Itarsi Junction railway station (station code: ET) is a junction railway station in Hoshangabad districtin Madhya Pradesh from which more than 385 trains pass every day. It is the 8th busiest railway junction in India.[citation needed] It falls under the West Central Railway zone of Indian Railwaysnetwork. It is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) away from Hoshangabad by train, and by road it is 20 kilometers. Trains from Central Railway undergo engine changes here i.e. electric engines of WAP/WAM/WAG class are changed to diesel engines of WDP/WDM/WDG class and vice versa. These changes happen for trains which pass through Jabalpur–Katni–Satna railway line and sometimes for trains which pass through Bhopal. In 2015 the signal control system was gutted in a fire incident resulting in hundreds of trains being cancelled for over 30 days till normality was restored.
The railway station of Itarsi consists of eight platforms. The platforms are well furnished to meet up with all the passenger needs and demands.
Itarsi Junction railway station is very well connected with rail routes from all four sides. Thus there are trains for almost all the Indian destinations.

Status of arrival and departure of trains at Itarsi junction can be viewed via live station through National Train Enquiry System.

The tracks on the junction are such that they provide a vast connection to all four directions. To the north lies the important capital city of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal. To the east lies another important railway junction Jabalpur. To the southwest lies Khandwa and Bhusawal, and to the southeast lies Amla Junction, Betul and Nagpur. The station always holds heavy over-traffic as the trains on the Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line and Jhansi–Bhopal Junction–Nagpur routes cross at Itarsi.

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