Balasore railway station

Balasore
Indian Railway Station
Location	Station Road, Balasore, Odisha India
Coordinates	21°30′05″N 86°55′13″E / 21.5014°N 86.9203°E / 21.5014; 86.9203Coordinates: 21°30′05″N 86°55′13″E / 21.5014°N 86.9203°E / 21.5014; 86.9203
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	South Eastern Railway
Line(s)	Howrah-Chennai main line
Platforms	4
Tracks	Broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	BLS
Division(s)	Kharagpur
History
Opened	1896
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Bengal Nagpur Railway
Location
Balasore railway station Location in Odisha

New Delhi-Bhubaneswar Rajdhani Express at Balasore railway station

12277 Howrah-Puri Shatabdi Express at Balasore with its LHB coaches

Balasore railway station serves Balasore and Chandipur in Balasore district in the Indian state of Odisha.

History

During the period 1893 to 1896, 1,287 km (800 mi) of East Coast State Railway was built and opened to traffic. Bengal Nagpur Railway’s line to Cuttack was opened on 1 January 1899.^[1] The 514 km (319 mi) long northern section of the East Coast State Railway was merged with BNR in 1902.^[2]

Amenities

Balasore railway station has a computerized reservation office, cloak room, waiting room, retiring room and refreshment room.^[3] Balasore railway station has a double-bedded AC retiring room, 6 double bedded non-AC retiring rooms and a six-bedded dormitory.^[4]

Passenger Movement & Train Performance

Balasore railway station serves around 126,000 passengers every day.^[5]

External links

• Trains at Balasore

Chandipur travel guide from Wikivoyage

Railway stations in Odisha
ECoR	Khurda Road Angul Bhadrak Bhubaneswar Brahmapur Chhatrapur Cuttack Dhenkanal Jajpur Keonjhar Road Kendujhar Khurda Road Lingaraj Temple Road Mancheswar New Bhubaneswar Patia Puri Vani Vihar Sambalpur Bhawanipatna Balangir Junagarh Mahasamund Sambalpur Titlagarh Waltair Gunupur Koraput Lihuri Parlakhemundi Rayagada Singapuram Road
SER	Chakradharpur Banspani Barbil Bondamunda Jharsuguda Rourkela Kharagpur Balasore Baripada
SECR	Bilaspur Ib
Railways in India

1. ↑ "Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway". South Eastern Railway. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013. 
2. ↑ "History". East Coast Railway. Retrieved 2 January 2013. 
3. ↑ "Balasore railway station". make my trip. Retrieved 6 January 2013. 
4. ↑ "Availability of Railway Retiring Rooms and Dormitories". Retrieved 14 July 2013. 
5. ↑ "Balasore (BLS)". Indian Rail Enquiry. Retrieved 14 July 2013.