Nainpur Junction railway station

Nainpur Junction railway station is a railway station in Mandla District, Madhya Pradesh. Its code is NIR. It serves the town of Nainpur.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Nainpur Junction railway station
Indian Railways station
Nainpur junction
General information
Location	State Highway 11A, Nainpur, Madhya Pradesh India
Coordinates	22.4257°N 80.1094°E / 22.4257; 80.1094
Elevation	446 metres (1,463 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	South East Central Railway
Line(s)	1.Jabalpur Gondia Line, 2. Amla Mandla Line
Platforms	5
Tracks	4 (1,676 mm or 5 ft 6 in)
Connections	Auto stand
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	NIR
Zone(s)	South East Central Railway
Division(s)	Nagpur railway division
History
Electrified	Yes

Nainpur was a railway hub on the narrow-gauge (2 ft 6 in (762 mm)) line. This was the junction point of Jabalpur 110 km to its north, Balaghat 76 km to its south, Mandla 50 km to its east and Chhindwara 150 km to its west. It is connected to Nagpur via Chhindwara and Gondia.^[6][7]

The station was Asia's largest narrow-gauge railway junction before the recent conversion to broad gauge. Presently, Nainpur-Chhindwara tracks are under broad-gauge conversion.^[8] The Jabalpur–Nainpur-Gondia track has been fully converted to broad gauge. Currently some trains have started on this route.