Rayagada railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Odisha, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}

{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Rayagada

| type = 30px Indian Railways junction station

| style = Indian Railways

| image = Rayagada Railway Station.jpg

| image_caption = Rayagada railway station

| address = Rayagada, Odisha

| country = India

| coordinates = {{Coord|19.1759|N|83.4106|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| elevation = {{convert|207|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| line = Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line

| other =

| structure = Standard (on-ground station)

| platform = 5

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

| parking = Available

| opened = 1931

| closed =

| rebuilt =

| electrified = Yes

| accessible =

| code = {{Indian railway code

| code = RGDA

| zone = East Coast Railway

| division = Rayagada

}}

| owned =

| operator =

| status = Functioning

| former =

| passengers =

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| pass_percent =

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| map_type = India Odisha#India

| map_dot_label =

| map_caption = Location in Odisha##Location in India

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Indian Railways

|line=East Coast Railway zone|left=Ladda|right=Singapuram Road|type=Vizianagaram–Raipur branch line

|line2=East Coast Railway zone|right2=Singapuram Road|type2=Rayagada–Koraput branch line}}

}}

Rayagada railway station (Station Code:- RGDA) serves Rayagada district in the Indian state of Odisha. It is one of the 3 railway divisions of East Coast Railway and an important railway station of Southern Odisha. Here 58 trains arrive and departure and this station has direct route to more than 15 states and also well connected to all the Metropolitan Cities of India. The station is located at the heart of the city and now it has the longest platform in Odisha (Platform No :- 3 measuring 910m), the 6th in the country and the 7th longest in the world.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

History

The {{convert|79|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} Vizianagaram–Parvatipuram line was opened in 1908–09 and an extension to Salur was built in 1913. The Parvatipuram–Raipur line was completed in December 1931.{{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}}

The Koraput–Rayagada Rail Link Project was completed on 31 December 1998.{{cite web| url = http://www.processregister.com/Koraput-Rayagada_Rail_Link/Project/pid14848.htm |title = Koraput–Rayagada Rail Link Project| publisher= Process Register| access-date = 2012-11-27 }}

Amenities

Rayagada railway station has a double-bedded non-AC retiring room and a six-bedded dormitory.{{cite web| url = http://ali-ali4u.blogspot.in/2008/07/east-coast-railway-amenities-at.html |title = East Coast Railway Amenities at Stations (as in 2008)| access-date = 13 July 2013}}

Trains

Some important train that origins/terminates :

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Train no.Train nameTrain typeArrivalsArrival timeDeparturesDeparture time
18301Sambalpur–Rayagada Intercity ExpressExpressDaily13:00Daily14:15

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|+ List of the trains running from Rayagada railway station :-

! Train number !! Train name

12844

| Ahmedabad–Puri Express

12843

| Puri–Ahmedabad Express

17481

| Bilaspur–Tirupati Express

13352

| Alleppey–Dhanbad Express

13351

| Dhanbad–Alappuzha Express

18448

| Jagdalpur–Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express

18447

| Bhubaneswar–Jagdalpur Hirakhand Express

12835

| Hatia–Yesvantpur Express

18005

| Howrah Jn–Jagdalpur Samaleshwari Express

18006

| Jagdalpur–Howrah Jn Samaleshwari Express

18517

| Korba–Visakhapatnam Express

18310

| Nanded–Sambalpur Nagawali Express

12807

| Visakhapatnam–H Nizamuddin Samta Express

12808

| H Nizamuddin–Visakhapatnam Samta Express

12836

| Yesvantpur–Hatia Express

12889

| Tatanagar–Yesvantpur Express

12890

| Yesvantpur–Tatanagar Express

17482

| Tirupati–Bilaspur Express

18107

| Rourkela – Jagdalpur Intercity Express

18108

| Jagdalpur – Rourkela Intercity Express

18189

| Tatanagar–Alappuzha Express

18309

| Sambalpur–Nanded Express

18518

| Visakhapatnam–Korba Express

12375

| Chennai–Asansol Express

12376

| Asansol–Chennai Express

18211

| Durg–Jagdalpur Express

18212

| Jagdalpur–Durg Express

18437

| Bhubaneshwar–Bhawanipatna Link Express

18438

| Bhawanipatna–Bhubaneshwar Link Express

22847

| Visakhapatnam–Lokmanya Tilak Super Fast Express

22848

| Lokmanya Tilak–Visakhapatnam Super Fast Express

57271

| Vijayawada Jn–Rayagada Passenger

57272

| Rayagada–Vijayawada Jn Passenger

18638

| Yesvantpur–Hatia Weekly Express

18574

| Bhagat Ki Kothi–Visakhapatnam Weekly Express

19454

| Puri–Gandhidham Weekly Express

58301

| Sambalpur–Koraput Passenger (unreserved)

References