New Katni Junction railway station

23°48′50″N 80°25′15″E / 23.813963°N 80.420887°E / 23.813963; 80.420887Elevation390 metres (1,280 ft)Owned byIndian RailwaysOperated byWest Central RailwaysLine(s)Katni–Billibari link,
Katni–Bilaspur linePlatforms2Tracks7ConstructionStructure typeStandard (On Ground Station)Other informationStatusFunctioningStation codeNKJ Zone(s) West Central Railway zone Division(s) JabalpurHistoryElectrifiedYes

Location
New Katni Junction railway station Location in Madhya Pradesh

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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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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.

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.

Electric Loco shed, New Katni Jn.

SN	Locomotives	HP	Quantity
1.	WAG-9	6120	180
Total Locomotives Active as of May 2024			180

New township

A new township for accommodating more than 5,000 railway employees has been developed at New Katni.^[2]

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• Trains at New Katni Junction Station

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Katni Junction towards ?		West Central Railway zone Katni–Billibari link		Katangi Khurd towards ?
Katni Murwara towards ?		West Central Railway zone Katni–Bilaspur line		Jhalwara towards ?
Katni South towards ?