Puri railway station

Puri railway station is a terminal train station and serves Puri, the seashore temple city famous for Shri Jagannath Temple in the Indian state of Odisha. One of the most busiest railway station of Odisha.

Puri
Express train and Passenger train station
Entrance of Puri railway station in Night
General information
Location	Puri, Odisha India
Coordinates	19°48′35″N 85°50′25″E
Elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	East Coast Railway zone
Line(s)	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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History

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]

Railway reorganization

The Bengal Nagpur Railway was nationalized in 1944.^[3] Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 with the portion of East Indian Railway Company east of Mughalsarai 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 were East Coast Railway and South East Central Railway. Both these railways were carved out of South Eastern Railway.^[4]

Major trains

• Purushottam Express
• Nandan Kanan Express
• Neelachal Express
• Kalinga Utkal Express
• Puri-Ahmedabad Express
• Dhauli Express
• Indore–Puri Humsafar Express
• Puri−Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express
• Puri–Howrah Garib Rath Express
• Howrah–Puri Shatabdi Express
• Sealdah–Puri Duronto Express
• Howrah - Puri Vande Bharat Express
• Tapaswini Express
• Puri–Sonpur Express
• MGR Chennai Central - Puri Express
• Tirupati - Puri Express
• Puri - Okha Express
• Puri - Mumbai LTT Express (Via Jharsuguda Road)
• Puri - Gandhidham Express (Via Vizianagaram)
• Puri - Paradeep Intercity Express
• Puri - Gunupur Express
• Puri - Rourkela Vande Bharat Express
• Puri - Patna Baidyanathdham Express
• Puri - Kamakhya Express (Via Adra)
• Puri - Kamakhya Express (Via Howrah)
• Puri - Jaynagar Express
• Puri - Jodhpur Express
• Puri - Sambalpur Intercity Express
• Puri - Surat Express
• Puri - Mumbai LTT Express (Via Titlagarh)
• Puri - Digha Samudra Kanya Express
• Puri - Gandhidham Express (Via Bhubaneswar)
• Puri - Durg Express
• Puri - Barbil Express
• Puri - Lalgarh Express
• Puri - Bangriposi Intercity Express
• Puri - Shalimar Express
• Puri - Sainagar Shirdi Express
• Puri - Ajmer Express

Gallery

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  Entrance of Puri railway station
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  Platform of Puri railway station in Night
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  Waiting area of Puri railway station
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  Puri railway station during day
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  Train departing from Puri railway station