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Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, is a major city in central India. Bhopal Junction with station code BPL is a major railway junction on the West Central Railway and is the main railway station in Bhopal city. Habibganj and Bairagarh are the other two important stations in Bhopal.\u00a0 The city has three more railway stations in Misrod, Sukhisewania, and Mandideep.<\/p>\n

Bhopal Junction Railway Station –<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Railway Station is on the main Delhi-Chennai route and has Bina Junction on its northern side and Itarsi Junction on the southern. Another rail line leads to the Ujjain Junction on the west.\u00a0 The Bhopal Junction was built in 1941 and is well-connected to all parts of the country and to most major cities by direct trains. Bhopal Junction is centrally located in the country so it is connected with most states except the North-East. \u00a0As many as 210 pairs of express trains, including Rajdhani, Garibrath, Shatabdi, Duronto, and 13 pairs of passenger trains stop here.<\/p>\n

Many trains originate and terminate either at Bhopal Junction or at Habibganj Railway Station. These include Bhopal Shatabdi Express, Bhopal Jan Shatabdi Express, Bhopal-Mumbai Express, Shaan-e-Bhopal Express, Bhopal-Lucknow-Pratapgarh Express, Bhopal-Rewa Rewanchal Express, Bhopal-Lucknow Express, Bhopal-Gwalior Intercity Express, Bhopal-Lucknow Garibrath Express, Bhopal\u2013Durg Amarkantak Express, Bhopal-Howrah Express, Bhopal-Bilaspur Express, Bhopal-Indore Intercity Express, Bhopal – Jaipur Express, Bhopal-Damoh Intercity Express, Bhopal-Indore AC Double Decker Intercity Express, Bhopal-Indore AC Double Decker Non-Stop Express, Bhopal-Jabalpur Intercity Express, and Bhopal-Itarsi Vindhyachal Express.<\/p>\n

The Bhopal Junction has six platforms, separate waiting halls for men and women, restaurants, food plazas, safe drinking water facilities, computerized reservation counters, unreserved ticket counters, and internet cafes. \u00a0The Bhopal Junction is among the country\u2019s ISO 9001\u00a0certified railway stations.<\/p>\n

Habibganj Railway Station –
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Constructed in 1975, the Habibganj Railway Station is located at Habibganj, an area close to New Bhopal, BHEL Township, Arera Colony, and Saket Nagar. It is on the Bhopal-Itarsi stretch of the West Central Railway. It is seven km away from the main railway station at Bhopal. The superfast daily train service, Shaan-e-Bhopal Express, runs from Habibganj to Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station in Delhi.\u00a0 The AC Bhopal-Indore AC double-decker, non-stop express train starts from Habibganj. \u00a0The Bhopal Shatabdi Express runs at speeds of 160 kmph and is the fastest train in the country. Habibganj is the country\u2019s first\u00a0ISO 9001\u00a0certified railway station and is used by 2.60 lakh passengers every day.<\/p>\n

Habibganj Railway Station (HBJ) has six platforms, and services like computerised reserved ticket counters, un-reserved ticket counters, State Bank of India\u2019s ATM, rail restaurant, Food Plaza parcel faculty, waiting rooms, railway parking ground, mineral water vendors, railway green park, separate waiting rooms for men and women, general waiting rooms, AC waiting rooms, toilets and sanitation, internet caf\u00e9, STD calling booths and baggage room. The station also has special facilities for the challenged persons. These include the train time-table in Braille and exit doors for the disabled.<\/p>\n

Bairagarh Railway Station-<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bairagarh is another important railway station of Bhopal City. Many important trains passing along the route stop there. Bairagarh, at a distance of less than 15 km from Bhopal, has now become a part of Bhopal as the city\u2019s boundaries have expanded. It is on the rail line leading to Ujjain from Bhopal. The airport of Bhopal is located at Bairagarh. Many of Bairagarh\u2019s residents are Sindhi and a large number of refugees from Sindh, now in Pakistan, were settled there after the partition of the country.<\/p>\n

Manideep Railway Station\u00a0 –
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Manideep Railway Station located south of Bhopal on the rail route to Itarsi has stops of many trains. These include Narmada Express, Panchvalley Express, Dadar-Amritsar Express, Amritsar-Bilaspur Chhattisgarh Express, Panchvalley Fast Passenger (Indore-Chhindwara), Bhopal Express, and Jhansi – Itarsi Passenger.<\/p>\n

Restaurants near Station –
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Some of the restaurants located near the station are:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n