Status Under Construction Track length 289 km (180 mi) Track gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | Locale Odisha Number of tracks 1 Owner Indian Railways | |
Operator(s) East Coast Railway zone Terminis Jatani, Balangir railway station | ||
The Khurdha-Bolangir Railway Line will connect Khurda Road railway station to Balangir railway station in a shorter way through Daspalla.
A new 289 km long railway line from Bolangir to Khurda Road junction was sanctioned in 1993 and its foundation stone was laid in June 2001 but there has been very little progress in construction of this railway line. Out of 289 km length, 22 km is in Bolangir district. Even all the land required for the railway line has not been acquired until the end of 2011.
In 2015-16 Rail Budget, the rail line got a green single from Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu as Rs 4682 crore was allotted for Odisha As construction will be done in three phases, first between Khurda Road to Begunia a 36 km stretch then 76 km from Begunia to Daspalla and 177 km from Daspalla to Balangir under the review of Chef Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik.
In July 2016, Railway minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurated the Khurda Road-Begunia 36 km stretch and tracks are being laid from Begunia to Nayagarh which is likely to be completed by March 2017 and whole project to be completed in 2021. This will connects Nayagarh, Boudh, Sonepur and Balangir which are economically backward district in the state.