Bhubaneswar railway station

Bhubaneswar (BBS)
Bhubaneswar Railway Station
General information
Location	Master Canteen, Bhubaneswar, Odisha India
Coordinates	20°15′56″N85°50′35″E / 20.2656°N 85.8431°E / 20.2656; 85.8431
Elevation	33.22 metres (109.0 ft)
System	Indian Railways station
Operated by	Indian Railways
Lines	Khurda Road railway division [1] Howrah–Chennai main line, Kharagpur–Puri line
Platforms	6
Tracks	8 (5ft 6in) broad gauge
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Available
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	BBS
Zone(s)	East Coast Railway
Division(s)	Khurda Road
History
Opened	1896;129 years ago (1896)
Electrified	2001;24 years ago (2001)
Passengers
Daily	35603+
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station Vani Vihar towards Howrah Junction East Coast Railway zone Howrah–Chennai main line Lingaraj Temple Road towards Chennai Central
Location Bhubaneswar (BBS) Location in Odisha Interactive map

Bhubaneswar Railway Station (BBS) serves Bhubaneswar, the capital of the Indian state of Odisha and it is the headquarters of the East Coast Railway zone of the Indian Railways. It comes under (NSG2) railway stations category of India.

History

Second entrance to Bhubaneswar railway station towards platform no.6

Bhubaneswar railway station Unreserved ticket counter

During the period 1893 to 1896, 800 miles of East Coast State Railway was built and opened to traffic. It necessitated construction of some of the largest bridges across rivers like Brahmani, Kathajodi, Kuakhai and Birupa. ^[2]

Those days Cuttack was the capital of Orissa and Bhubaneswar was a village, a tehsil under Puri district. Since it was a tehsil a station was built. Later when Bhubaneswar became state capital in 1970, the previously existing station was improved. In 2001 it was electrified and platform no. 3 & 4 were opened.

Major trains

The train which originates from Bhubaneswar are :

● Konark Express (11019/11020)

● Bhubaneswar–Howrah Jan Shatabdi Express (12073/12074)

● Bhubaneswar–New Delhi Duronto Express (12281/12282)

● Odisha Sampark Kranti Express (12819/12820)

● Bhubaneswar–SMVT Bengaluru Weekly Superfast Express (12845/12846)

● Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Bhubaneswar Superfast Express (12879/12880)

● Bhubaneswar–Bolangir Intercity Superfast Express (12893/12894)

● Visakha Express (17015/17016)

● Hirakhand Express (18447/18448)

● Prashanti Express (18463/18464)

● Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express (Via Sambalpur City) (20817/20818)

● Bhubaneswar–Junagarh Express (20837/20838)

● Bhubaneswar–Visakhapatnam Vande Bharat Express (20841/20842)

● Rameswaram–Bhubaneswar Express (20849/20850)

● Puducherry–Bhubaneswar Superfast Express (20851/20852)

● Bhubaneswar–Chennai Central Express (20853/20854)

● Bhubaneswar–Anand Vihar Weekly Superfast Express (22805/22806)

● Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express (Via Adra) (22811/22812)

● Bhubaneshwar–Visakhapatnam Intercity Express (22819/22820)

● Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express (Via Tatanagar) (22823/22824)

● Bhubaneswar–SMVT Bengaluru Humsafar Express (22833/22834)

● Rourkela–Bhubaneswar Intercity Express (22839/22840)

● Bhubaneswar–Tirupati Superfast Express (22871/22872)

● Pune–Bhubaneswar Express (22881/22882)

References

1. "Khurda Road Division - The Sunrise Division on the East Coast" (PDF). Indian Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2024.
2. "HISTORY" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2024.

External links

Bhubaneswar travel guide from Wikivoyage