New Katni Junction railway station

New Katni Junction railway station (station code:- NKJ) railway station, located on the Katni–Bilaspur line, serves Katni in Madhya Pradesh. Administrative head of New Katni Junction is Area Railway Manager. It is basically a marshaling yard and there are two locomotive sheds, Katni Diesel Shed and New Katni Electric Shed. There are also a box depot which is used for repair work of freight wagons. It is located between two rivers Simraul and Bimraul expanded in about 5 km.

New Katni Junction
Indian Railways junction station
General information
Location	Near Hump Gate, SKP Road, Katni, Madhya Pradesh  India
Coordinates	23°48′50″N 80°25′15″E / 23.813963°N 80.420887°E / 23.813963; 80.420887
Elevation	390 metres (1,280 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	West Central Railways
Line(s)	Katni–Billibari link, Katni–Bilaspur line
Platforms	2
Tracks	7
Construction
Structure type	Standard (On Ground Station)
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	NKJ
Zone(s)	West Central Railway zone
Division(s)	Jabalpur
History
Electrified	Yes
Location New Katni Junction railway station Location in Madhya Pradesh

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Legend
km km to Allahabad–Jabalpur section 0 Katni Junction Katni–Bina line to Katni-Billibari line Katni Murwara 2 New Katni to Katni–Bilaspur line 3 Katni South 4 Madhavnagar 5 Niwar to Allahabad–Jabalpur section
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A small colonial goods yard exist at KMZ during the early 1950s. To keep pace with industrial development of the country, setting up of Bhiali & Rourkela Steel Plants and the discovery of huge stock of coal in central coalfields it was becoming necessary that infra structural facilities of quicker transportation should be developed. With this view, in mind, the Railway Board in 1956 decided to go in for construction of a Marshalling Yard in New Katni Junction at an estimated cost of Rs. 90 Lac. A huge Marshalling Yard complex was constructed between river Simraul & Bimraul and the same was opened for traffic in the morning of 19 January 1961.