Adra Junction railway station serves

Adra The Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA or ADRA International) is a humanitarian agency operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church for the purpose of providing individual and community development and disaster relief. I ...

town, and also serves the industrial towns of Raghunathpur and Kashipur in

Purulia district Purulia district (Pron: puruliːaː) is one of the twenty-three districts of West Bengal state in Eastern India. Purulia is the administrative headquarters of the district. Some of the other important towns of Purulia district are Raghunathpur- ...

in the Indian state of

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

. It is a gateway to the famous tourist spots of

. It also servers as the divisional headquarters of the Adra Division of the

South Eastern Railway zone The South Eastern Railway (abbreviated SER) is one of the 19 railway zones in India and Part of Eastern Railways. It is headquartered at Garden Reach, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It comprises Adra railway division, Chakradharpur railway divis ...

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tot ...

. It is an important junction station, with railway tracks from four different directions meeting there and is the busiest station in the entire division handling a huge amount of passenger and freight train traffic in a day.

Trains

Some of the Major Trains available from this railway station are as follows: * New Delhi Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express *

Bhubaneswar–New Delhi Duronto Express The 12281 / 12282 Bhubaneswar ''Duronto Express'' is a once-a-week weekly train which runs between Bhubaneswar, capital of Odisha and New Delhi in Delhi . This train was introduced as part of the Duronto Express trains that were announced by the ...

* Yesvantpur–Kamakhya AC Superfast Express * MGR Chennai Central–New Jalpaiguri Superfast Express *

Purulia–Villupuram Superfast Express The Purulia–Viluppuram Superfast Express is an Superfast Express trains in India, Superfast Express train belonging to Southern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operating with 22605/22606 train numbers on a ...

* Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak-Howrah Samarsata Express *

Porbandar–Santragachi Kavi Guru Express The 12949 / 12950 Porbandar–Santragachi Kavi Guru Express is a Superfast Express train of the Kavi Guru series belonging to Indian Railways – Western Railway zone that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 12949 from Por ...

Puri Baidyanath Dham Express The Puri Baidyanath Dham Express is an Express train belonging to East Coast Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 18449/18450 train numbers on a weekly basis. Background This train is on the Ravana ...

Puri–Jaynagar Express 18419 / 20 Puri–Jaynagar Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways East Coast Railway zone that runs between and in India. Service It operates as train number 18419 from Puri to Jaynagar and as train number 18420 in the re ...

* Puri–Kamakhya Express * Puri-Anand Vihar Nandan Kanan Express *

Howrah–Purulia Express The 12827 / 28 Howrah–Purulia Express is a Superfast Express trains in India, Superfast Express train of Indian Railways – South Eastern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It operates as train number 12827 from Howrah Junction to ...

Digha–Malda Town Express The Digha–Malda Town Express is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 13417/13418 train numbers on a weekly basis. Service The 13417/Digha–Malda Town Expre ...

Haldia–Asansol Express The Haldia–Asansol Express is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 13501/13502 train numbers on six days in a week basis. Service The 13501/Haldia–Asanso ...

Digha–Asansol Express The Digha–Asansol Express is an Express train belonging to Eastern Railway zone that runs between and in India. It is currently being operated with 13505/13506 train numbers on six days in a week basis. Service The 13505/Digha–Asansol E ...

Howrah–Ranchi Intercity Express Howrah–Ranchi Intercity Express is an Intercity train belonging to South Eastern Railway zone that runs between and . It is currently being operated with 22891/22892 train numbers on tri-weekly basis. Service *The 22891/Howrah–Ranchi Inte ...

* Santragachi-Parulia Rupasi Bangla Express * Ernakulam-Patna Express * Kolkata Shalimar- Bhojudih Aranyak Express

History

The

Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line The Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line officially known as Howrah–Prayagraj–Mumbai line is a railway line connecting Kolkata and Mumbai via Allahabad. The railway line was opened to traffic in 1870. This railway line was until 2004. In 2004 ...

, a joint effort of

Great Indian Peninsula Railway The Great Indian Peninsula Railway (reporting mark GIPR) was a predecessor of the Central Railway (and by extension, the current state-owned Indian Railways), whose headquarters was at the Boree Bunder in Mumbai (later, the Victoria Terminu ...

and

East Indian Railway Company The East Indian Railway Company, operating as the East Indian Railway (reporting mark EIR), introduced railways to East India and North India, while the Companies such as the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, South Indian Railway, Bombay, Barod ...

came up in 1870. The

Bengal Nagpur Railway The Bengal Nagpur Railway was one of the companies which pioneered development of the railways in eastern and central India. It was succeeded first by Eastern Railway and subsequently by South Eastern Railway. History The opening of the ...

was formed in 1887 for the purpose of upgrading the

Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway was a line owned by the provincial government and operated by the state railways. The line ran from Nagpur via Tumsar - Gondia and Dongargarh to Rajnandgaon. The initial section from Nagpur to Tumsar was opened on 6 ...

and then extending it via to , in order to develop a shorter Howrah–Mumbai route than the one via Allahabad. The Bengal Nagpur Railway main line from Nagpur to , on the

Howrah–Delhi main line The Howrah–Delhi main line is a railway line connecting Delhi and Kolkata cutting across northern India. The railway line was opened to traffic in 1866 with the introduction of the "1 Down/2 Up Mail" train. Sections The long trunk line, ha ...

, was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891. However, it was only after

Kharagpur Kharagpur () is a planned urban agglomeration and a major industrial city in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Kharagpur subdivision. It is the largest, most populated, multicultural and cosmopol ...

was linked from the west and the south that it was connected to Howrah in 1900. BNR lines were extended to Gomoh, on EIR's main line, in 1907. The Mohuda–Chandrapura branch line was opened in 1913.

Electrification

The Asansol–Purulia section was electrified in 1961–62. The first MEMU train services in SER were started in between Adra and Asansol. Later these services started between Adra–Purulia, Adra–Tatanagar and Adra–Medinipur.

Gallery

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References

External links

Trains at Adra
{{Railway stations in West Bengal Railway stations in Purulia district Adra railway division Railway stations in India opened in 1891