Rau railway station

The Rau railway station is one of the local railway stations in Rau, a suburb of Indore.^[1]

Rau
Express train and Passenger train station
General information
Location	NH52 (earlier NH3), Rau, Indore India
Coordinates	22.633636°N 75.8031038°E / 22.633636; 75.8031038
Elevation	2 587 m (1,926 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Akola–Ratlam line
Platforms	BG
Tracks	4 BG
Connections	Taxi stand, auto stand
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Available
Accessible
Other information
Status	Fully operational broad gauge (BG converted lines)
Station code	RAU
Fare zone	Western Railways
History
Electrified	Yes, from 2017 onwards
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station Rajendra Nagar towards ? Western Railway zone Akola–Ratlam line Haranya Kheri towards ? Western Railway zone Indore-Dahod line Tihi towards ?
Location Interactive map

Rau is situated on rail line from Ratlam to Akola. Rail line is now converted from meter-gauge to broad-gauge between Ratlam and Mhow. Rau is well connected to Indore, Ratlam, Mhow, Khandwa, Akola and Ujjain. Nearest broad-gauge railway station is the main railway station that is at Indore BG which is 18 km away. The next nearest stations are Mhow (Dr. Ambedkar Nagar railway station) towards the south which is around 13 km to the south and Tihi which is the on the new Indore–Dahod & Indore–Chota Udepur railway line which is under construction. Rau is soon to be an official junction once the aforementioned lines become fully operational for passengers. The new line which diverges to the west is single line broad-gauge and non-electrified railway line mainly used to transport containers from Pithampur dry containers port near Tihi. The new railway line from Rau is laid till Tihi and the is under progress at snails pace. 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.^{[2][3][failed verification]}

Major trains

The following trains have stoppage at the station.^[4]

Number	Train	From	To	Type
NA	Dr. Ambedkar Nagar - Ratlam DEMU passenger train	DADN	RTM	Local
NA	Dr. Ambedkar Nagar - Indore DEMU passenger train	DADN	INDB	Local

See also

• Akola–Ratlam metre-gauge line

References

1. railinfo
2. "railnews". Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
3. freepressjournal Archived 5 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Departures from RAU/Rau (2 PFs)". IndiaRailInfo. Retrieved 21 September 2022.