Marauda an isolated station not well known as the station has 3 or 4 service on specific route throughout over day, main task of this station is to serve Bhilai Steel Plant as Yard Exchanger which Freight lines come from Dalli Rajhara mines, station developed and started by Bhilai Steel Plant solely later they handed over to Railways for run passenger service, if you visit here you will see the main line coming from DURG and going to BIA using Plant internal line is Fully electrified because developed by Bhilai Plant, while Railways owns Line from Marauda to Dalli Rajhara still running on Diesel, Due to no provision maded on budget for Electrification,
Now Scenario has been changed Marauda Station announced to...
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hold Washing pit line CDO in 2015 work started on 2016 and it is almost 80% completed only 20% work pending just have to join the loop tracks on main line but still the station getting attention by Commuters when they saw some Passenger and AC trains far from their own Home Durg CDO, after so much inquiry at Durg CDO they confirmed that Marauda New Washing Pit line constructed to hold LHB before it was announced for secondary maintenance pit line after survey they decided to do primary at Marauda as space is more available than Durg Main yard.
Here i am presenting the VERY FIRST MARAUDA CDO LHB standing on line taking sunbath with ICF Rajdhani AC Coaches which was earlier used by DURG NZM (SECR) AC Special,
From Pic
1 : Pic from Level Crossing Humsafar standing on peace,
2-3: Humsafar Pics
4: Marauda RRI
5-8: Humsafar Pics
9: Modern LHB Humsafar Vs Old ICF Rajdhani (i always call it Super Express from the burning train)
10: New Humsafar looking its future name on ICF Raj AC TB,
11: Rake of ICF Raj is almost expired crossed its Return date,
12: AC Rake struggling to get its presence in front of New born Humsafar Baby.
13-14: New Pit line work on progress,
15: ROB construction on progress to smooth the traffic flow from crossing,
16: rush on crossing just after gate opened,
17:ROB Construction
18: another view of Pit line work
19: ROB completed work connecting to way of my present home,

A full set of 07818 Bhanupratappur Durg Inaugural Special DEMU at Marauda Railway Station.
pic span:
1: Coaches in transit to their respective zone 2 EOG based on TATA NAGAR Depo, 1 EOG is from NFR, 4 GS DEEN DAYALU coaches belongs to GKP, one AC belongs to SER, rest Antyodaya coaches are from SPJ.
2,3: Press came to cover up the new train....
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4: Airawat WDG coming from Bhilai Steel Plant with empty iron ore rake.
5: GM Special named "PARAKH" going straight through Bhilai Steel Plan line to avoid reversal
6 to rest all: DEMU inaugural pics.
notice the LP and ALP is lady TTE also, heavy rain thunderstorm hitted Bhilai just before Special Entry of DEMU at MXA. Train Delayed by 3.30 hrs