Location Bhadrak, Odisha
India Operated by East Coast Railway Parking Yes Elevation 23 m Owner Indian Railways | Owned by Indian Railways Structure type Standard on ground Bicycle facilities No Opened 1896 Platforms in use 4 | |
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Address Charampa Rd, Railway Housing, Charampa, Bhadrak, Odisha 756101 Similar Jajpur Keonjhar Road rail, Khurda Road Junction r, Kharagpur Junction railway st, Bhubaneswar railway station, Brahmapur railway station | ||
Bhadrak railway station is a passenger railway station serves Bhadrak district in Indian state of Odisha.
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Bhadrak railway station is located at an altitude of 23 metres (75 ft). It functions within the jurisdiction of Khurda Road railway division. It is the nearest railhead for Dhamra Port.
History
During the period 1893 to 1896, 1,287 km (800 mi) of the East Coast State Railway, from Vijayawada to Cuttack was built and opened to traffic, and construction of the Vijayawada-Chennai link in 1899 enabled the through running of trains along the eastern coast of India. Bengal Nagpur Railway was working on both the Howrah-Kharagpur and Kharagpur-Cuttack lines, completed the bridge over the Rupnarayan in 1900 and the Mahanadi in 1901, thus completing the through connection between Chennai and Kolkata.
Passenger amenities
Bhadrak railway station has computerized reservation system (CRS), dormitory, cloak room, refreshment room, tourist information counter, post office (RMS) and ATM.