This station on the Delhi–Hyderabad metre-gauge line was founded in the 1870s.

The station is equipped with two reservation counters.

[1] Mhow has been connected to Indore and Khandwa by metre-gauge railway lines.

In 2008, the Union Cabinet approved the gauge conversion for the Ratlam–Mhow-Khandwa–Akola railway line.

[4][5][6][7] Some of the important trains originating from this station is as follows: