Janakadeipur railway station is a railway station on Kharagpur–Puri line in East Coast Railway zone under Khurda Road railway division of Indian Railways. The station is situated beside Puri-Balanga Road at Malatipatapur in Puri district of the Indian state of Odisha.[1][2]
Janakadeipur | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Railways | |||||||||||
 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Puri-Balanga Road, Janakadeipur, Puri district, Odisha India | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°53′21″N 85°49′10″E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 10 m (33 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Kharagpur–Puri line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | Broad gauge 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
| Station code | JKDP | ||||||||||
| Zone(s) | East Coast Railway | ||||||||||
| Division(s) | Khurda Road | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1897 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | East Coast State Railway | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
History
As the branch of Howrah–Chennai main line, the Khurda Road–Puri section was opened to traffic on 1 February 1897. The complete track became doubled in July 2015.[3]
References
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
