Bhubaneswar railway station

Bhubaneswar Railway Station (BBS) serves Bhubaneswar, the capital of the Indian state of Odisha and it is the headquarters of the East Coast Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It comes under (NSG2) railway stations category of India.

Bhubaneswar (BBS)
Indian Railways station
Bhubaneswar Railway Station
General information
Location	Master Canteen, Bhubaneswar, Odisha India
Coordinates	20°15′56″N 85°50′35″E
Elevation	33.22 metres (109.0 ft)
Operated by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Khurda Road railway division[1] Howrah–Chennai main line, Kharagpur–Puri line
Platforms	6
Tracks	8 (5ft 6in) broad gauge
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Available
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	BBS
Zone(s)	East Coast Railway
Division(s)	Khurda Road
History
Opened	1896; 129 years ago (1896)
Electrified	Yes, Since 2001
Passengers
Daily	35603+
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station Vani Vihar towards Howrah Junction East Coast Railway zone Howrah–Chennai main line Lingaraj Temple Road towards Chennai Central
Location Bhubaneswar (BBS) Location in Odisha Interactive map

History

Second entrance to Bhubaneswar railway station towards platform no.6

Bhubaneswar railway station Unreserved ticket counter

During the period 1893 to 1896, 800 miles of East Coast State Railway was built and opened to traffic. It necessitated construction of some of the largest bridges across rivers like Brahmani, Kathajodi, Kuakhai and Birupa.^[2]

Those days Cuttack was the capital of Orissa and Bhubaneswar was a village, a tehsil under Puri district. Since it was a tehsil a station was built. Later when Bhubaneswar became state capital in 1970, the previously existing station was improved. In 2001 it was electrified and platform no. 3 & 4 were opened.