Rourkela Junction | |||||||||||
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Indian Railways junction station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Near New Bus Stand, Rourkela, Odisha India | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 22°13′39″N84°51′46″E / 22.2276°N 84.8629°E | ||||||||||
Elevation | 219 m (719 ft) | ||||||||||
Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||||||
Operated by | South Eastern Railways | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Tatanagar–Bilaspur section of Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line, Rourkela–Ranchi section of Rourkela–Hatia–Ranchi line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 5 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 5 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge | ||||||||||
Connections | Auto stand | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Standard (on ground station) | ||||||||||
Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
Accessible | Available | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Status | Functioning | ||||||||||
Station code | ROU | ||||||||||
Zone(s) | South Eastern Railway zone | ||||||||||
Division(s) | Chakradharpur | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1891 | ||||||||||
Electrified | 1961–62 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Bengal Nagpur Railway | ||||||||||
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Rourkela Junction railway station (station code:- ROU) is a railway junction located in the north-western part of the Indian state of Odisha and serves Rourkela in Sundergarh district. Rourkela is the third-largest urban agglomeration in Odisha.
Rourkela railway station came up with the opening of the Nagpur–Asansol main line of Bengal Nagpur Railway in 1891. It became a station on the crosscountry Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line in 1900. [1] Rourkela was connected to Barsuan iron ore mines in 1960. [2] In earlier days the railway station of Rourkela was within the village of Mahulpali. The railway station gained in importance with the setting up of India's first public sector steel plant at Rourkela in the nineteen fifties. [3] It was electrified in 1961–62. [4]
Rourkela railway station is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway. [5] 10 trains originate at Rourkela and 101 trains(including weeklies and bi-weeklies) pass through it. [6] It is situated on the Kolkata–Mumbai South Eastern railway line which is a major route connecting the two metros of India. Rourkela is connected to Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Asansol, Dhanbad, Ranchi, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Nagpur, Patna, Vishakhapatnam, Jamshedpur, Raipur, Cuttack, Puri, Berhampur, Sambalpur and Jammu & Kashmir and Ranchi.
The 156 km (97 mi) long line connecting Bimlagarh on the Bondamunda–Barsuan branch line and Talcher on the Sambalpur–Talcher–Barang branch line, was sanctioned in 2004–05 and construction is in progress. This line when complete would reduce the distance between Rourkela and Bhubaneswar, the state capital, from 460 km (via Sambalpur) to 300 km. [7]
Two locomotive sheds, one for steam locomotives and the other for diesel locomotives, was set up at Bondamunda in the 1950s. The steam locomotive shed was closed in the late 1980s. An electric locomotive shed was started in 1983 to accommodating six WAM-4 locomotives. As of 2019, it accommodates 242 electric locomotives and is being expanded. A new electric locomotive shed is under construction having capacity of 200 WAG-9 locomotives.
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The Tapaswini Express is daily Express train between Hatia and Puri. The train was the first Express train to be introduced with a route via Bhubaneswar, Dhenkanal, Talcher, Sambalpur. 18451UP departs Hatia at 15:55 and reaches Puri at 07:15 every day. The 18452DN departs Puri at 20:00 and reaches Hatia at 11:05 every day. This train has two rakes with WAP-4 or WAP-7 Visakhapatnam locomotive. This train reverses 2 times: at Sambalpur and Talcher.
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Rourkela travel guide from Wikivoyage