Puri railway station

Puri
Regional rail and Light rail station
Puri railway station in night
Location	Puri, Odisha India
Coordinates	19°48′35″N 85°50′25″E / 19.8097°N 85.8404°E / 19.8097; 85.8404Coordinates: 19°48′35″N 85°50′25″E / 19.8097°N 85.8404°E / 19.8097; 85.8404
Elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	East Coast Railway
Line(s)	Kharagpur-Puri line
Platforms	8
Tracks	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	PURI
Division(s)	Khurda Road
History
Opened	1897 (1897)
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	East Coast State Railway, Bengal Nagpur Railway
Location
Puri railway station Location in Odisha

Puri railway station is a Terminal train station and serves Puri, the sea-shore temple city in the Indian state of Odisha.

History

The Khurda Road-Puri section was opened to traffic on 1 February 1897.^[1]

Railway reorganization

The Bengal Nagpur Railway was nationalized in 1944.^[2]Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 with the portion of East Indian Railway Company east of Mughalsarai and the Bengal Nagpur Railway.^[3] In 1955, South Eastern Railway was carved out of Eastern Railway. It comprised lines mostly operated by BNR earlier.^[3]^[4] Amongst the new zones started in April 2003 were East Coast Railway and South East Central Railway. Both these railways were carved out of South Eastern Railway.^[3]

Doubling of line

The doubling of lines between Khurda road and Puri is completed in 2015.

Puri railway station is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.^[5]

Long journey

The Okha-Puri Express travels for 2,781 km (1,728 mi), one of the longest east-west broad gauge runs in India.^[6]

References

↑ "Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway". South Eastern Railway. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
↑ "IR History: Part - III (1900 - 1947)". IRFCA. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
1 2 3 "Geography – Railway Zones". IRFCA. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
↑ "IR History: Part - IV (1947 - 1970)". IRFCA. Retrieved 2012-11-21.
↑ "Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry". Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways. IRFCA. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
↑ "Trivia". IRFCA. Retrieved 2013-01-07.

External links

Puri travel guide from Wikivoyage

Preceding station		Indian Railways		Following station
Malatipatpur		East Coast Railway zone Kharagpur-Puri line		Terminus

Top 100 booking stations of Indian Railways

Agra Cantonment Ahmedabad Junction Ajmer Junction Akola Junction Allahabad Junction Ambala Cantonment Amritsar Junction Asansol Junction Aurangabad Bangalore City Bareilly Bhagalpur Bhopal Junction Bhubaneswar Bhusaval Junction Bilaspur Junction Chandigarh Junction Chennai Central Chhapra Junction Coimbatore Junction Cuttack Darbhanga Junction Dehradun Dhanbad Junction Durg Junction Ernakulam Junction Erode Junction Gaya Junction Ghaziabad Junction Gorakhpur Junction Guntur Junction Guwahati Junction Gwalior Junction Haridwar Junction Hatia Howrah Junction Hubli Junction Indore Junction Jabalpur Junction Jaipur Junction Jalandhar City Jammu Tawi Jhansi Junction Jodhpur Junction Kanpur Central Katihar Junction Katni Junction Katpadi Junction Kharagpur Junction Kollam Junction Kota Junction Kozhikode Lucknow Charbagh Ludhiana Junction Margao Madurai Junction Malda Town Mangalore Central Manmad Junction Mathura Junction Moradabad Mughalsarai Junction Mumbai Central Muzaffarpur Junction Mysore Junction Nagpur Nanded Nasik Road Nellore New Delhi New Jalpaiguri Palakkad Junction Patna Junction Pune Junction Puri Raipur Junction Rajahmundry Rajkot Junction Ranchi Junction Ratlam Junction Rourkela Salem Junction Satna Secunderabad Junction Siwan Junction Solapur Surat Tatanagar Tiruchirappalli Junction Tirunelveli Junction Tirupati Main Thrissur Thiruvananthapuram Central Udaipur City Ujjain Junction Vapi Vadodara Junction Varanasi Junction Vijayawada Junction Visakhapatnam

Source: "100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways".

Railway stations in Odisha

ECoR

Khurda Road	Angul Bhadrak Bhubaneswar Brahmapur Chhatrapur Cuttack Dhenkanal Jajpur Keonjhar Road Kendujhar Khurda Road Lingaraj Temple Road Mancheswar New Bhubaneswar Patia Puri Vani Vihar

Sambalpur	Bhawanipatna Balangir Junagarh Mahasamund Sambalpur Titlagarh

Waltair	Gunupur Koraput Lihuri Parlakhemundi Rayagada Singapuram Road

SER

Chakradharpur	Banspani Barbil Bondamunda Jharsuguda Rourkela

Kharagpur	Balasore Baripada

SECR

Bilaspur	Ib

Railways in India

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