Adra Junction railway station serves Adra town, and also serves the industrial towns of Raghunathpur and Kashipur in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a gateway to the famous tourist spots of Purulia district. It also servers as the divisional headquarters of the Adra Division of the South Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways.
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General information | |
Location | Adra Town, station road, Raghunathpur and Kashipur block area, Purulia district, West Bengal India |
Coordinates | 23°29′46″N 86°40′26″E |
Elevation | 185 metres (607 ft) |
Operated by | South Eastern Railways |
Line(s) | Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line, Adra–Gomoh line, Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line |
Platforms | 4 |
Tracks | 8 (excluding Yard) |
Construction | |
Structure type | At ground |
Parking | Available |
Other information | |
Status | Functional |
Station code | ADRA |
Zone(s) | South Eastern Railway |
Division(s) | Adra |
History | |
Opened | 1887 |
Rebuilt | 1904 |
Electrified | 1961–62 [First electrified functional line in Adra division] |
Previous names | Bengal Nagpur Railway |
Location | |
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It is an important junction station, with railway tracks from four different directions meeting there and is the busiest station in the entire division handling a huge amount of passenger and freight train traffic in a day.
Some of the Major Trains available from this railway station are as follows:
The Howrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line, a joint effort of Great Indian Peninsula Railway and East Indian Railway Company came up in 1870.[1] The Bengal Nagpur Railway was formed in 1887 for the purpose of upgrading the Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway and then extending it via Bilaspur to Asansol, in order to develop a shorter Howrah–Mumbai route than the one via Allahabad.[2] The Bengal Nagpur Railway main line from Nagpur to Asansol, on the Howrah–Delhi main line, was opened for goods traffic on 1 February 1891.[3] However, it was only after Kharagpur was linked from the west and the south that it was connected to Howrah in 1900.[4]
BNR lines were extended to Gomoh, on EIR's main line, in 1907. The Mohuda–Chandrapura branch line was opened in 1913.[3]
The Asansol–Purulia section was electrified in 1961–62.[5] The first MEMU train services in SER were started in between Adra and Asansol. Later these services started between Adra–Purulia, Adra–Tatanagar and Adra–Medinipur.
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Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Joychandi Pahar towards ? |
South Eastern Railway zone Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line |
Garhdhrubeshwar towards ? | ||
Terminus | South Eastern Railway zone Adra–Gomoh line |
Sanka towards ? | ||
South Eastern Railway zone Adra–Bankura–Kharagpur line |
Metyal Sahar towards ? |
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