Khurda Road Junction | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jatani, Khurda, Odisha India | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°09′13″N85°42′31″E / 20.1535°N 85.7086°E /20.1535; 85.7086 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 43 m (141 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| System |  Indian Railwaysjunction station | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lines | Khurda Road–Puri line, Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section ofHowrah–Chennai main line, Khurda Road–Bolangir line (under construction) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm)broad gauge | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | KUR | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Zone(s) | East Coast Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Khurda Road | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1897; 128 years ago (1897) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | East Coast State Railway,Bengal Nagpur Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Khurda Road is One of the Most Important railway junction station of East Coast Railway Zone in the Indian state ofOdisha.
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From 1893 to 1896, 1,287 km (800 mi) ofEast Coast State Railway was built and opened to traffic. It necessitated construction of some of the largest bridges across rivers like theSubarnarekha,Brahmani,Baitarani,Mahanadi,Kathajodi,Kuakhai and Birupa.Bengal Nagpur Railway's line to Cuttack was opened on 1 January 1899.[1]
The Khurda Road–Puri section was opened to traffic on 1 February 1897.[1]
The 514 km (319 mi) long northern section of the East Coast State Railway was merged with BNR in 1902.[2]
TheBengal Nagpur Railway was nationalized in 1944.[3]Eastern Railway was formed on 14-April-1952 with the portion ofEast Indian Railway Company east ofMughalsarai and the Bengal Nagpur Railway.[4] In 1955,South Eastern Railway was carved out of Eastern Railway. It comprised lines mostly operated by BNR earlier.[4][5] Amongst the new zones started in April-2003 wereEast Coast Railway andSouth East Central Railway. Both these railways were carved out of South Eastern Railway.[4]
Khurda Road is one of the three divisions of East Coast Railway.[4]
