573 | Visakhapatnam – Bhagat Ki Kothi Express | Mail/Express Rake | 20:23 | 20:23 | ||
| 18574 | Bhagat Ki Kothi – Visakhapatnam Express | Mail/Express Rake | 17:14 | 17:14 | ||
| 19659 | Shalimar – Udaipur City Express | Mail/Express Rake | 09:25 | 09:25 | ||
| 19660 | Udaipur City – Shalimar Express | Mail/Express Rake | 19:29 | 19:29 | ||
| 20827 | Jabalpur – Santragachi Humsafar Express | Humsafar Rake | 02:47 | 02:47 | ||
| 20828 | Santragachi – Jabalpur Humsafar Express | Humsafar Rake | 09:31 | 09:31 | ||
| 22169 | Habibganj – Santragachi Weekly Humsafar Express | Humsafar Rake | 02:47 | 02:47 | ||
| 22170 | Santragachi – Habibganj Weekly Humsafar Express | Humsafar Rake | 09:29 | 09:29 | ||
| 22193 | Jabalpur – Santragachi Humsafar Express | Humsafar | 02:47 | 02:47 | ||
| 22194 | Santragachi – Jabalpur Humsafar Express | Humsafar | 09:31 | 09:31 | ||
| 22829 | Bhuj – Shalimar SF Express (PT) | SuperFast Rake | 20:10 | 20:10 | ||
| 22830 | Shalimar – Bhuj SF Express | SuperFast Rake | 09:20 | 09:20 | ||
| 22867 | Durg – Hazrat Nizamuddin Humsafar Express | Humsafar Rake | 14:53 | 14:53 | ||
| 22868 | Hazrat Nizamuddin – Durg Humsafar Express | Humsafar Rake | 01:40 | 01:40 | ||
| 22895 | Durg – Firozpur Cantt. Antyodaya Express | Antyodaya Rake | 11:08 | 11:08 | ||
| 22896 | Firozpur Cantt. – Durg Antyodaya Express | Antyodaya Rake | 01:40 | 01:40 | ||
| 22909 | Valsad – Puri SF Express (PT) | SuperFast Rake | 19:58 | 19:58 | ||
| 22910 | Puri – Valsad SuperFast Express (PT) | SuperFast Rake | 18:35 | 18:35 | ||
| 28242 | Chirimiri – Durg Express | Mail/Express Rake | 04:15 | 04:15 | ||
| 410 | Bilaspur Rewa Fast Passenger (UnReserved) | Passenger | 18:38 | 18:39 | ||
| 51751 | Rewa Bilaspur Fast Passenger | Passenger Rake | 07:43 | 07:45 | ||
| 55218 | Patliputra – Muzaffarpur Passenger (UnReserved) | Humsafar | 18:34 | 18:34 | ||
| 58219 | Bilaspur – Chirimiri Passenger | Passenger Rake | 00:40 | 00:42 | ||
| 58220 | Chirimiri – Bilaspur Junction Passenger | Passenger Rake | 02:13 | 02:15 | ||
| 68739 | Anuppur – Bilaspur MEMU | MEMU Rake | 18:40 | 18:41 | ||
| 68740 | Bilaspur – Shahdol MEMU | MEMU Rake | 07:36 | 07:37 | ||
| 68747 | Bilaspur – Katni MEMU | MEMU Rake | 08:36 | 08:37 | ||
| 68748 | Katni – Bilaspur MEMU | MEMU Rake | 20:14 | 20:15 | ||
| 703SC | Nanded Secunderabad Passenger (UnReserved) | Passenger | 06:12 | 06:12 | ||
| 703SC | Nanded Secunderabad Passenger (UnReserved) | Passenger | 06:16 | 06:16 | ||
| X9038 | Bhavnagar – Mumbai Central SpecialFare SF Special | SuperFast | 05:33 | 05:33 | ||