Puri railway station
PURI | |||||||
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Entrance of Puri railway station in Night | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | Puri, Odisha India | ||||||
| Coordinates | 19°48′35″N 85°50′25″E / 19.8097°N 85.8404°E | ||||||
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) | ||||||
| System | Express train and Passenger train station | ||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | ||||||
| Operated by | East Coast Railway zone | ||||||
| Line | Kharagpur–Puri line | ||||||
| Platforms | 8 | ||||||
| Tracks | 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Available | ||||||
| Accessible | Available | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Status | Functioning | ||||||
| Station code | PURI | ||||||
| Zone(s) | East Coast Railway zone | ||||||
| Division(s) | Khurda Road | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 1897 | ||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||
| Previous names | East Coast State Railway Bengal Nagpur Railway | ||||||
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Puri railway station is a terminal train station and serves Puri, the seashore temple city famous for Shri Jagannath Temple in the Indian state of Odisha. One of the most busiest railway station of Odisha.