https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Lanjigarh%E2%80%93Junagarh_sectionLanjigarh–Junagarh section - Revision history2026-08-18T12:10:35ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lanjigarh%E2%80%93Junagarh_section&diff=132565&oldid=prev>Vatsmaxed: /* top */updated template, replaced: {{track gauge|1676mm}} Broad gauge → {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} broad gauge2021-06-24T17:49:06Z<p><span class="autocomment">top: </span>updated template, replaced: {{track gauge|1676mm}} <a href="/w/index.php?title=Indian_gauge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Indian gauge (page does not exist)">Broad gauge</a> → {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} <a href="/wiki/Broad_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Broad gauge">broad gauge</a></p>
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The '''Lanjigarh–Junagarh section''' belongs to the [[Sambalpur]] division of [[East Coast Railway Zone]] in India.<br />
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==Opened==<br />
The Lanjigarh–Junagarh line was completed in two sections. One up to Bhawanipatna which was completed in 2011. Another one from Bhawanipatna to Junagarh. An engine trial run was done on 5 June 2011 from Lanjigarh to Bhawanipatna. After a year of completion, the rail line opened up to {{stnlnk|Bhawanipatna}} on 11 August 2012. On the same day, the first train on this line Bhawanipatna–Bhubaneswar Link Express flagged off by Lok Sabha member and former railway minister Bhakta Charan Das.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/article587845.ece| title= Lanjigarh–Junagarh rail line opened upto Bhawanipatna| access-date = 7 December 2013}}</ref> Bhawanipatna–Junagarh section completion became late due to the non-acquisition of 2.5&nbsp;km forest land. Bhawanipatna–Junagarh section opened on March 2, 2014.<br />
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==New line survey==<br />
A new line survey for the easy connection of Titlagarh and Junagarh has been made by bypassing Lanjigarh Road. This is an extension of a C-shape curve from G. Ramchandrapur to Norla bypassing Lanjigarh. This will reduce the journey by 30 minutes, otherwise wasted due to the need to rotate the Engine from front to back and back to front at Lanjigarh Road.<ref name="kalahandia">{{cite web|url = http://kalahandia.blogspot.com/2013/03/er-sumit-rout-shared-some-information.html?m=1|title = Er. Sumit Rout shared some information related to railway lines in Kalahandi |publisher=Kalahandia blog |date=19 March 2013 |access-date=16 April 2017}}</ref><br />
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A new line survey for Nabarangpur–Jeypore–Malkangiri–Bhadrachalam has been conducted.<ref name="kalahandia" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Rail transport in Odisha]]<br />
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