Balasore railway station

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{{short description|Railway station in Odisha}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = BALASORE or BALESHWAR
| native_name = 
| type = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|30px]] [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Balasore Railway.jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption =
| address = Station Road, [[Balasore]], [[Odisha]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|21.5014|N|86.9203|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|16|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| line = [[Howrah–Chennai main line]] [[Balasore–Nilagiri siding line]]
| other = RAILWIRE wifi available by Google
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)
| platform = 4
| tracks = {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]
| parking = Available
| opened = 1896
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = Yes, Double electified line
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = BLS
| zone = South Eastern Railway
| division = {{rwd|Kharagpur}}
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[South Eastern Railway zone|South Eastern Railway]]
| status = RUNNING
| former = [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]
| passengers = Daily more than 130000
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| mapframe =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India Odisha#India
| map_caption = Location in Odisha##Location in India
| map_dot_label =
}}
[[File:Bhubaneswar Express at Balasore Railway Station.jpg|thumb|New Delhi–Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express at Balasore railway station]]
[[File:Howrah-Puri Shatabdi Express at Balasore.jpg|thumb|12277 Howrah–Puri Superfast Express at Balasore with its LHB coaches]]

'''Balasore railway station''' serves [[Balasore]], [[Remuna]], [[Chandipur, Odisha|Chandipur]], [[Bhograi]], [[Nilagiri]], [[Odisha]] in [[Balasore district]] and other districts like [[Mayurbhanj]], [[Kendujhargarh]] and [[Bhadrak]] for boarding major trains like [[Duronto Express|Duronto]], [[Rajdhani Express|Rajdhani]], [[Shatabdi Express|Shatabdi]], [[Humsafar Express]] and many more trains that do not stop at Bhadrak station in the Indian state of [[Odisha]].

==Facilities==

There are four platforms in Balasore railway station. Generally platforms 1,2 and 3 are used for long-distance trains like express and mail trains and platform no. 4 is used for suburban and local DEMU, MEMU trains.{{clarify|What is DEMY amd MEMU?|date=December 2019}}

Balasore railway station has a computerized reservation office, cloak room, waiting room, retiring room, and refreshment room. This station is provided with Railwire free wifi by Google. One can download movies and music at high speed for 30 minutes after which speed will be reduced.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.makemytrip.com/railways/balasore.html| title=Balasore railway station| publisher= make my trip| access-date = 6 January 2013 }}</ref> Balasore railway station has a double-bedded air-conditioned retiring room, 6 double bedded non-air-conditioned retiring rooms and a six-bedded dormitory, many small shops are available at all the platforms, water vending machine is also available in all platforms.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.trainenquiry.com/o/StaticContent/Railway_Amnities/SER/Retiring_room_at_station.htm |title = Availability of Railway Retiring Rooms and Dormitories| access-date = 14 July 2013}}</ref>

==Passenger movement and train performance==
Balasore railway station is an A-grade station. Balasore railway station serves around 130,000 passengers every day. It is a major station in the state of Odisha where all the trains going from Howrah to Chennai make a scheduled stop. Many trains like Bhubaneswar rajdhani express, Bhubneswar-New Delhi duronto express and Howrah–Yashvanantapur Humsafar express, Puri-Howrah shatabdi express halt here. Other trains like Antodaya express and other AC superfast, mail trains have a regular halt in this station. Though this station lacks connectivity to some western states but one can easily get connecting trains from any major station like Bhubaneswar, kharagpur which have frequent connectivity from Balasore railway station. There is a long-standing demand of direct train to Mumbai from Balasore. But the government never paid attention on this demand of locals.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://railenquiry.in/stationinfo/BLS/Balasore |title = Balasore (BLS)| publisher= Indian Rail Enquiry| access-date = 14 July 2013}}</ref>

==History==
During the period 1893 to 1896, {{convert|1287|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} of [[East Coast State Railway]] was built and opened to traffic. [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]'s line to Cuttack was opened on 1 January 1899.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1 |title=Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway |publisher=South Eastern Railway |access-date=2 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401151628/http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1 |archive-date= 1 April 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref> The {{convert|514|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} long northern section of the East Coast State Railway was merged with BNR in 1902.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,1,261 | title=History | publisher=East Coast Railway | access-date=2 January 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131114416/http://www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/view_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0%2C1%2C261 | archive-date=31 January 2011 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/balasore-bls/485 Trains at Balasore]
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{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= Tikirapal Halt|next= Nilgiri Road|line=South Eastern Railway zone|branch= [[Howrah–Chennai main line]]|rows1=1}}
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{{Railway stations in Odisha}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Balasore district]]
[[Category:Kharagpur railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1899]]
[[Category:1899 establishments in British India]]
[[Category:Transport in Balasore]]

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