Solari railway station | |
Type: | Passenger train station |
Style: | Indian Railways |
Address: | National Highway 16, Gamei, Solari, Khordha district, Odisha |
Country: | India |
Coordinates: | 19.8003°N 85.2478°W |
Map Type: | India#India Odisha |
Line: | Howrah–Chennai main line |
Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Opened: | 1899 |
Electrified: | Yes |
Owned: | Indian Railways |
Operator: | East Coast Railway |
Former: | East Coast State Railway |
Solari railway station is a railway station on Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section, part of the Howrah–Chennai main line under Khurda Road railway division of East Coast Railway zone.[1] It is situated beside National Highway 16 at Gamei, Solari in Khordha district in the Indian state of Odisha.[2]
In between 1893 and 1896, the coastal railway track from Cuttack to Vijayawada was built and opened to traffic by East Coast State Railway.[3] The route was electrified in several phases. Khurda–Visakhapatnam section was completely electrified by 2002 and Howrah–Chennai route was fully electrified in 2005.[4]