Puri railway station is a terminal train station and serves Puri, the seashore temple city in the Indian state of Odisha.
ପୁରୀ Puri | |||||||||
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 Express train and Passenger train station | |||||||||
 Puri railway station in night | |||||||||
| General information | |||||||||
| Location | Puri, Odisha India | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°48′35″N 85°50′25″E / 19.8097°N 85.8404°E | ||||||||
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) | ||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||
| Operated by | East Coast Railway zone | ||||||||
| Line(s) | Kharagpur–Puri line | ||||||||
| Platforms | 8 | ||||||||
| Tracks | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Available | ||||||||
| Accessible | Available  | ||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||||||
| Station code | PURI | ||||||||
| Zone(s) | East Coast Railway zone | ||||||||
| Division(s) | Khurda Road | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| Opened | 1897 | ||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||
| Previous names | East Coast State Railway Bengal Nagpur Railway | ||||||||
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History
editThe Khurda Road–Puri section was opened to traffic on 1 February 1897.[1] The railway station was renovated in 2012 into a more traditional Hindu temple structure with more facilities.
PM Modi will pay the foundation stone of the redevelopment work of Puri Railway Station.[2]
Railway reorganization
editThe Bengal Nagpur Railway was nationalized in 1944.[3]Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 with the portion of East Indian Railway Company east of Mughalsarai and the Bengal Nagpur Railway.[4] In 1955, South Eastern Railway was carved out of Eastern Railway. It comprised lines mostly operated by BNR earlier.[4][5] 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.[4]
Major trains
edit- Purushottam Express
- Nandan Kanan Express
- Neelachal Express
- Kalinga Utkal Express
- Puri-Ahmedabad Express
- Dhauli Express
- Indore–Puri Humsafar Express
- Puri−Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express
- Puri–Howrah Garib Rath Express
- Howrah–Puri Shatabdi Express
- Sealdah–Puri Duronto Express
- Howrah - Puri Vande Bharat Express
- Tapaswini Express
- Puri–Sonpur Express
- MGR Chennai Central - Puri Express
- Tirupati - Puri Express
- Puri - Okha Express
- Puri - Mumbai LTT Express (Via Jharsuguda Road)
- Puri - Gandhidham Express (Via Vizianagaram)
- Puri - Paradeep Intercity Express
- Puri - Gunupur Express
- Puri - Rourkela Vande Bharat Express
- Puri - Patna Baidyanathdham Express
- Puri - Kamakhya Express (Via Adra)
- Puri - Kamakhya Express (Via Howrah)
- Puri - Jaynagar Express
- Puri - Jodhpur Express
- Puri - Sambalpur Intercity Express
- Puri - Surat Express
- Puri - Mumbai LTT Express (Via Titlagarh)
- Puri - Digha Samudra Kanya Express
- Puri - Gandhidham Express (Via Bhubaneswar)
- Puri - Durg Express
- Puri - Barbil Express
- Puri - Lalgarh Express
- Puri - Bangriposi Intercity Express
- Puri - Shalimar Express
- Puri - Sainagar Shirdi Express
- Puri - Ajmer Express
Gallery
edit
References
edit- ^ "Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway". South Eastern Railway. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "IR History: Part - III (1900-1947)". IRFCA. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ a b c "Geography – Railway Zones". IRFCA. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "IR History: Part - IV (1947-1970)". IRFCA. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
External links
edit- Puri railway station at the India Rail Info
Puri travel guide from Wikivoyage
| Preceding station |  Indian Railways
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Following station | ||
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| Malatipatpur towards Kharagpur Junction
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East Coast Railway zone | Terminus | ||