{{short description|Railway station in Chhattisgarh}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox station | name = 50px<br />{{font color|blue|BILASPUR JUNCTION}} | other_name = | style = Indian Railways | type = Regional rail, Light rail & Goods railway | image = Bilaspur Junction Railway Station.jpg | image_caption = Bilaspur Junction | address = Ahead budhwari bazar, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh | country = {{flagu|India}} | coordinates = {{Coord|22.0572|N|82.1678|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | elevation = {{convert|292.300|m|ft}} | owned = Indian Railways | operator = South East Central Railways | line = Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line <br> Bilaspur–Katni line | platform = 8 (5 island platforms + 3 Terminus)+ 2 under construction) | tracks = 18 | other = Wifi enabled IR station,Zonal Headquarter | accessible = {{Access icon|20px}} Available | parking = Yes | structure = Standard (on ground station) | code = {{Indian railway code | code = BSP | zone = South East Central Railway zone | division = Bilaspur railway division }} | status = Operating | closed = | former = Bengal Nagpur Railway | opened = {{start date and age|1889}} | rebuilt = | electrified = 1969–70 | passengers = 450000 (approx) | pass_system = | pass_year = | pass_percent = | map_type = India#India Chhattisgarh# | map_dot_label = Bilaspur Junction | map_alt = | map_caption = Location with Bilaspur | mapframe = yes | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Bilaspur Junction | mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|zoom=14|type=point|marker=rail}} }}
'''Bilaspur Junction Railway Station''' (station code '''BSP'''), located in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, serves Bilaspur in Bilaspur district.
==History== The railway station came up in 1889 with the opening of Rajnandgaon to Bilaspur extension of erstwhile Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway taken over by Bengal Nagpur Railway and construction of the Nagpur–Asansol main line of Bengal Nagpur Railway, which opened in 1891. The station building was constructed in 1890. It became a station on the crosscountry Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line in 1900.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1 |title=Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway |publisher=South Eastern Railway |access-date=2012-12-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401151628/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1 |archive-date= 1 April 2013 }}</ref>
===Electrification=== The Rourkela–Bilaspur section was electrified in 1969–70 while Bilaspur–Nagpur in 1976–77 and Bilaspur–Katni in 1981.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title = History of Electrification| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2012-12-08 }}</ref>
==Zonal HQ== Bilaspur is headquarters of South East Central Railway.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.secr.indianrailways.gov.in/ |title = South East Central Railway | publisher=South East Central Railway| access-date = 2012-12-05 }}</ref>
==Electric Loco Shed, Bilaspur== Bilaspur Electric Loco Shed was commissioned on 2018. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Serial No. !! Locomotive Class !! Horsepower !! Quantity |- | 1. || WAG-9 || 6120 || 236 |- | 2. || EF12K || 12000 || 28 |- | colspan="3" |'''Total Locomotives Active as of February 2026'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Electric Loco Holding |url=https://elocos.railnet.gov.in/Holding/holding.html |access-date=30 May 2025 |website=Railnet}}</ref>|| 264 |}
==Busy station== Bilaspur is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |title=Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry |work=Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways |publisher=IRFCA |access-date=2012-11-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510115649/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |archive-date=10 May 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> as about 340 passenger trains and goods trains passes every day.
==Important trains== * 18477/ Kalinga Utkal Express * 12441/ Bilaspur Rajdhani Express * 12130/ Azad Hind Express * 18237/ Chhattisgarh Express * 12823/ Chhattisgarh Sampark Kranti Superfast Express * 12102/ Jnaneswari Express * 12810/ Howrah–Mumbai Mail * 12855/ Bilaspur–Itwari Intercity Superfast Express * 18029/ Shalimar–Lokmanya Tilak Terminus Express * 22815/ Ernakulam–Bilaspur Express * 12851/ Bilaspur–Chennai Central Superfast Express * 22619/ Tirunelveli–Bilaspur Express * 20826/ Bilaspur–Nagpur Vande Bharat Express
==Achievements== Bilaspur Junction railway station has many achievements: * Bilaspur Junction is third-cleanest railway station and cleanest zonal headquarter railway station of India. (Survey 2015–16) * Here is fifth-longest railway platform in Bilaspur Junction.
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==External links== {{Wikivoyage-inline|Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh)}} {{Adjacent stations|noclear=y |system=Indian Railways |line=South East Central Railway zone|left=Gatora|right=Dadhapara|type=Tatanagar–Bilaspur section of Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line |line2=South East Central Railway zone|left2=Uslapur|type2=Katni–Bilaspur branch line}}
{{Railway stations in Chhattisgarh}}
Category:Railway stations in Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh Category:Railway junction stations in Chhattisgarh Category:Bilaspur railway division Category:Transport in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1889 Category:1889 establishments in British India