Bahanaga Bazar railway station is a railway station on
Kharagpur–Puri line
The Kharagpur–Puri Line is a railway line connecting in the Indian state of West Bengal and in Odisha. The total line can be divided into sections. The Kharagpur–Khurda Road portion of this line, which is a part of the Howrah–Chennai ma ...
, part of the
Howrah–Chennai main line
The Howrah–Chennai main line is a railway line connecting Chennai and Kolkata cutting across Eastern Coastal Plains of India. It covers a distance of across, West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Sections
The long trunk line ...
under
Kharagpur railway division
Kharagpur railway division is one of the four railway divisions under South Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 14 April 1952 and its headquarters are located at Kharagpur in the state of West Bengal of In ...
of
South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated at Asimila,
Bahanaga in
Balasore district in the Indian state of
Odisha
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...
. The station serves 14 trains daily, more than half of which remain within the state of Odisha.
History
In between 1893 and 1896 the
East Coast State Railway
The East Coast State Railway was a railway company operating in India. It was a guaranteed company formed in 1890. It had a brief existence. The southern part of the East Coast State Railway (from Waltair to Vijayawada) was taken over by Madras ...
constructed Howrah–Chennai main line. Kharagpur–Puri branch was finally opened for public in 1901. The route was electrified in several phases. In 2005, Howrah–Chennai route was completely electrified.
Incidents
On 2 June 2023, 288 people were killed and 1,175 were injured after
trains collided near the station and it is India's deadliest railway crash in over 20 years. The Chennai-bound
Coromandel Express was incorrectly shunted into the loop line and hit a stationary freight train at the speed of 128 km/h, and the derailed coaches fell on the down line where the Howrah-bound
SMVT Bengaluru–Howrah Superfast Express side dashed the General & Sleeper Coaches of
Coromandel Express. Rear two coaches of
SMVT Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express derailed.
References
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Railway stations in India opened in 1901
Railway stations in Balasore district
Kharagpur railway division