Rourkela Junction railway station
Railway station in Odisha, India
22°13′39″N 84°51′46″E / 22.2276°N 84.8629°E / 22.2276; 84.8629
Rourkela–Ranchi section of Rourkela–Hatia–Ranchi line
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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.
History
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]
Busy station
Rourkela railway station is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.[5] 11 trains originate at Rourkela and 107 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.
Bimlagarh–Talcher project
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]
Electric Loco Shed, Rourkela
Electric Loco Shed, Rourkela is the 3rd electric loco shed of Chakradharpur Division, South Eastern Railway.It has Holding Capacity of 200 Electric locomotives.
| SN | Locomotives | HP | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | WAG-9 | 6120 | 252 |
| Total Locomotives Active as of May 2024 | 252 | ||
References
- ^ "Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway". South Eastern Railway. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "Bondamunda Junction". Retrieved 8 December 2012.
- ^ "Steel Authority of India Limited – A Maharatna". Rourkela Steel Plant. SAIL. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "History of Electrification". IRFCA. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry". Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways. IRFCA. Archived from the original on 10 May 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "Rourkela Railway Station details". indiantrains.org. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ^ "Bimlagarh–Talcher rail link: All decks cleared". Welcome Orissa. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
External links
- Trains at Rourkela
Rourkela travel guide from Wikivoyage
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Top 100 booking stations of Indian Railways
- Agra Cantonment
- Ahmedabad Junction
- Ajmer Junction
- Akola Junction
- Ambala Cantonment Junction
- Amritsar Junction
- Asansol Junction
- Aurangabad
- Bangalore City
- Bareilly Junction
- Bhagalpur Junction
- Bhopal Junction
- Bhubaneswar
- Bhusaval Junction
- Bilaspur Junction
- Chandigarh Junction
- Chennai Central
- Chhapra Junction
- Coimbatore Junction
- Cuttack Junction
- Darbhanga Junction
- Dehradun
- Dhanbad Junction
- Durg Junction
- Ernakulam Junction
- Erode Junction
- Gaya Junction
- Ghaziabad Junction
- Gorakhpur Junction
- Guntur Junction
- Guwahati
- Gwalior Junction
- Haridwar Junction
- Hatia
- Hazur Sahib Nanded
- Howrah
- Hubli Junction
- Indore Junction
- Jabalpur Junction
- Jaipur Junction
- Jalandhar City Junction
- Jammu Tawi
- Jhansi Junction
- Jodhpur Junction
- Kanpur Central
- Katihar Junction
- Katni Junction
- Katpadi Junction
- Kharagpur Junction
- Kollam Junction
- Kota Junction
- Kozhikode
- Lucknow Charbagh
- Ludhiana Junction
- Madgaon Junction
- Madurai Junction
- Malda Town
- Malkapur
- Mangalore Central
- Manmad Junction
- Mathura Junction
- Moradabad
- Mumbai Central
- Muzaffarpur Junction
- Mysore Junction
- Nagpur Junction
- Nasik Road
- Nellore
- New Delhi
- New Jalpaiguri Junction
- Palakkad Junction
- Patna Junction
- Prayagraj Junction
- Pune Junction
- Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction
- Puri
- Raipur Junction
- Rajahmundry
- Rajkot Junction
- Ranchi Junction
- Ratlam Junction
- Rourkela Junction
- Salem Junction
- Satna Junction
- Secunderabad Junction
- Siwan Junction
- Solapur
- Surat
- Tatanagar Junction
- Tiruchirappalli Junction
- Tirunelveli Junction
- Tirupati
- Thrissur
- Thiruvananthapuram Central
- Udaipur City
- Ujjain Junction
- Vapi
- Vadodara Junction
- Varanasi Junction
- Vijayawada Junction
- Visakhapatnam
Source: "100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways".
