Mancheswar railway station
Mancheswar railway station | |||||||||||
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Indian railway station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Bhubaneswar, Odisha India | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 20°19′20″N 85°50′42″E / 20.3223°N 85.8449°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 29 m (95 ft) | ||||||||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
Operated by | Khurda Road railway division | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Howrah-Chennai main line Kharagpur-Puri line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 4 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 6 Broad Gauge | ||||||||||
Connections | Taxi Stand, Auto Stand | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||||||
Parking | Available | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Available | ||||||||||
Accessible | [dubious ][citation needed] | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | MCS | ||||||||||
Fare zone | East Coast Railways | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1896 | ||||||||||
Electrified | 2002[citation needed] | ||||||||||
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Mancheswar railway station is a railway station in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Its code is MCS.[1] The station consists of four platforms. The platform is not well sheltered; it lacks many facilities including water and sanitation. Trains like Paradeep - Visakhapatnam Weekly SF Express, Puri-Sai Nagar Shirdi Weekly Express, Puri - Durg Express, Puri - Ajmer Bi-Weekly Express, and Visakhapatnam - Tatanagar Weekly Express pass through the station.[2][failed verification][3][failed verification]
Railway Carriage Repair Workshop
The railway carriage repair workshop of East Coast Railway is at Mancheswar railway station. It also houses a basic training center which was established in 1989 to impart training for apprenticeships and various initial and promotional courses.[4]
References
- ^ "Departures from MCS/Mancheswar". India Rail Info.
- ^ "Mancheswar Carriage Repair Workshop registers Record Output". Rail News. 2 June 2015.
- ^ PTI (13 October 2013). "Railway signal, high-tension towers, platforms damaged in Odisha". DNA India.
- ^ "Carriage Repair Workshop". East Coast Railway.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Bhubaneswar.