This station is India's third and first in Vidarbha to get mist cooling system.Its falls under nagpur division The Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway started construction of the 240 km (149 mi) Nagpur–Rajnandgaon section in 1878, after surveys were started in 1871.

[2] The Bengal Nagpur Railway main line from Nagpur to Asansol, on the Howrah–Delhi main line, was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891.

[4][5] Work for conversion to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge of the 240 km (149 mi) narrow-gauge Gondia–Chanda Fort line started in December 1992.

[6] The Gondia–Balaghat narrow-gauge section was closed from January 2003 for conversion to broad gauge.

The Gondia–Jabalpur line has already been upgraded to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge and it is single line electrified section.This is the shortest route for trains going from Allahabad/Katni side to Chennai/Hyderabad/Bengaluru side and vice versa will get a cut-down reduced distance by around 250 km.