Rayagada railway station
Rayagada railway station serves Rayagada district in the Indian state of Odisha. It is one of the 3 railway divisions of East Coast Railway.
Rayagada | |||||||||||||||
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 Indian Railways junction station | |||||||||||||||
 Rayagada railway station | |||||||||||||||
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| Location | Rayagada, Odisha India | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°10′33″N 83°24′38″E | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 207 m (679 ft) | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Jharsuguda–Vizianagaram line | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 5 (2 new platforms under construction) | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Standard (on-ground station) | ||||||||||||||
| Parking | Available | ||||||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | ||||||||||||||
| Station code | RGDA | ||||||||||||||
| Zone(s) | East Coast Railway | ||||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Rayagada | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1931 | ||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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  Rayagada Location in Odisha  Rayagada Location in India | |||||||||||||||
History
The 79 km (49 mi) Vizianagaram–Parvatipuram line was opened in 1908–09 and an extension to Salur was built in 1913. The Parvatipuram–Raipur line was completed in 1931.[1]
The Koraput–Rayagada Rail Link Project was completed on 31 December 1998.[2]
Paper mill
J. K. Organisation operates a paper mill near Rayagada.[3]
Amenities
Rayagada railway station has a double-bedded non-AC retiring room and a six-bedded dormitory.[4]
Passenger movement
See Rayagada district and Gunupur for more details of railway lines in the district.
Some important train that origins/terminates :
| Train no. | Train name | Train type | Arrivals | Arrival time | Departures | Departure time |
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| 18301 | Sambalpur–Rayagada Intercity Express | Express | Daily | 13:00 | Daily | 14:15 |
| Train number | Train name |
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| 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
- "Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway". South Eastern Railway. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- "Koraput–Rayagada Rail Link Project". Process Register. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- "JK Organisation". Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- "East Coast Railway Amenities at Stations (as in 2008)". Retrieved 13 July 2013.
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