Adra Junction railway station

ADRA JUNCTION
Adra Junction rail station building
Location	Adra Town, station road, Raghunathpur and Kashipur block area, Purulia district, West Bengal India
Coordinates	23°29′46″N 86°40′26″E
Elevation	185 metres (607 ft)
Operated by	South Eastern Railways
Line(s)	Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line Railways in Jharia Coalfield
Platforms	4
Tracks	8 (excluding Yard)
Connections	Raghunathpur, Kashipur, Purulia
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functional
Station code	ADRA
Zone(s)	South Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Adra
Website	www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
History
Opened	1887
Rebuilt	1904
Electrified	1961–62 [First electrified functional line in Adra division]
Previous names	Bengal Nagpur Railway
Passengers
More than 2.5 million
Services
Route map km   to Gomoh & Bokaro Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line to Tatanagar │ to Asansol Junction 0 Adra Junction 8 Metyal Sohar 14 Indrabil 21 Sirjam 30 Jhantipahari 39 Chhatna Kalabati Hura to Purulia & Mukutmanipur ( under construction ) 42 Anchuri 53 Bankura Junction Bankura–Masagram line Indpur New Bheduasole Supur 60 Bheduasol 64 Kalisen 69 Ondagram 78 Ramsagar 83 Bishnupur to Mukutmanipur (under construction) │ Sheoraphuli–Bishnupur branch line Uprasol Khatra Mukutmanipur Jhilmili Dwarakeswar River 96 Piardoba 104 Bogri Road Shilabati River 108 Garbeta 120 Chandrakona Road Kubai River Tamal River 132 Salboni 144 Godapiasal 149 Jangalmahal Bhadutala Lalgarh to Jhargram & Asansol– Tatanagar–Kharagpur line ( under construction ) 156 Midnapore Kangsabati River 159 Cossye Halt 162 Gokulpur to Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line 166 Girimaidan Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line Kharagpur–Puri line 169 Kharagpur Junction Howrah–Kharagpur line Sources: km km Steel Authority of India Bokaro Steel Plant Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line Bokaro Steel City 78 Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line Ispat Nagar 62 Bardhaman–Asansol section Chas 54 0 Asansol Junction Bandidih 49 to Asansol–Patna section/ Asansol–Gaya section to Chandrapura │ to Gomoh IISCO Steel Plant Mahuda 53 5 Burnpur to Sudamdih Colliery sidings Damodar River to Kalipahari (freight line) Talgaria 42 9 Damodar Shewbabudih 36 Damodar River to Sudamdih 13 Madhukunda Bhojudih 30 20 Muradi West Bengal Jharkhand border Parbeliya Colliery WBPDCL Santaldih Thermal Power Station 25 Ramkanali Santaldih 24 30 Bero Rukni 15 35 Joychandi Pahar Sanka 7 Gardhrubeswar 48 0│41 Adra to Muri Kharagpur–Bankura –Adra line Kotshila 36 to Gomoh 55 Anara Barbenda 32 Garh Jaipur 29 61 Bagalia Chas Road 22 69 Kustaur Gourinathdham 15 73 Charrah to Chhatna (planned) 81│0 Purulia Kangsabati River 88 Tamna 96 Kantadih 104 Urma 112 Barabhum 117 Biramdih West Bengal Jharkhand border 126 Nimdih Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line 135 Chandil 141 Manikui Subarnarekha River 146 Kunki to Namkom (planned) 149 Kandra Tatanagar–Bilaspur section Sini 163 154 Birrajpur Birbans 170 160 Gamharia 166 Adityapur Kharkai River Tatanagar 0│171 Tata Steel Jamshedpur Steel Plant Haludpukur 22 Jharkhand Odisha border Tata Motors Jamshedpur Plant Bahalda Road 42 3 Salgajhari Aonlajhari 55 7 Govindpur Gorumahisani 64 14 Asanboni Tata Steel Gorumahisani Iron Ore Mines 19 Rakha Mines Rairangpur 65 Subarnarekha River Kuldiha 73 26 Galudih Chhanua 80 36 Ghatshila Badampahar 89 42 Chirugoda Badampahar Iron Ore Mines 48 Dhalbhumgarh 57 Kokpara 66 Chakulia to Buramara (planned) 72 Kanimahuli Jharkhand West Bengal border 80 Gidhni 88 Khatkura 95 Jhargram to Bhadutala (planned) 104 Banstala 111 Sardiha 119 Khemasuli 125 Kalaikunda Kharagpur–Bankura –Adra line Nimpura 127 Nimpura Through Yard Nimpura Goods Yard 131 Girimaidan Hijli 133 Kharagpur–Puri line 134 Kharagpur Howrah–Kharagpur line Template:Railways in Jharia Coalfield
Location
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Interactive map of Adra Junction

Adra Junction railway station serves Adra town, and also serves the industrial towns of Raghunathpur and 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 Division of the South Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. Adra (ADRA) station is categorized as NSG 4 on the basis of yearly window sale. The station has also been declared as 'Model' as well as 'Adarsh' station. The station serves the Divisional Head Quarters.

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. Many important and long distance trains like Rajdhani, Duronto, NandanKanan, Vivek Express, Samarsatha Express etc. having stoppages at Adra and patronization of these trains are good.

Trains

• New Delhi Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express
• Bhubaneswar–New Delhi Duronto Express
• Yesvantpur–Kamakhya AC Superfast Express
• MGR Chennai Central–New Jalpaiguri Superfast Express
• Purulia–Villupuram Superfast Express
• Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak-Howrah
• Puri–Jaynagar Express
• Puri–Kamakhya Express
• Puri-Anand Vihar Nandan Kanan Express
• Howrah–Purulia Express
• Digha–Malda Town Express
• Haldia–Asansol Express
• Digha–Asansol Express
• Howrah–Ranchi Intercity Express
• Santragachi-Parulia Rupasi Bangla Express
• Ernakulam-Patna Express
• Kolkata Shalimar- Bhojudih Aranyak Express

History

The Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line, a joint effort of Great Indian Peninsula Railway and East Indian Railway Company came up in 1870. The Bengal Nagpur Railway was formed in 1887 for the purpose of upgrading the Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway and then extending it via Bilaspur to Asansol, in order to develop a shorter Howrah–Mumbai route than the one via Allahabad. 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. However, it was only after Kharagpur was linked from the west and the south that it was connected to Howrah in 1900.

BNR lines were extended to Gomoh, on EIR's main line, in 1907. The Mohuda–Chandrapura branch line was opened in 1913.

Electrification

The Asansol–Purulia section was electrified in 1961–62. 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. Template:BS-map

Gallery

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  Adra Jn at night
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External links

• Trains at Adra

External video

Train leaving Adra railway station