Puri railway station


Puri railway station is a terminal train station and serves Puri, the seashore temple city famous for Shri Jagannath Temple in the Indian state of Odisha. One of the most busiest railway station of Odisha.

History

The Khurda Road–Puri section was opened to traffic on 1 February 1897. The railway station was renovated in 2012 into a more traditional Hindu temple structure with more facilities.
Narendra Modi will pay the foundation stone of the redevelopment work of Puri Railway Station.

Railway reorganization

The Bengal Nagpur Railway was nationalized in 1944. Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 with the portion of East Indian Railway Company east of Mughalsarai and the Bengal Nagpur Railway. In 1955, [South Eastern Railway zone|Eastern Railway zone|South Eastern Railway] was carved out of Eastern Railway. It comprised lines mostly operated by BNR earlier. Amongst the new zones started in April 2003 were East Coast Railway and South East Central Railway. Both these railways were carved out of South Eastern Railway.

Major trains