Golanthra railway station
Golanthra railway station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Gobindanagar, Golanthara, Ganjam district, Odisha India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°13′09″N 84°44′26″E / 19.219065°N 84.740668°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 29 m (95 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | East Coast Railway | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Howrah-Chennai main line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
| Station code | GTA | ||||||||||
| Zone(s) | East Coast Railway zone | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Khurda Road railway division | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1899 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | East Coast State Railway | ||||||||||
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Golanthra railway station is a railway station on Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section, part of the Howrah-Chennai main line under Khurda Road railway division of East Coast Railway zone. It is situated at Gobindanagar, Golanthara in Ganjam district in the Indian state of Odisha.[1][2]
History
In between 1893 to 1896, the coastal railway track from Cuttack to Vijayawada was built and opened to traffic by East Coast State Railway.[3] The route was electrified in several phases. Khurda-Visakhapatnam section was completely electrified by 2002 and Howrah-Chennai route was fully electrified in 2005.[4]
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References
- ^ "GTA / Golanthra Railway Station | Train Arrival / Departure Timings at Golanthra". www.totaltraininfo.com. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
- ^ Jayashree. "Golanthra Railway Station Map/Atlas ECoR/East Coast Zone - Railway Enquiry". indiarailinfo.com. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
- ^ "South Eastern Railway". web.archive.org. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "[IRFCA] Indian Railways FAQ: IR History: Part 7". Irfca.org. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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