Badnera Junction railway station

Badnera railway station serves Badnera, an area in Amravati city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is a junction station on the Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line. There is a 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge line to Narkhed. Today, Badnera is a part of Amravati Municipal Corporation. City buses are also available from this railway station to many areas of Amravati city. This is one of the major junctions on the Mumbai–Howrah railway line. Badnera is a crew change point for all goods trains plying the Bhusaval–Nagpur line; in addition to that some Express trains get a crew change here as well. Badnera is the last station of Bhusaval Division of Central Railway so, many express trains get slack time here to reach Badnera at the right time. There is one branch line for Amravati which is for 9 km one of shortest branch lines in India. Badnera, New Amravati railway station are in Amravati Municipal Corporation, so connected well with Amravati city. Trains starting from Amravati to Nagpur do not touch Badnera due to a chord line which eliminates reversal at Badnera. 51262 Wardha Amravati Passenger halts here for 110 minutes, 51198 Wardha Bhusaval Passenger halts here for 85 min which is very rare in Indian Railways in terms of halt time.