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{{Short description|Railway Station in Odisha, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Ib
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|80px]]
| image_caption =
| address = Ib, [[Odisha]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|21.817|N|83.949|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|207|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| line = [[Tatanagar–Bilaspur section]] of [[Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line]]
| other =
| structure = Standard (on ground station)
| platforms = 2
| tracks = {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]
| parking = Available
| opened = 1891
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 1969–70
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = IB
| zone = [[South East Central Railway zone|South East Central Railway]]
| division = Bilaspur
}}
| owned =
| operator =
| status = Functioning
| former = [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system = 21.817,83.949
| map_type = India Odisha#India
| map_caption = Location in Odisha##Location in India
| map_dot_label =
}}

'''Ib''' is a [[railway station]] in the Indian state of [[Odisha]]. It has the distinction of having the shortest name of all stations on the [[Indian Railways]] system.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/faq/faq-trivia.html |title = Trivia| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2012-12-05 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/infrastructure/ten-interesting-facts-about-indian-railways/longest-and-shortest-station-names/slideshow/47454124.cms|title=Ten interesting facts about Indian Railways|date=28 May 2015|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The station derives its name from the nearby [[Ib River]].

==History==
Ib railway station started with the opening of the Nagpur–Asansol main line of [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] in 1891. It became a station on the [[Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line]] in 1900.<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=2012-12-05 |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-all }}</ref>

===Coalfield===
In 1900, when [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] was building a bridge across the Ib River, coal was accidentally discovered in what later became [[Ib Valley Coalfield]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.irfca.org/docs/locolists/industrial/display.php?file=Coal.txt&title=Collieries | title = Collieries| publisher =IRFCA | access-date = 2008-08-31 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Chennai_Central_railway_station | Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central railway station ]] – the station with the longest name on Indian Railways.

==References==
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{{Railway stations in Odisha}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Jharsuguda district]]
[[Category:Bilaspur railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1891]]

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