The Dr. Ambedkar Nagar railway station is one of the local railway stations in
Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, a suburb of
Indore
Indore () is the largest and most populous city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of both Indore District and Indore Division. It is also considered as an education hub of the state and is the only city to ...
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History
This station on the Delhi–Hyderabad metre-gauge line was founded in the 1870s. The station is equipped with two reservation counters.
Development
Mhow has been connected to Indore and Khandwa by metre-gauge railway lines. In 2008, the Union Cabinet approved the gauge conversion for the Ratlam–Mhow-Khandwa–Akola railway line. (472.64 km). The cost of the gauge conversion would be about Rs.1421.25
crore. In January 2017, the station was named after
B. R. Ambedkar
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and political leader who headed the committee drafting the Constitution of India from the Constituent Assembly debates, served ...
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See also
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Akola–Ratlam line
The Akola–Ratlam rail line is a railway line in India linking Akola in Maharashtra with Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh.
History
The Akola–Ratlam metre-gauge line was opened in 1963. Dhulghat Spiral is a unique spiral located on this metre-ga ...
References
External links
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`Project Unigauge' likely to be included in the 11th plan*
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{{Railway stations in Madhya Pradesh
Transport in Mhow
Railway stations in Indore district
Ratlam railway division
Railway stations in Indore
1870s establishments in India
Railway stations opened in the 1870s