Murtajapur Junction railway station

Murtizapur railway station serves Murtizapur in Akola district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The Achalpur-Yavatmal Narrow gauge line, popular as Shakuntala Railway, meets the electrified broad gauge Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line at Murtizapur.HistoryThe first train in India travelled from Mumbai to Thane on 16 April 1853. By May, 1854, Great Indian Peninsula Railway's Bombay-Thane line was extended to Kalyan. Bhusawal railway station was set up in 1860 and in 1867 the GIPR branch line was extended to Nagpur.The 189km long Achalpur-Murtazapur-Yavatmal Narrow gauge railway, locally known as the Shakuntala Railway, was built by a British firm, Killik Nixon & Company, in 1903.ElectrificationThe railways in the Nandura-Badnera sector were electrified in 1989–90.