Puri railway station
Puri | |
|---|---|
| Indian Railway Station | |
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| 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 |
| Line(s) | Kharagpur-Puri line |
| Platforms | 8 |
| Tracks | Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) |
| Parking | Available |
| Other information | |
| Status | Functioning |
| Station code | PURI |
| Division(s) | Khurda Road |
| History | |
| Opened | 1897 |
| Electrified | Yes |
| Previous names | East Coast State Railway, Bengal Nagpur Railway |
Puri railway station is a Terminal train station and serves Puri, the sea-shore temple city in the Indian state of Odisha.
History
The Khurda Road-Puri section was opened to traffic on 1 February 1897.[1]
Railway reorganization
The Bengal Nagpur Railway was nationalized in 1944.[2]Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 with the portion of East Indian Railway Company east of Mughalsarai and the Bengal Nagpur Railway.[3] In 1955, South Eastern Railway was carved out of Eastern Railway. It comprised lines mostly operated by BNR earlier.[3][4] 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.[3]
Doubling of line
The doubling of lines between Khurda road and Puri is completed in 2015.
Busy station
Puri railway station is a busy station handling around 92 trains daily and serving about 138,000 passengers per day.[5] It has 8 platforms (1,1A,2,3,4,5,6,7). Puri railway station is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.[6]
Long journey
The Okha-Puri Express travels for 2,781 km (1,728 mi), one of the longest east-west broad gauge runs in India.[7]
Amenities
Puri railway station has 4 double-bedded non-AC retiring rooms and 3 four-bedded dormitories.[8] Other amenities include tourist information counter, computerised reservation offices, telephone booths, cloak room, waiting room, vegetarian and non-vegetarian refreshment rooms and book stall.[9]
Trains From Puri Railway Station
- 12822 Puri Howrah Dhauli Express
- 12801 Puri New Delhi Purushottam Express
- 58131 Puri Rourkela Passenger
- 12278 PURI HOWRAH Shatabdi Express
- 18414 PURI PARADIP IC EXP
- 18416 PURI BARBIL EXP
- 58416 PURI CUTTACK PASSENGER
- 58417 PURI GUNUPUR PASSENGER
- 18401 PURI OKHA DWARKA EXP
- 58002 PURI SANTRAGACHI PASS
- 12875 NEELANCHAL SF EXP PURI NDLS VIA LUCKNOW
- 12815 NANDAN KANAN EXP
- 17479 Puri-Tirupati Express
- 14710 Puri Bikaner Express
- 18473 Puri-Jodhpur Express
- 18419 Puri - Jaynagar Weekly SF Exp
- 18449 Baidyanathdham Express
- 15639 Puri - Guwahati Express
- 22883 Puri-Yesvantapur Weekly Express
- 18304 Puri - Sambalpur Intercity Express
- 58422 Puri Angul Fast Passenger
- 58414 Puri - Talcher Passenger
- 18425 Puri Durg Express
- 12843 Puri - Ahmedabad SF Express
- 22859 Puri-Chennai Central Express
- 58408 Puri - Khurda Road Passenger
- 18405 Puri Ahmedabad Express
- 12994 Puri-Gandhidham Weekly Express
- 22202 Puri-Sealdah Duronto Express
- 22827 Puri - Surat Weekly Express
- 12838 Puri-Howrah SF Express
- 18452 Tapaswini Express
- 18477 Kalinga Utkal Express
- 18421 Puri - Ajmer Bi-Weekly Express
- 08401 Puri - Santragachi Weekly Express
- 22866 Puri - LTT SF Express
- 12146 Puri-Mumbai LTT SF Express
- 12801 Purushottam SF Express
- 18407 Puri-Sai Nagar Shirdi Express
- 12896 Puri-Howrah Weekly SF Express
- 22836 Puri - Shalimar Weekly SF Express
- 12882 Puri-Howrah Garib Rath Express
- 15643 Puri - Kamakhya Weekly SF Express
- 12888 Puri-Howrah Weekly SF Express
- 18410 Sri Jagannath Express
- 22890 Samudra Kanya Weekly SF Express
- 22878 Puri - Digha Weekly SF Express
- 03102 Puri - Sealdah Weekly SF Express
- 58410 Puri Khurda Road Passenger
Distance from railway station: Puri beach 5 km, Jagannath temple 3 km, Bhubaneswar 56 km, Konark 36 km, Chilika Lake 50 km.[9]
Nearest Railway Station from Puri is Malatipatapur 7 km
References
- ^ "Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway". South Eastern Railway. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Indian Rail Enquiry". Puri. railenquiry.in. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ^ "Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry". Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways. IRFCA. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ "Trivia". IRFCA. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ "East Coast Railway Amenities at Stations (as in 2008)". Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ a b "Puri railway station". Make my trip. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
External links
Puri travel guide from Wikivoyage
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