Puri railway station is a

Terminal train station A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing suc ...

and serves

Puri Puri () is a coastal city and a Nagar Palika, municipality in the state of Odisha in eastern India. It is the district headquarters of Puri district and is situated on the Bay of Bengal, south of the state capital of Bhubaneswar. It is als ...

, the seashore temple city 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 ...

History

The Khurda Road–Puri section was opened to traffic on 1 February 1897. The railway station was renovated in 2012 into a more traditional Hindu temple structure with more facilities.

Railway reorganization

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 nationalized in 1944. Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 with the portion of

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 ...

east of

Mughalsarai Mughalsarai (; English: '' Mughal Tavern''), officially known as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar, is a city and a municipal board in the Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh. Located around from Varanasi, it is an important railway junction ...

and the Bengal Nagpur Railway. In 1955, South Eastern Railway was carved out of Eastern Railway. It comprised lines mostly operated by BNR earlier. Amongst the new zones started in April 2003 were

East Coast Railway The East Coast Railway (abbreviated ECoR) is one of the 19 railway zones of Indian Railways. It came into existence on 1 April 2003. The headquarters of the zone are at Bhubaneswar, Odisha History Consequent upon the parliament's approval, Ea ...

and South East Central Railway. Both these railways were carved out of South Eastern Railway.

Major trains

* Purushottam Express * Nandan Kanan Express *

Neelachal Express The 12875 / 12876 Neelachal Express is a tri-weekly train which runs between in Odisha and Anand Vihar Terminal railway station. It is one of the oldest train that connects Puri to Anand Vihar Terminal. The main towns along the route are Bhub ...

* Puri-Ahmedabad Express *

Indore–Puri Humsafar Express Indore - Puri Humsafar Express is a superfast express train of the Indian Railways connecting in Madhya Pradesh and in Odisha. It is currently being operated with 19317/19318 train numbers on a weekly basis. Coach Composition The train is co ...

* Puri−Yesvantpur Garib Rath Express *

Puri–Howrah Garib Rath Express The 12882 / 81 Puri Howrah Garib Rath Express is a Superfast Express train of the Garib Rath series belonging to Indian Railways - East Coast Railway zone that runs between Puri and Howrah Junction in India. It operates as train number 12882 f ...

Howrah–Puri Shatabdi Express Puri Howrah Shatabdi Express is a Shatabdi Express category type of service belonging to East Coast Railway zone that runs between Puri and Howrah in India. It will be restored. It operated as train number 12278 from Puri to Howrah and as tra ...

Sealdah–Puri Duronto Express The Sealdah Puri Duronto Express is a Superfast Express express train of the Duronto Express category belonging to Indian Railways - Eastern Railway zone that runs between Sealdah and Puri in India. It operates as train number 22201 from Seal ...

Dhauli Express The 12821 / 12822 Dhauli Express is a daily train service between Kolkata Shalimar in Howrah district of West Bengal and Puri in Odisha. This train has 20 coaches. Train description The 2007 Odia language film ''Dhauli Express'' starring ...

Gallery

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References

External links

* {{Railway stations in Odisha Railway stations in Puri district Khurda Road railway division Railway stations in India opened in 1897 Railway terminus in India Indian Railway A1 Category Stations