Angul railway station

{{Infobox station

| name = {{font color|darkblue|Angul}}

| type = Indian Railways station

| style = Indian Railways

| image = 100px

| image_caption = Indian Railways logo

| address = Angul, Odisha

| country = {{flagu|India}}

| coordinates = {{Coord|20.83|N|85.10|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| elevation = {{convert|195|m|ft}}

| line = Cuttack–Sambalpur line

| other =

| structure = Standard (on-ground station)

| platform = 3

| tracks = 6 {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} broad gauge

| parking = Yes

| opened = {{start date and age|df=yes|1992}}

| closed =

| rebuilt =

| electrified = Yes

| accessible = {{access icon|20px}} Available

| code = {{Indian railway code

| code = ANGL

| zone = East Coast Railway zone

| division = {{rwd|Khurda Road}}

}}

| operator = East Coast Railway

| owned = Indian Railways

| status = Functioning

| former =

| passengers = Above 3000

| pass_year = Daily

| pass_percent =

| pass_system =

| map_type = India Odisha#India

| map_caption =

| map_dot_label = Angul railway station

}}

Angul railway station (station code:- ANGL) is a railway station which is about {{convert|6|km}} from Angul. Satellite stations is Talcher road. Angul railway station has an electric loco shed of East Coast Railway.

History

Angul railway station developed during the expansion of industrial carriageway and corridor of NALCO Aluminium Plant, FCI and NTPC. A double track was already present up to Talcher Town for facilitation of movement of coal. The Talcher–Sambalpur rail line constituted in year 1987 ended its final works in 1996 became operational in 1998. The station came up in 1992 and henceforth gained a lot of importance. An electric loco shed of East Coast Railway was opened in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1360677368619-ELS_WEBSITE%20ANGL%202013.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-01-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022213646/http://www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1360677368619-ELS_WEBSITE%20ANGL%202013.pdf |archivedate=22 October 2013 |df=dmy }}

Services

Angul railway station has over 5000 passengers traffic daily and more than 10 trains UP/DOWN pass through the station. Angul Puri Fast Passenger originates here.

It is situated on the Barang Sambalpur section of East Coast railway line which is a major route connecting Mumbai to Bhubaneswar of India. Angul is connected to Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Surat, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Nagpur, Vishakhapatnam, Amritsar, Raipur, Cuttack, Puri, Sambalpur.{{Cite web|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/angul-angl/241|title = 38 COVID-19 Special Departures from Angul ECoR/East Coast Zone - Railway Enquiry}}

Electric Loco Shed

Angul Loco Shed was developed in 2005 and presently holding 236 WAG-7 locomotives only. Initially Diesel Loco Shed (DLS) was commissioned in Angul in 1999. In 2002 Indian railways decided to convert DLS to ELS for homing capacity of 50 locos. In 2005 Angul DLS/ELS 50 locos was converted to Electric Loco Shed Angul. Augmentation work from 105 locos to 150 locos is under progress.{{cite web|url=http://www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1360677368619-ELS_WEBSITE%20ANGL%202013.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-01-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022213646/http://www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1360677368619-ELS_WEBSITE%20ANGL%202013.pdf |archivedate=22 October 2013 |df=dmy }}

Ongoing projects

Angul–Sukinda rail tracks
Talcher–Bimlagarh
Talcher Road–Sambalpur rail tracks doubling.

References

External links

http://indiarailinfo.com/departures/angul-angl/241
http://Gaurangacademy.org.in
http://www.eastcoastrail.indianrailways.gov.in/
http://angul.nic.in/

Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1992

Category:Railway stations in Angul district

Category:Khurda Road railway division