Adra Junction railway station

Coordinates: 23°29′46″N 86°40′26″E / 23.496°N 86.674°E / 23.496; 86.674
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Adra
Indian Railway Junction Station
Adra Rail Station Building
General information
LocationAdra, Purulia district, West Bengal
India
Coordinates23°29′46″N 86°40′26″E / 23.496°N 86.674°E / 23.496; 86.674
Elevation185 metres (607 ft)
Line(s)Asansol-Tatanagar-Kharagpur line, Adra-Gomoh line, Adra-Bankura-Kharagpur line
Platforms4
Construction
Structure typeAt Ground
ParkingAvailable
Other information
Station codeADRA
Zone(s) South Eastern Railway
Division(s) Adra
History
Opened1891
Electrified1961-62
Previous namesBengal Nagpur Railway

Adra railway station serves Adra , and also serves the nearby two towns Raghunathpur and Kashipur in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is an important junction station, with railway tracks from different directions meeting at Adra. It is also the station serving one of the Divisional Headquarter of SER that is Adra. It is also one of the highest revenue generating station in the entire division and handle a huge passenger traffic in a day. This is also the busiest junction station of Purulia district.

History

Adra railway station

The Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line, a joint effort of Great Indian Peninsula Railway and East Indian Railway Company came up in 1870.[1] The Bengal Nagpur Railway was formed in 1887 for the purpose of upgrading the Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway and then extending it via Bilaspur to Asansol, in order to develop a shorter Howrah-Mumbai route than the one via Allahabad.[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.[3] However, it was only after Kharagpur was linked from the west and the south that it was connected to Howrah in 1900.[4]

BNR lines were extended to Gomoh, on EIR’s main line, in 1907. The Mohuda-Chandrapura branch line was opened in 1913.[3]

Electrification

The Asansol-Purulia section was electrified in 1961-62.[5]

References

  1. ^ "IR History: Early Days – II". Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870 - 1899). Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Number 1 Down Mail". Railways of the Raj. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway". South Eastern Railway. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ R.P.Saxena. "Indian Railway History timeline". Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

External links

External videos
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Adra-Bankura-Kharagpur line
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