Puri railway station

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Puri
Indian Railway Station
Puri railway station in night
Location Puri, Odisha
India
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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
Location
Puri railway station is located in Odisha
Puri railway station
Puri railway station
Location in Odisha

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

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External links

Puri travel guide from Wikivoyage

Preceding station   Indian Railways   Following station
East Coast Railway zone Terminus
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