ପୁରୀ | |
Native Name: | Puri |
Type: | Express train and Passenger train station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | Puri, Odisha |
Country: | India |
Elevation: | 120NaN0 |
Line: | Kharagpur–Puri line |
Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
Platform: | 8 |
Parking: | Available |
Bicycle: | Available |
Accessible: | Available |
Electrified: | Yes |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | East Coast Railway zone |
Former: | East Coast State Railway Bengal Nagpur Railway |
Map Type: | India Odisha#India |
Map Dot Label: | Puri |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Caption: | Interactive map |
Puri railway station is a terminal train station and serves Puri, the seashore temple city in the Indian state of Odisha.
The Khurda Road–Puri section was opened to traffic on 1 February 1897.[1] The railway station was renovated in 2012 into a more traditional Hindu temple structure with more facilities.
PM Modi will pay the foundation stone of the redevelopment work of Puri Railway Station.[2]
The Bengal Nagpur Railway was nationalized in 1944.[3] Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 with the portion of East Indian Railway Company east of Mughalsarai and the Bengal Nagpur Railway.[4] In 1955, South Eastern Railway was carved out of Eastern Railway. It comprised lines mostly operated by BNR earlier.[4] [5] Amongst the new zones started in April 2003 were East Coast Railway and South East Central Railway. Both these railways were carved out of South Eastern Railway.[4]