Structure type At Ground Bicycle facilities Available Opened 1890 | Parking Available Elevation 246 m Phone 03252 202 202 Platforms in use 4 | |
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Status Functioning as 'A' Category Railway Station Similar Adra Junction railway st, Asansol Junction railway st, Kharagpur Junction railway st, Tatanagar Junction railway st, Joychandi Pahar railway st | ||
Purulia railway station serves Purulia the headquarters of Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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History
The Bengal Nagpur Railway was formed in 1887 for the purpose of upgrading the Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway and then extending it via Bilaspur to Asansol, in order to develop a shorter Howrah-Mumbai route than the one via Allahabad.The Bengal Nagpur Railway main line from Nagpur to Asansol, on the Howrah-Delhi main line, was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891.
The Purulia-Ranchi line was opened as a narrow gauge railway of BNR in 1907.The Ranchi-Kotshila section was upgraded to broad gauge in 1960 and the Kotshila-Purulia section subsequently.
Electrification
The Purulia-Chakradharpur, Kandra-Gomharria, Sini- Adityapur, Adityapur-Tatanagar, Chakradharpur-Manoharpur and Manoharpur-Rourkela sections were electrified in 1961-62.