Rourkela Junction | |||||||||||
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 Rourkela Junction Main Entrance | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Near New Bus Stand,Rourkela,Odisha India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°13′39″N84°51′46″E / 22.2276°N 84.8629°E /22.2276; 84.8629 | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 219 m (719 ft) | ||||||||||
| System |  Indian Railways junction station | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Operated by | South Eastern Railways | ||||||||||
| Lines | Tatanagar–Bilaspur section ofHowrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line, Rourkela–Ranchi section ofHatia–Rourkela line, Rourkela–Birmitrapur branch line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 7 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 105 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)broad gauge | ||||||||||
| Connections | Auto stand        | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible |  Available | ||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
| Station code | ROU | ||||||||||
| Zone(s) | South Eastern Railway | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Chakradharpur | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1891; 135 years ago (1891) | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 1961–62 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Bengal Nagpur Railway | ||||||||||
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Rourkela Junction railway station (station code:-ROU) is a railway junction located in the north-western part of the Indian state ofOdisha and servesRourkela inSundergarh district. Rourkela is thethird-largesturban agglomeration in Odisha.
Rourkela railway station came up with the opening of the Nagpur–Asansol main line ofBengal Nagpur Railway in 1891. It became a station on the crosscountryHowrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line in 1900.[1] Rourkela was connected to Barsuan iron ore mines in 1960.[2] In earlier days the railway station of Rourkela was within the village of Mahulpali. The railway station gained in importance with the setting up of India's first public sector steel plant at Rourkela in the nineteen fifties.[3] It was electrified in 1961–62.[4]
Rourkela railway station is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.[5] 11 trains originate at Rourkela and 111 trains(including weeklies and bi-weeklies) pass through it.[6] It is situated on the Kolkata–Mumbai South Eastern railway line which is a major route connecting the two metros of India. Rourkela is connected to Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Asansol, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Nagpur, Patna, Vishakhapatnam, Jamshedpur, Raipur, Cuttack, Puri, Berhampur, Sambalpur and Jammu & Kashmir and Ranchi.
The 156 km (97 mi) long line connecting Bimlagarh on theBondamunda–Barsuan branch line and Talcher on theSambalpur–Talcher–Barang branch line, was sanctioned in 2004–05 and construction is in progress. This line when complete would reduce the distance between Rourkela and Bhubaneswar, the state capital, from 460 km (via Sambalpur) to 300 km.[7]
Electric Loco Shed, Rourkela is the 3rd electric loco shed of Chakradharpur Division, South Eastern Railway. It has a holding capacity of 200 Electric locomotives.
| Serial No. | Locomotive Class | Horsepower | Quantity |
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| 1. | WAG-9 | 6120 | 289 |
| Total Locomotives Active as of February 2026[8] | 289 | ||
Rourkela travel guide from Wikivoyage
