Brahmapur is a major and one of the oldest railway stations 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 ...

. It is administered under

Khurda Road railway division Khurda Road railway division is one of the three divisions of East Coast Railway Zone (ECoR) of the Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates ...

East Coast Railway zone 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 ...

. It serves

Brahmapur Brahmapur may refer to the following places: * Brahmapur, Bihar * Brahmapur, Nepal * Brahmapur, Odisha ** Brahmapur railway station * Brahmapur, West Bengal See also * Brahampur, Phagwara Brahampur is a village in Tehsil Phagwara, Kapurtha ...

Silk city of India, Ganjam district and two other districts of South Odisha and other districts of neighboring Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the 'A' grade railway stations of India. After Berhampur,

Paralakhemundi Paralakhemundi shortly known as Parala is district Headquarter of Gajapati district and one of the oldest Municipality established in 1885, in the Indian state of Odisha. Majority of the people in the town speak Odia. The city and the Distri ...

(PLH) is the first Odisha Originated and dedicated Railway station in Odisha. Which was earlier in Ganjam district (present day

Gajapati district Gajapati district is a district of Odisha State in India. It was created from Ganjam District on 2 October, 1992. Gajapati district was named after Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deb, the King of the Paralakhemundi estate and the first Prime ...

) of odisha.

History

During the period of 1893 to 1896, ( of

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 div ...

) this historic Brahmapur station was built and opened to traffic in 1896.

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 ...

's line to Brahmapur (Berhampur) was opened on 1 January 1899. The long northern section of the South Eastern Railway was merged with BNR in 1902.

Railway reorganization

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.

Accessibility

* Distance from City Bus Stand * Distance from New Bus Stand(Haldiapadar) * Distance from Jamia masjid (Ahlay sunnat wal jamaat) * Distance from MKCG Hospital * Distance from Berhampur University * Distance from Army AD College * Distance from Gopalpur Sea Beach * Distance from Khwaja street dargah * Distance from Sonapur Sea Beach * Distance from Khallikote University * Distance from Tampara Lake The nearest international airport is

Biju Patnaik International Airport Biju Patnaik International Airport is an international airport serving Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha. It is situated around south-west from Bhubaneswar Railway Station and from the city center. Named after the former chief minist ...

(172 km)

Gallery

File:New Entrance Brahmapur.JPG, Newly inaugurated entrance and booking office File:Brahmapur_Railway_Station_Early_Morning_2015.jpg, Early morning at Brahmapur railway station File:Brahmapur Station Rainy Day.JPG, Brahmapur railway station on a rainy day File:Brahmapur Railway Station Entrance.jpg, Railway station at dusk File:Platform RainyDay.JPG, View from foot overbridge on a rainy day

References

External links

Trains at Brahmapur
* * {{Railway stations in Odisha Railway stations in Ganjam district Khurda Road railway division Railway stations in India opened in 1896 Berhampur