Junagarh Road railway station
Junagarh | |||||||||||
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Indian Railway Terminal Station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Khuruguda road, Junagarh, Odisha India | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 19°31′23″N 82°34′37″E / 19.5231°N 82.577°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 217 m (712 ft) | ||||||||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
Operated by | East Coast Railway | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Lanjigarh-Junagarh section | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
Station code | JNRD | ||||||||||
Zone(s) | East Coast Railway | ||||||||||
Division(s) | Sambalpur Railway Division | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 3 March 2014 | ||||||||||
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Junagarh railway station is in Kalhandi District of the State of Odisha in the Republic of India. In 2014, it had a 24km line.
History
The proposal for a Lanjigarh–Junagarh line came in 1991, when Bhakta Charan Das was the state railway minister. The line was announced in the rail budget of 1992. After nearly twenty years, the line was completed in 2011, and Bhawanipatna railway station was opened by Das on 11 August 2012.[1] On the same day, the first Bhawanipatna–Bhubaneshwar link express started from Bhawanipatna.[2]
Opened
The Lanjigarh–Junagarh section was completed by 2 March 2014 and the Bhubaneshwar–Bhawanipatna Express was extended to Junagarh.[3] Junagarh railway station was inaugurated by Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in the presence of Bhakta Charan Das on 3 March 2014.[4]
References
- ^ "Bhawanipatna railway station opens". Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ "Bhawanipatna-bhubaneshwar link exp inaugural". Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ^ "Bhawanipatna-bhubaneshwar link exp extension". Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ "Junagarh-Lanjigarh Rly Link Takes 22 Years to Complete". 3 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.