Bhadrak railway station explained

Bhadrak
Type:Indian Railways station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Bhadrak, Odisha
Country:India
Structure:Standard on ground
Platform:4
Parking:Yes
Bicycle:No
Electrified:Yes
Accessible:Yes
Owned:Indian Railways
Operator:East Coast Railway
Passengers:4726+
Map Type:India Odisha#India

Bhadrak railway station is a major passenger railway station serves Bhadrak district in Indian state of Odisha. It is situated on the howrah chennai main railline. It comes under (NSG3) railway stations category of India.

Outline

Bhadrak railway station is located at an altitude of . It functions within the jurisdiction of Khurda Road railway division.[1] [2] It is the nearest railhead for Dhamra Port.

It was renovated recently in the year 2018-2019 and got a brand new look and the platform length also increased too.

History

During the period 1893 to 1896, 12870NaN0 of the East Coast State Railway, from Vijayawada to was built and opened to traffic,[3] [4] and construction of the Vijayawada–Chennai link in 1899 enabled the through running of trains along the eastern coast of India.[5] Bengal Nagpur Railway was working on both the Howrah–Kharagpur and Kharagpur–Cuttack lines, completed the bridge over the Rupnarayan in 1900 and the Mahanadi in 1901, thus completing the through connection between Chennai and Kolkata.[3]

Passenger amenities

Bhadrak railway station has computerized reservation system (CRS), dormitory, cloak room, refreshment room, tourist information counter, post office (RMS) sliding steps for specially abled persons and ATM.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arrivals at BHC/Bhadrak. IndiaRailInfo.
  2. News: Bhadrak railway station development goes off-track. Times of India. 14 September 2014. Suvendu. Raymohapatra.
  3. Web site: Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway . South Eastern Railway . 14 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130401151628/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1 . 1 April 2013 . dmy .
  4. Web site: History of Waltair Division . Mannanna.com . 14 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121011235936/http://www.mannanna.com/mannannaArt1.html . 11 October 2012 . dead .
  5. Web site: IR History: Early Days – II. Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870–1899). 14 July 2013.