Talcher Road railway station explained

Talcher road
Type:Indian Railways station
Style:Indian Railways
Address:Talcher, Odisha
Country:India
Line:Cuttack–Sambalpur line
Structure:Standard (on-ground station)
Platform:3
Tracks:4, broad gauge
Parking:Available
Electrified:Yes
Accessible:Yes
Owned:East Coast Railway
Status:Functioning
Passengers:Above 3000
Pass Year:Daily
Map Type:India Odisha#India

Talcher road railway station is a railway station which is about from Talcher. It is a satellite railway station of Talcher town. Talcher railway station is located in the city premises and is terminus railway station.

History

Talcher road railway station developed during the expansion of industrial carriageway and corridor of NALCO Aluminium Plant, FCI and NTPC. A double track was already present up to Talcher Town for facilitation of movement of coal. The Talcher–Sambalpur rail line constituted in year 1987 ended its final works in 1996 became operational in 1998. The station came up in 1992 and henceforth gained a lot of importance.[1]

Services

Talcher road railway station has over 5000 passengers traffic daily and 42 trains UP/DOWN pass through the station. Talcher Puri Fast Passenger originates here.

It is situated on the Cuttack–Sambalpur line section of East Coast railway line which is a major route connecting Mumbai to Bhubaneswar of India. Talcher road is connected to Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Surat, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Rourkela, Nagpur, Vishakhapatnam, Amritsar, Raipur, Cuttack, Puri, Sambalpur, Berhampur.[2]

Ongoing projects

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2016-01-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131022213646/http://www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1360677368619-ELS_WEBSITE%20ANGL%202013.pdf . 22 October 2013 . dmy .
  2. Web site: 20 COVID-19 Special Departures from Talcher Road ECoR/East Coast Zone - Railway Enquiry.