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{{Short description|Railway Station in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|50px]]<br />{{font color|blue|PURULIA JUNCTION}}
| style = Indian Railways
| system = [[Indian Railways]]
| image = File:ᱯᱩᱨᱩᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱡᱚᱝᱥᱚᱱ ᱨᱮᱞᱣᱮ ᱥᱴᱮᱥᱚᱱ.jpg
| image_caption = Purulia junction sign board in Bangla, Santali, Hindi and English
| address = Station Road, [[Purulia]], [[West Bengal]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|23.325|86.378|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|246|m|ft}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| services = {{Adjacent stations|noclear=y
|system=Indian Railways
|line=South Eastern Railway zone|left=Chharrah|right=Tamna|type=[[Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line]]
|line2=South Eastern Railway zone|left2=|right2=Gourinathdham|type2=[[Purulia–Ranchi line]]}}
| services_collapsible = yes
| route_map = {{Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line|inline=y}}

{{Purulia topics}}
{{Railway stations in West Bengal}}

[[Category:Adra railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Purulia district]]
[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1890]]
[[Category:Railway junction stations in West Bengal]]
| operator = [[South Eastern Railway zone]]
| line = [[Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line]], [[Purulia–Ranchi line]] and [[Purulia–Bokaro Steel City line]]
| platform = 4
| tracks = 6
| other =
| structure = Standard on ground
| parking = Available
| bicycle = Available
| accessible =
| status = Functional
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = PRR
| Station Category = A
| zone = [[South Eastern Railway zone]]
| division = {{rwd|Adra}}
}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search}}
| opened = {{start date and age|df=yes|1890}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 1961–62
| former = [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]
| passengers = Average 7533 per day.
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_type = India West Bengal#India
| map_dot_label = Purulia Junction
| map_caption = Location in [[West Bengal]]##Location in India
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map
| mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|zoom=14|type=point|marker=rail}}
}}

'''Purulia railway station''' (station code:- '''PRR''') serves [[Purulia City]] the headquarters of [[Purulia district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]]. It is situated at the eastern side of the city with railway owned colonies which is home for working staffs. The station is under NSG3 category.

Purulia Junction railway station is presently a three-way junction point having direct connection to [[Asansol]]/[[Adra, Purulia|Adra]], Muri/[[Bokaro Steel City|Bokaro]]/[[Ranchi]] and [[Tatanagar Junction railway station|Tatanagar]]/[[Chakradharpur]].

12828 Purulia–Howrah Superfast Express is the most important and oldest train of the whole region that connects to Kolkata. 12884 Purulia–Howrah Rupashi Bangla Express is another direct option running on the counter times of 12827/28.12801 Purushottam SF Express is the only daily link to New Delhi. 22605 Purulia–Villupuram Weekly Superfast Express is another important train connecting to Vellore that originates from here. 12152 Samarsata SF Express is the bi-weekly train to LTT-Mumbai.
Totos (e-rickshaws) are available for local transport. Taxi and Maxi is available for long-distance travels from the station.

==History==
The [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] was formed in 1887 for the purpose of upgrading the [[Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway]] and then extending it via [[Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh|Bilaspur]] to [[Asansol Junction|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 = 2012-11-10 }}</ref> The Bengal Nagpur Railway main line from Nagpur to 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=2012-11-10|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>

The Purulia–Ranchi line was opened as a narrow-gauge railway of BNR in 1907.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html|title = IR History: Part - III (1900 - 1947) | publisher=IRFCA | access-date = 2012-11-12 }}</ref> The Ranchi–Kotshila section was upgraded to broad gauge in 1960 and the Kotshila–Purulia section subsequently.<ref name=ser/>

==Electrification==
The Purulia–Chakradharpur, Kandra–Gomharria, Sini–Adityapur, Adityapur–Tatanagar, [[Chakradharpur]]–Manoharpur and Manoharpur–Rourkela sections were electrified in 1961–62.<ref name=electric>{{cite web| url = http://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html|title = History of Electrification| publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 2012-11-10 }}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://purulia.gov.in/services/rly_time_table.html Trains at Purulia]
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DottyN0357445099 at 13:55, 21 February 2026