Puri railway station

Location
	Puri Location in Odisha Puri Location in India
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ପୁରୀ

Puri
ପୁରୀ; Puri
Express train and Passenger train station
	Puri railway station in night
General information
Location	Puri, Odisha; India
Coordinates	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 zone
Line(s)	Kharagpur–Puri line
Platforms	8
Tracks	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Available
Bicycle facilities	Available
Accessible	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	PURI
Zone(s)	East Coast Railway zone
Division(s)	Khurda Road
History
Opened	1897; 128 years ago
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	East Coast State Railway; Bengal Nagpur Railway
Location
Location
	Puri Location in Odisha Puri Location in India
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Puri railway station is a terminal train station and serves Puri, the seashore temple city in the Indian state of Odisha.

History

The Khurda Road–Puri section was opened to traffic on 1 February 1897.^[1] The railway station was renovated in 2012 into a more traditional Hindu temple structure with more facilities.

PM Modi will pay the foundation stone of the redevelopment work of Puri Railway Station.^[2]

Railway reorganization

The Bengal Nagpur Railway was nationalized in 1944.^[3]Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 with the portion of East Indian Railway Company east of Mughalsarai and the Bengal Nagpur Railway.^[4] In 1955, South Eastern Railway was carved out of Eastern Railway. It comprised lines mostly operated by BNR earlier.^[4]^[5] 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.^[4]