Elevation 150 m (492 ft) Opened 1963 | Phone 084049 93146 Platforms in use 3 | |
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Line(s) Jharsuguda-Vizianagaram lineSambalpur-Bhubaneswar line Tracks Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Structure type Standard (on ground station) Similar Jharsuguda Junction railway st, Titlagarh railway station, Balangir railway station, Dhenkanal railway station, Angul railway station | ||
Sambalpur Railway Station, located in the Indian state of Odisha, serves Sambalpur in Sambalpur district. There are four other railway stations serving Sambalpur – Sambalpur Road Railway Station(SBPD), Sambalpur City Railway Station(SBPY), Hirakud (HKG), across the Mahanadi and Maneswar Railway Station(MANE). Locally this station is called Khetrajpur Railway Station since it is located in that area of the city.
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History
In 1960, Indian Railway took up three projects: the Kottavalasa-Koraput-Jeypore-Kirandaul line (Dandakaranya Project), the Titlagarh-Bolangir-Jharsuguda Project and the Rourkela-Kiriburu Project. All the three projects taken together were popularly known as the DBK Project or the Dandakaranya Bolangir Kiriburu Project. The Sambalpur-Titlagarh line was opened to traffic in 1963.
The Sambalpur-Talcher line was sanctioned in 1983 and was completed in 1998.
Railway Organization
Sambalpur Railway station is functioning under Sambalpur Division of East Coast Railway.
Doubling
Doubling of Talcher-Sambalpur, Sambalpur-Jharsuguda and Sambalpur-Titlagarh has been sanctioned and work is in progress.
Electrification
Electrification of the Titlagarh–Sambalpur-Jharsuguda and Angul-Sambalpur sections were sanctioned in the Railway Budget for 2012-13.Work of doubling and electrification between Sambalpur and Angul is in progress. In September 2015, the route has been electrified from Angul to Kerejanga and the work is expected to be completed in the upcoming 5 years.
Amenities
Sambalpur railway station has a four-bedded dormitory. Other amenities at the railway station include computerized reservation offices, telephone booth, cloak room, waiting room and book stall.
Passenger movement
11 train originate at Sambalpur and 56 trains (including weeklies and bi-weeklies) pass through this station.
Sambalpur railway station serves around 99,000 passengers every day.
Expansion of and requirement of new trains
With current infrastructure attaining full utilization, there is requirement of additional 4 platforms to decongest the station. With this the station shall have 7 platforms. There is need to start local train service between Sambalpur and Rourkela and also between Sambalpur and Angul Section of East Coast Railway within a gap of 30 minutes in each direction. Following trains are demanded by Western Odisha Passengers Association. Sambalpur - Visakhapatnam Intercity daily, Sambalpur - Chennai Tri-Weekly Superfast Express, Sambalpur - Jeypore Express Daily and Rajdhani Express to Delhi.