I’ve read in the newspaper some days ago that 3 trains running from Bhopal are in loss which are, Gwalior Bhopal intercity, Bhopal damoh rajyarani express and habibganj Jabalpur intercity. The reason for loss is long route and bad priority of Gwalior Bhopal express, less number of reserved passengers in damoh rajyarani and Jabalpur intercity is still run with good occupancy the reason behind its loss is very early timing from hbj which can be changed and this train should start from Bhopal jn than hbj will surely improve the patronage. For Gwalior intercity it should be rerouted via jhansi bina and with improved timing it could do well and for ruthiyai/guna /shivpuri a new passenger service should be start. And for damoh rajyarani express, the number of unreserved coaches should be increased and this should extended to katni jn with improved run timings and removal of unnecessary halts and arrival...
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time and departure time at Bhopal should be changed then this is also a good train.
Thinking about this made me realise that Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh and also a very important city of central india, important in respect to tourism, education and official work but it still lags in the facility and dedicated services in term of railways. Bad luck because it is in center that’s why only have large number of passing trains. But as I said its important city and a state capital so it needs some services. I am making a list of much needed services and facilities for Bhopal.
New Trains
1 Habibganj – Allahabad – Varanasi SF Express (via bina katni Triweekly)
2 Habibganj – Patna SF Express (RSA with HBJ-BSB via kte/coi/mgs Biweekly), both 1 & 2 I suggested because there is a demand to connect ALD,BSB & PNBE from BPL as there are less train to these cities and these will reduce the load of Rewanchal Express as many passengers change train from KTE/STA to these Stations from Rewanchal
3 Bhopal – Bangalore SF Express (3 days via Hydrabad/Kachugeda and 2 days via Chennai ) this will give a good connection to important cities of south india from Bhopal.
4 Bhopal/Habibganj – Pune SF Express (Daily), no doubt a highly demanded train for this route earlier run as a successful special train for over a year.
5 Bhopal – Khajuraho overnight Express (via lalitpur)
6 Bhopal – Howrah/Sealdah SF Express( 3 days via JBP and 4 days via Bina)
7 Bhopal - Durg SF Express (clone train of Amarkantak Express with new timings, Biweekly/Triweekly), this I added from reading some post on iri regarding load on amarkantak and demand of this train.
8 Habibganj – Mumbai Central/Bdts Sf Express (via RTM BRC Weekly)
9 Habibganj – Indore – Bhopal Janshatabdi Express (replacement of Double Decker with 7am departure from HBJ and revised timing of Double Decker, Daily)
10 Nagpur – Bhopal Intercity Express (morning departure from NGP and Noon Departure from BPL, this train will benefit people of Betul Amla Region and Nagpur will Connect to Bhopal Directly)
11 Ratlam – Bhopal Intercity Express (Daily)
12 If required according to demand and number of passengers a new Shatabdi Express between Bhopal and Hazarat Nizamuddin could be introduced with reverse timings as 7 am departure from Bhopal and 2pm arrival at Nzm and 2:30 pm departure from nzm and 9:30 arrival at Bhopal would be a better train to Delhi with halts at only Jhansi, Gwalior and Agra, as this route has a large number of Passengers.
Facilities and Improvement of Services
1 Habibganj – Ltt should be made Daily with change in terminal at Bhopal Jn and Change in Base from LTT CR to Bhopal WCR as Mumbai LTT has huge load of maintaining trains and this train remains for much long time in Bhopal than LTT.
2 Bhopal – Pratapgarh SF Express should be made daily, it will give a daily connection to Kanpur, Lucknow, Raibareily and Pratapgarh.
3 Bhopal – Jodhpur Passenger should be made Express with revised run time and time table
4 Habibganj – Dahod Passenger should be made Express with extension to Vadodara or Ahmadabad
5 Frequency of Bina Bhopal MEMU should be Incresed in a Day by using another rake and one should have early morning departure from Bhopal and should started from HBJ(8/9 am)
6 Bhopal – Itarsi MEMU should be introduced
Bairagarh should be transferred to WCR Bhopal Div. with introduction of 2 new platforms and New Coach Care Centre.
7 Constrcution of Bhopal/Habibganj – Raisen – Jabalpur/Gadarwara New Rail Line
8 Development of Misrod and Mandideep as B or A grade stations along with a new Coaching Depot at Misrod for Habibganj.
9 New Loco Resting Shed at Habibganj.
10 Construction of new Platforms at Habibganj, in my opinion 2 new Platforms should be made at HBJ by transferring HBJ coaching depot for future increasing load of trains at Habibganj. Already it has been announced developing as the first World Class Station in India.
These are my suggestions regarding the New and Better facilities and Services for Bhopal City. Improvements and more Suggestions regarding this are Welcomed.