Adra Junction railway station
Adra Junction | |
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| Indian Railways junction station | |
 Adra Junction rail station building | |
| Location | Adra Town, station road, Raghunathpur and Kashipur block area, Purulia district, West Bengal India |
| Coordinates | 23°29′46″N 86°40′26″E / 23.496°N 86.674°E |
| Elevation | 185 metres (607 ft) |
| Operated by | South Eastern Railways |
| Line(s) | Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line, Adra–Gomoh line, |
| Platforms | 4 |
| Tracks | 8 (excluding Yard) |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At ground |
| Parking | Available |
| Other information | |
| Status | Functional |
| Station code | ADRA |
| Zone(s) | South Eastern Railway |
| Division(s) | Adra |
| History | |
| Opened | 1887 |
| Rebuilt | 1904 |
| Electrified | 1961–62 [First electrified functional line in Adra division] |
| Previous names | Bengal Nagpur Railway |
| Location | |
  Adra Junction Location in West Bengal | |
Adra Junction railway station serves Adra town, and also serves the industrial towns of Raghunathpur and Kashipur in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a gateway to the famous tourist spots of Purulia district. It also servers as the divisional headquarters of the Adra Division of the South Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways.
It is an important junction station, with railway tracks from four different directions meeting there and is the busiest station in the entire division handling a huge amount of passenger and freight train traffic in a day.
Trains[]
Some of the Major Trains available from this railway station are as follows:
- New Delhi Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express
- Bhubaneswar–New Delhi Duronto Express
- Yesvantpur–Kamakhya AC Superfast Express
- MGR Chennai Central–New Jalpaiguri Superfast Express
- Purulia–Villupuram Superfast Express
- Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak-Howrah Samarsata Express
- Porbandar–Santragachi Kavi Guru Express
- Puri Baidyanath Dham Express
- Puri–Jaynagar Express
- Puri–Kamakhya Express
- Puri-Anand Vihar Nandan Kanan Express
- Howrah–Purulia Express
- Digha–Malda Town Express
- Haldia–Asansol Express
- Digha–Asansol Express
- Howrah–Ranchi Intercity Express
- Santragachi-Parulia Rupasi Bangla Express
- Ernakulam-Patna Express
- Kolkata Shalimar- Bhojudih Aranyak Express
History[]
The Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line, a joint effort of Great Indian Peninsula Railway and East Indian Railway Company came up in 1870.[1] The Bengal Nagpur Railway was formed in 1887 for the purpose of upgrading the Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway and then extending it via Bilaspur to Asansol, in order to develop a shorter Howrah–Mumbai route than the one via Allahabad.[2] The Bengal Nagpur Railway main line from Nagpur to Asansol, on the Howrah–Delhi main line, was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891.[3] However, it was only after Kharagpur was linked from the west and the south that it was connected to Howrah in 1900.[4]
BNR lines were extended to Gomoh, on EIR's main line, in 1907. The Mohuda–Chandrapura branch line was opened in 1913.[3]
Electrification[]
The Asansol–Purulia section was electrified in 1961–62.[5] The first MEMU train services in SER were started in between Adra and Asansol. Later these services started between Adra–Purulia, Adra–Tatanagar and Adra–Medinipur.
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Gallery[]
Adra railway station
References[]
- ^ "IR History: Early Days – II". Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870–1899). Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ^ "Number 1 Down Mail". Railways of the Raj. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway". South Eastern Railway. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ Saxena, R. P. "Indian Railway History timeline". Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
External links[]
| External video | |
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 Train leaving Adra railway station |
| Preceding station | Indian Railways | Following station | ||
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toward ? | South Eastern Railway zone | toward ? |
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| Terminus | South Eastern Railway zone | toward ? |
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| Terminus | South Eastern Railway zone Adra–Bankura–Kharagpur line | toward ? |
- Railway stations in Purulia district
- Adra railway division
- Railway stations opened in 1891