Adra Junction railway station

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. Adra (ADRA) station is categorized as NSG 4 on the basis of yearly window sale. The station has also been declared as 'Model' as well as 'Adarsh' station. The station serves the Divisional Head Quarters.

Adra Junction
Indian Railways junction station
Adra Junction rail station building
General information
Location	Adra Town, station road, Raghunathpur and Kashipur block area, Purulia district, West Bengal India
Coordinates	23°29′46″N 86°40′26″E
Elevation	185 metres (607 ft)
Operated by	South Eastern Railways
Line(s)	Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line, Adra–Gomoh line, Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line
Platforms	4
Tracks	8 (excluding Yard)
Connections	Raghunathpur , Kashipur , Purulia
Construction
Structure type	At ground
Parking	Available
Accessible	Yes
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
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station Garhdhrubeswar towards Terminus South Eastern Railway zone Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line Metyal Sahar towards Kharagpur Junction
Location Adra Junction Location in West Bengal Show map of West Bengal Adra Junction Location in India Show map of India

v t e Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line
Legend
km   to Gomoh & Bokaro Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line to Tatanagar │ to Asansol Junction 0 Adra Junction 8 Metyal Sahar 14 Indrabil 21 Sirjam 30 Jhantipahari to Purulia (planned) Hura Kalabati 39 Chhatna 42 Anchuri 53 Bankura Junction Bankura–Masagram line Chhatna-Mukutmanipur new line (planned) Madhuban Indpur New Bheduasol Supur Dwarakeswar River 60 Bheduasole 64 Kalisen 69 Ondagram 78 Ramsagar 83 Bishnupur Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line Uparsol Khatra Mukutmanipur Jhilmili 96 Piardoba 104 Bogri Road Shilabati River 108 Garbeta 120 Chandrakona Road 132 Salboni BRBNMPL Siding JSW Cement Plant Siding 144 Godapiasal Konark Cement Plant Siding 149 Jangalmahal Bhadutala Lalgarh Bhadutala-Jhargram new line (planned) 156 Midnapore Kangsabati River 159 Cossye Halt Tata Metaliks Siding 162 Gokulpur 166 Girimaidan Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line Kharagpur–Puri line 169 Kharagpur Junction Howrah–Kharagpur line
Sources: [1][2][3][4]

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. Many important and long distance trains like Rajdhani, Duronto, NandanKanan, Vivek Express, Samarsatha Express etc. having stoppages at Adra and patronization of these trains are good.

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.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[7] However, it was only after Kharagpur was linked from the west and the south that it was connected to Howrah in 1900.^[8]

BNR lines were extended to Gomoh, on EIR's main line, in 1907. The Mohuda–Chandrapura branch line was opened in 1913.^[7]

Electrification

The Asansol–Purulia section was electrified in 1961–62.^[9] 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.

v t e Adra–Asansol line
Legend
km   Bardhaman–Asansol section 0 Asansol 5 Burnpur to Barachak IISCO Burnpur sidings Kalipahari freight bypass 9 Damodar Radhanagar colliery siding to Sitarampur (planned) IISCO Damodar yard Damodar River ACC cement factory siding 14 Madhukunda 21 Muradi Parbelia colliery siding Chaurashi Goods siding 26 Ramkanali 31 Bero RTPP sidings 37 Joychandi Pahar Adra–Gomoh line Asansol–Tatanagar line 41 Adra Adra–Kharagpur line km Source: Indian Railway Time Table

Gallery

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  Adra Junction
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  Adra Jn new station building
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  Adra Jn at night
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  Adra Jn

References

1. "South Eastern Railway Pink Book 2017–18" (PDF). Indian Railways Pink Book.
2. "Adra Division Railway Map". South Eastern Railway.
3. "Kharagpur Divisional Railway Map". South Eastern Railway.
4. Google maps
5. "IR History: Early Days – II". Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870–1899). Retrieved 27 October 2012.
6. "Number 1 Down Mail". Railways of the Raj. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
7. "Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway". South Eastern Railway. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
8. Saxena, R. P. "Indian Railway History timeline". Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
9. "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 29 December 2012.

External links

• Trains at Adra

External videos
Train leaving Adra railway station

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Joychandi Pahar towards ?		South Eastern Railway zone Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line		Garhdhrubeshwar towards ?
Terminus		South Eastern Railway zone Adra–Gomoh line		Sanka towards ?
		South Eastern Railway zone Adra–Bankura–Kharagpur line		Metyal Sahar towards ?