Itwari Junction railway station

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Railway Station, also known as Itwari Junction railway station, is a Railway Junction Station and Terminus serving the city of Nagpur in Maharashtra state of India.^[2]

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari (Nagpur)
Indian Railways station
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari
General information
Location	Shantinagar Colony, Itwari, Nagpur, Pin-440002, Maharashtra, India
Coordinates	21°09′00″N 79°08′00″E
Elevation	304 metres (997 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	South East Central Railway (SECR)
Platforms	6 + 3(under construction)[1]
Tracks	10
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Available
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	NITR
Zone(s)	South East Central Railway (SECR)
Division(s)	Nagpur SEC
History
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Itwari Junction
Passengers
18000
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A few trains also terminate at this station. It is also a narrow-gauge line railway junction. The station code is NITR and is managed by South East Central Railway (SECR). 4 long-distance trains which starts from and terminates at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari instead of Nagpur are, Rewa- Itwari Junction Express, Itwari Junction–Tatanagar Express, Bilaspur–Itwari Intercity Superfast Express & Shivnath Express. One new train Rewa-Itwari-Rewa Exp via Jabalpur-Nainpur-Balaghat-Gondia has been introduced. Itwari is among the five small stations which fall within the extended city limits of Nagpur along with Ajni, Kalamna, Kamptee and Khapri.

The Nainpur–Chhindwara–Itwari line of the erstwhile Satpura Railway, one of the latest narrow-gauge lines to be converted to broad-gauge, terminates here.^[3]

Further, the area around Itwari railway station is also known as Itwari Locality of Nagpur.

Renaming Of Itwari Junction

The Maharashtra government has decided to change the name of Itwari Junction Railway Station in Nagpur district to ' Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Itwari Junction ' Railway Station, a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA said on 29-June-2023. In a press release, Nagpur East MLA Krishna Khopde said a notification was issued by the state's Home Department on June 16, which also informed that a no-objection certificate to the name change had been received from the Ministry of Home Affairs on May 23.^[4]