Mahanadi Express

The Bhopal - Bilaspur Mahanadi Express was a train which ran between Bhopal Habibganj, a sub-urban railway station in Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh and Bilaspur, a major city in Chhattisgarh. The train numbered as 8225 and 8226. It was named on an important river of the state called Mahanadi.

Route

The train used to go via. Itarsi Junction, Nagpur and Raipur. Its important halts were, Habibganj, Hoshangabad, Itarsi, Amla, Betul, Nagpur, Gondia, Durg, Raipur and Bilaspur. AC 1, AC 2, AC 3 and sleeper coaches were available in this train. It ran on tri weekly basis from both the sites and its rake was shared by Amarkantak Express which used to run on tri weekly basis via. Jabalpur. Later, in 2001, this train was cancelled and the Amarkantak Express was made daily.

References

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External links

The external link here gives the previous timings info of the train. Do not relate it with todays timing. The present train is now cancelled.

• 8225 Bhopal - Bilaspur Mahanadi Express Timings, Cleartrip
• 8226 Bilaspur - Bhopal Mahanadi Express Timings, Cleartrip