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	'''Adra railway station''' serves '''[[Adra, Purulia\|Adra]] town''', and also serves the industrial ~~city~~ of [[Raghunathpur, Purulia\|Raghunathpur]] and [[Kashipur, West Bengal\|Kashipur]] in [[Purulia district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. ~~Adra Junction is the main terminal station of Raghunathpur industrial area of the Purulia district. Adra Junction~~ is a gateway to the famous tourist spots of Purulia district. ~~Adra is~~ also the divisional ~~headquarter~~ of [[Adra railway division\|Adra Division]]		'''Adra Junction railway station''' serves '''[[Adra, Purulia\|Adra]] town''', and also serves the industrial towns of [[Raghunathpur, Purulia\|Raghunathpur]] and [[Kashipur, West Bengal\|Kashipur]] in [[Purulia district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. It is a gateway to the famous tourist spots of [[Purulia district]]. It also servers as the divisional headquarters of the [[Adra railway division\|Adra Division]] of the [[South Eastern Railway zone]] of [[Indian Railways]].

	It is an important junction station, with railway tracks from different directions meeting ~~at Adra. It~~ is ~~also the station serving one of the divisional headquarters of SER that is Adra. It is one of~~ the busiest station in the entire division ~~and handle~~ a huge passenger and freight train traffic in a day.		It is an important junction station, with railway tracks from four different directions meeting there and is the busiest station in the entire division handling a huge amount of passenger and freight train traffic in a day.

			==Trains==
			Some of the Major Trains available from this railway station are as follows:
			* [[Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express\|New Delhi Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express]]
			* [[Bhubaneswar–New Delhi Duronto Express]]
			* [[Yesvantpur–Kamakhya AC Superfast Express]]
			* [[Chennai–New Jalpaiguri Superfast Express\|MGR Chennai Central–New Jalpaiguri Superfast Express]]
			* [[Purulia–Villupuram Superfast Express]]
			* [[Samarsata Express\|Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak-Howrah Samarsata Express]]
			* [[Porbandar–Santragachi Kavi Guru Express]]
			* [[Puri Baidyanath Dham Express]]
			* [[Puri–Jaynagar Express]]
			* [[Puri–Kamakhya Weekly Express (via Adra)\|Puri–Kamakhya Express]]
			* [[Nandan Kanan Express\|Puri-Anand Vihar Nandan Kanan Express]]
			* [[Howrah–Purulia Express]]
			* [[Digha–Malda Town Express]]
			* [[Haldia–Asansol Express]]
			* [[Digha–Asansol Express]]
			* [[Howrah–Ranchi Intercity Express]]
			* [[Rupashi Bangla Express\|Santragachi-Parulia Rupasi Bangla Express]]
			* [[Ernakulam–Patna Express (via Chennai)\|Ernakulam-Patna Express]]
			* [[Aranyak Express\|Kolkata Shalimar- Bhojudih Aranyak Express]]

	==History==		==History==
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	The Asansol–Purulia section was electrified in 1961–62.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html\|title = History of Electrification\| publisher= IRFCA\| access-date = 2012-12-29}}</ref>		The Asansol–Purulia section was electrified in 1961–62.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html\|title = History of Electrification\| publisher= IRFCA\| access-date = 2012-12-29}}</ref>
	The first MEMU train services in SER were started in between Adra and Asansol. Later these services started between Adra–Purulia, Adra–Tatanagar and Adra–Medinipur.		The first MEMU train services in SER were started in between Adra and Asansol. Later these services started between Adra–Purulia, Adra–Tatanagar and Adra–Medinipur.
			{{Adra–Asansol line}}

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
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	*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/adra-junction-adra/956 Trains at Adra]		*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/adra-junction-adra/956 Trains at Adra]

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{{Infobox station
| name = Adra Junction
| type = [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]
| image = Adra Junction station.jpg
| image_caption = Adra Junction rail station building
| style = Indian Railways
| address = Adra Town, station road, Raghunathpur and Kashipur block area, Purulia district, West Bengal
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.496|86.674|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|185|m|ft}}
| line = [[Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line]], [[Adra–Gomoh line]], [[Adra–Bankura–Kharagpur line]]
| other =
| structure = At ground
| platform = 4
| tracks = 8 (excluding Yard)
| parking = Available
| opened = 1887
| closed =
| rebuilt = 1904
| electrified = 1961–62 [First electrified functional line in Adra division]
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = ADRA
| zone = [[South Eastern Railway zone|South Eastern Railway]]
| division = {{rwd|Adra}}
}}
| owned =
| operator = South Eastern Railways
| status = Functional
| former = [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]
| passengers =
| pass_year = More than 2.5 million
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India West Bengal#India
| map_caption = Location in West Bengal##Location in India
| map_dot_label =
| map_size = 260
}}

'''Adra railway station''' serves '''[[Adra, Purulia|Adra]] town''', and also serves the industrial city of [[Raghunathpur, Purulia|Raghunathpur]] and [[Kashipur, West Bengal|Kashipur]] in [[Purulia district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. Adra Junction is the main terminal station of Raghunathpur industrial area of the Purulia district. Adra Junction is a gateway to the famous tourist spots of Purulia district. Adra is also the divisional headquarter of [[Adra railway division|Adra Division]]

It is an important junction station, with railway tracks from different directions meeting at Adra. It is also the station serving one of the divisional headquarters of SER that is Adra. It is one of the busiest station in the entire division and handle a huge passenger and freight train traffic in a day.

==History==
The [[Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line]], a joint effort of [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] and [[East Indian Railway Company]] came up in 1870.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html | title = IR History: Early Days – II | work = Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870–1899)| access-date = 2012-10-27 }}</ref> The [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] was formed in 1887 for the purpose of upgrading the [[Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway]] and then extending it via {{stnlnk|Bilaspur}} to {{stnlnk|Asansol}}, in order to develop a shorter Howrah–Mumbai route than the one via Allahabad.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://railwaysofraj.blogspot.in/2011/08/number-1-down-mail.html |title = Number 1 Down Mail| publisher= Railways of the Raj| access-date = 2012-02-19 }}</ref> The Bengal Nagpur Railway main line from Nagpur to {{stnlnk|Asansol}}, on the [[Howrah–Delhi main line]], was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891.<ref name=ser>{{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=2012-02-19|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|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> However, it was only after [[Kharagpur Junction|Kharagpur]] was linked from the west and the south that it was connected to Howrah in 1900.<ref name=timeline>{{cite web| url = http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm| title = Indian Railway History timeline|first=R. P.|last=Saxena| access-date = 2012-02-19| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120229092028/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm| archive-date = 29 February 2012| url-status = dead| df = dmy-all}}</ref>

BNR lines were extended to Gomoh, on EIR's main line, in 1907. The Mohuda–Chandrapura branch line was opened in 1913.<ref name=ser/>

==Electrification==
The Asansol–Purulia section was electrified in 1961–62.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title = History of Electrification| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2012-12-29}}</ref>
The first MEMU train services in SER were started in between Adra and Asansol. Later these services started between Adra–Purulia, Adra–Tatanagar and Adra–Medinipur.

==Gallery==
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File:Adra railway station.JPG|Adra railway station
File:Adra station.jpg
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/adra-junction-adra/956 Trains at Adra]

{{Adra–Asansol line|collapse=y}}
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{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Purulia district]]
[[Category:Adra railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1891]]