Puri | |||||||
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 Entrance of Puri railway station in Night | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | Puri, Odisha India | ||||||
| Coordinates | 19°48′35″N85°50′25″E / 19.8097°N 85.8404°E /19.8097; 85.8404 | ||||||
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) | ||||||
| System |  Express train andPassenger train station | ||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||
| Operated by | East Coast Railway zone | ||||||
| Line | Kharagpur–Puri line | ||||||
| Platforms | 8 | ||||||
| Tracks | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Available | ||||||
| Accessible | Available | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||||
| Station code | PURI | ||||||
| Zone(s) | East Coast Railway zone | ||||||
| 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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Puri railway station is aterminal train station and servesPuri, the seashore temple city famous forShri Jagannath Temple in the Indian state ofOdisha. One of the most busiest railway station of Odisha.
The Khurda Road–Puri section was opened to traffic on 1 February 1897.[1] The railway station was renovated in 2012 into a more traditional Hindu temple structure with more facilities.
Narendra Modi will pay the foundation stone of the redevelopment work of Puri Railway Station.[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]
Puri travel guide from Wikivoyage
| Preceding station |  Indian Railways | Following station | ||
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| Malatipatpur towardsKharagpur Junction | East Coast Railway zone | Terminus | ||
