Location Cuttack, Odisha
India Parking Available Phone 096548 64861 | Elevation 36 m (118 ft) Opened 1896 Platforms in use 5 | |
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Line(s) Kharagpur-Puri line,
Cuttack-Paradip line Tracks Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Structure type Standard (on ground station) Address Gandarpur, Cuttack, Odisha 753003 Similar Bhubaneswar railway station, Khurda Road Junction r, Bhadrak railway station, Rajahmundry railway station, Puri railway station | ||
Cuttack railway station is a railway junction and serves Cuttack in the Indian state of Odisha.
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History
During the period 1893 to 1896, 1,287 km (800 mi) 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, Mahanadi (Longest river of odisha)and Birupa. Cuttack station is connected Indian railway network in 1899.
Railway Organisation
The Cuttack station is operating under Khurda road Division of East Coast Railway.
Busy station
Cuttack railway station is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.
References
Cuttack Junction railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA