Puri railway station
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Puri
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| Regional rail and Light rail station | |
Puri railway station in night
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| Location | Puri, Odisha India |
| Coordinates | 19°48′35″N 85°50′25″E / 19.8097°N 85.8404°ECoordinates: 19°48′35″N 85°50′25″E / 19.8097°N 85.8404°E |
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Owned by | Indian Railways |
| Operated by | East Coast Railway |
| Line(s) | Kharagpur-Puri line |
| Platforms | 8 |
| Tracks | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Standard (on ground station) |
| Parking | Available |
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| Status | Functioning |
| Station code | PURI |
| Division(s) | Khurda Road |
| History | |
| Opened | 1897 |
| Electrified | Yes |
| Previous names | East Coast State Railway, Bengal Nagpur Railway |
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Puri railway station is a Terminal train station and serves Puri, the sea-shore temple city in the Indian state of Odisha.
The Khurda Road-Puri section was opened to traffic on 1 February 1897.
The Bengal Nagpur Railway was nationalized in 1944.Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 with the portion of East Indian Railway Company east of Mughalsarai and the Bengal Nagpur Railway. In 1955, South Eastern Railway was carved out of Eastern Railway. It comprised lines mostly operated by BNR earlier. 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.
The doubling of lines between Khurda road and Puri is completed in 2015.
Puri railway station is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.
The Okha-Puri Express travels for 2,781 km (1,728 mi), one of the longest east-west broad gauge runs in India.
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