Angul railway station (station code:- ANGL) is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

which is about from Angul. Satellite stations is Talcher road. Angul railway station has an electric loco shed of East Coast Railway.

History

Angul railway station developed during the expansion of industrial carriageway and corridor of NALCO Aluminium Plant, FCI and NTPC. A double track was already present up to Talcher Town for facilitation of movement of coal. The Talcher–Sambalpur rail line constituted in year 1987 ended its final works in 1996 became operational in 1998. The station came up in 1992 and henceforth gained a lot of importance. An electric loco shed of East Coast Railway was opened in 2005.

Services

Angul railway station has over 5000 passengers traffic daily and more than 10 trains UP/DOWN pass through the station. Angul Puri Fast Passenger originates here. It is situated on the Barang Sambalpur section of East Coast railway line which is a major route connecting Mumbai to Bhubaneswar of India. Angul is connected to Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Surat, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Nagpur, Vishakhapatnam, Amritsar, Raipur, Cuttack, Puri, Sambalpur.

Electric Loco Shed

Angul Loco Shed was developed in 2005 and presently holding 236

WAG-7 The Indian locomotive class WAG-7 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1990 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), alternating current (A), goods traffic (G ...

locomotives only. Initially Diesel Loco Shed (DLS) was commissioned in Angul in 1999. In 2002 Indian railways decided to convert DLS to ELS for homing capacity of 50 locos. In 2005 Angul DLS/ELS 50 locos was converted to Electric Loco Shed Angul. Augmentation work from 105 locos to 150 locos is under progress.

Ongoing projects

* Angul–Sukinda rail tracks * Talcher–Bimlagarh * Talcher Road–Sambalpur rail tracks doubling.

References

External links

*http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/angul-angl/241 *http://Gaurangacademy.org.in *http://www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/ *http://angul.nic.in/ Railway stations in Angul district Khurda Road railway division {{Odisha-railstation-stub