Brahmapur railway station

FunctioningStation codeBAM Zone(s) East Coast Railway zone Division(s) Khurda RoadClassificationNon-Suburban Grade-3 (NSG-3)HistoryOpened1896; 128 years ago (1896)ElectrifiedYesPrevious namesEast Coast State Railway,
Bengal Nagpur RailwayPassengers11958+ Services

Preceding station	Indian Railways			Following station
Jagannathpur towards Howrah Junction		East Coast Railway zone Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section of Howrah–Chennai main line		Golanthra towards Chennai Central

Location
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v t e Khurda Road–Visakhapatnam section
Legend
km to Kharagpur–Puri line 0 Khurda Road Junction to Khurda Road–Bolangir line (under construction) to Puri 5 Argul 9 Kaipadar Road 14 Dhaulimuhan 18 Tapang 23 Golabai Mandakini River 27 Nirakarpur 35 Bhusandpur 42 Muketashwar 48 Kalupara Ghat 53 Kuhuri 60 Gangadharpur 63 Solari 70 Balugaon 78 Chilka 83 Kalijai 89 Khallikot 100 Rambha NH 16 110 Humma SH 31 116 Ganjam Rushikulya River 124 Chatrapur Court 125 Chatrapur SH 36 NH 16 NH 516A Gopalpur port 129 Narasimhapura 139 Jagannathapur SH 32 NH 59 147 Brahmapur 158 Golanthra 164 Surla Road SH 29 Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border 172 Ichchapuram 184 Jhadupudi 190 Sompeta NH 16 199 Baruva 208 Mandasa Road 212 Summadevi 220 Palasa 233 Pundi 239 Routhpuram Halt 246 / 0 Naupada 7 Tekkali Halt NH 16 12 Peddasan 21 Temburu 27 Ganguwada 35 Patapatnam Andhra Pradesh–Odisha border 39 Paralamkhemundi 52 Sitapuram Halt 56 Haobhanga Halt 65 Kashinagar Halt 71 Lihuri Halt 78 Bansadhara Halt 83 Palasingi 90 Gunupur 252 Dindu Gopala Puram Halt 260 Kotabommali 267 Harishchandrapuram NH 16 272 Tilaru 282 Urlam Vamsadhara River 292 Srikakulam Road 298 Dusi Nagavali River 308 Ponduru 318 Sigadam 325 Batuva 332 Chipurupalle 335 Garividi 352 Nellimaria to Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line 363 Vizianagaram Junction 374 Korukonda Gosthani River 381 Alamanda 390 Kantakapalle Aluminium plant of JSW Group to Kothavalasa–Kirandul line 398 Kothavalasa Junction 407 Pendurti 414 Simhachalam North 416 Simhachalam 415 Gopalapatnam NH 16 Marshalling yard on right lines 419 Maripallem / Visakhapatnam Airport Naval Dockyard Essar Steel Iron Ore sidings 432 Kottapalem Visakhapatnam Port - Inner harbour 424 Visakhapatnam Hindustan Zinc BHPV NH 16 Coromandel International Visakhapatnam Refinery of HPCL Visakhapatnam port channel in blue Visakhapatnam Port - Inner harbour Hindustan Shipyard Visakhapatnam Port - Outer harbour Dolphin's Nose (hill with lighthouse) Link to Bay of Bengal Visakhapatnam Steel Plant Gangavaram Port 440 Duvvada NH 16 Simhadri STPP of NTPC 450 Thadi NH 16 456 Anakapalle to Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada section

Brahmapur is a major and one of the oldest railway stations in the Indian state of Odisha. Brahmapur well known as “The Silk City", is a city on the eastern coastline of the state of Odisha. Brahmapur Railway Station is one of the oldest Railway Station and it is administered under Khurda Road railway division of East Coast Railway zone. This station is classified as Non-Suburban Grade-3 (NSG-3) Category Station earlier categorized as ‘A’ category station. An average foot fall of 12,000 nos. are dealt here on daily basis. It is one of the major hub for Education & Business (food and garment) and railway provide hassle-free connectivity to this place. Brahmapur is famous for its tourist attraction. Tara Tarini an ancient Shakti peetha, Breast shrine of Adi Shakti and one amongst the 4 major Shakti Peeethas in India is 25 km from the city. In addition, the world famous Gopalpur-on-Sea sea beach, Bhairabi & MahuriKalia temples, and Tampara lake are around 10km from the city. The famous Chilika Lake at Rambha and Taptapani Hot Springs are around 45 km from the city. It is silk city so silk products are cheap and readily available. This place is also famous for a variety of pickles, mixtures and papad.

History

During the period of 1893 to 1896, (1,287 km (800 mi) of East Coast State Railway) this historic Brahmapur station was built and opened to traffic in 1896. Bengal Nagpur Railway's line to Brahmapur (Berhampur) was opened on 1 January 1899.^[1]

The 514 km (319 mi) long northern section of the South Eastern Railway was merged with BNR in 1902.^[2]

Railway reorganization

The Bengal Nagpur Railway was nationalized in 1944.^[3]Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 with the portion of East Indian Railway Company east of Mughalsarai and the Bengal Nagpur Railway.^[4] In 1955, South Eastern Railway was carved out of Eastern Railway. It comprised lines mostly operated by BNR earlier.^[4][5] Amongst the new zones started in April 2003 were East Coast Railway and South East Central Railway. Both these railways were carved out of South Eastern Railway.^[4]

Accessibility

• Distance from City Bus Stand 3 kilometres (1.9 mi)
• Distance from New Bus Stand(Haldiapadar) 5 kilometres (3.1 mi)
• Distance from MKCG Hospital 3 kilometres (1.9 mi)
• Distance from Berhampur University 11 kilometres (6.8 mi)
• Distance from Army AD College 14 kilometres (8.7 mi)
• Distance from Gopalpur Sea Beach 16 kilometres (9.9 mi)
• Distance from Sonapur Sea Beach 31 kilometres (19 mi)
• Distance from Khallikote University1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi)
• Distance from Tampara Lake 25 kilometres (16 mi)

The nearest international airport is Biju Patnaik International Airport (172 km)

Gallery

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  Newly inaugurated entrance and booking office
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  Early morning at Brahmapur railway station
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  Brahmapur railway station on a rainy day
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  Railway station at dusk
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  View from foot overbridge on a rainy day

References

External links

• Trains at Brahmapur
• Brahmapur travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Gopalpur-on-sea travel guide from Wikivoyage