Talcher Road railway station

Railway station in Odisha, India

20°53′N 85°12′E / 20.88°N 85.20°E / 20.88; 85.20Owned byEast Coast RailwayLine(s)Cuttack–Sambalpur linePlatforms3Tracks4, 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gaugeConstructionStructure typeStandard (on-ground station)ParkingAvailableAccessibleYesOther informationStatusFunctioningStation codeTLHD Zone(s) East Coast Railway Division(s) Khurda RoadHistoryOpened1992; 32 years ago (1992)ElectrifiedYesPassengersDailyAbove 3000
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Talcher road is located in Odisha
Talcher road
Talcher road
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Talcher road is located in India
Talcher road
Talcher road
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Talcher road railway station is a railway station which is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Talcher. It is a satellite railway station of Talcher town. Talcher railway station is located in the city premises and is terminus railway station.

History

Talcher road railway station developed during the expansion of industrial carriageway and corridor of NALCO Aluminium Plant, FCI and NTPC. A double track was already present up to Talcher Town for facilitation of movement of coal. The Talcher–Sambalpur rail line constituted in year 1987 ended its final works in 1996 became operational in 1998. The station came up in 1992 and henceforth gained a lot of importance.[1]

Services

Talcher road railway station has over 5000 passengers traffic daily and 42 trains UP/DOWN pass through the station. Talcher Puri Fast Passenger originates here.

It is situated on the Cuttack–Sambalpur line section of East Coast railway line which is a major route connecting Mumbai to Bhubaneswar of India. Talcher road is connected to Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Surat, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Rourkela, Nagpur, Vishakhapatnam, Amritsar, Raipur, Cuttack, Puri, Sambalpur, Berhampur.[2]

Ongoing projects

  • Talcher–Bimlagarh
  • Talcher Road–Sambalpur rail tracks doubling.

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 2016-01-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "20 COVID-19 Special Departures from Talcher Road ECoR/East Coast Zone - Railway Enquiry".

External links

  • http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/angul-angl/241
  • http://asrl.in/
  • http://www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/
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