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Balasore Baleshwar
Indian Railways station
General information
Location	Station Road, Balasore, Odisha India
Coordinates	21°30′05″N 86°55′13″E / 21.5014°N 86.9203°E / 21.5014; 86.9203
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	South Eastern Railway
Line(s)	Howrah–Chennai main line Balasore–Gopinathpur Nilgiri line
Platforms	4
Tracks	5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on-ground station)
Parking	Available
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	BLS
Zone(s)	South Eastern Railway
Division(s)	Kharagpur
History
Opened	1896
Electrified	Yes, Double electrified line
Previous names	Bengal Nagpur Railway
Passengers
Daily more than 150000
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station Tikirapal Halttowards Howrah Junction South Eastern Railway zoneHowrah–Chennai main line Nilgiri Roadtowards Chennai Central
Location BalasoreLocation in OdishaShow map of OdishaBalasoreLocation in IndiaShow map of India

Balasore railway station, officially Baleshwar railway station, is a railway station in Balasore city of Odisha. It serves Balasore, Remuna, Chandipur and Bhograi in Balasore district and other districts like Mayurbhanj, Kendujhargarh and Bhadrak for boarding major trains like Duronto, Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Humsafar Express and many more trains that do not stop at Bhadrak railway station. It is an A-grade station.

Facilities

There are four platforms in Balasore railway station. Generally platforms 1,2 and 3 are used for long-distance trains like express and mail trains and platform no. 4 is used for suburban and local DEMU, MEMU trains.

Balasore railway station has a computerised reservation office, cloak room, waiting room, retiring room, and refreshment room. This station is provided with Railwire free wifi by Google. One can download movies and music at high speed for 30 minutes after which speed will be reduced. Balasore railway station has a double-bedded air-conditioned retiring room, 6 double bedded non-air-conditioned retiring rooms and a six-bedded dormitory, many small shops are available at all the platforms, water vending machine is also available in all platforms.

Passenger movement and train performance

Balasore railway station is an A-grade station. Balasore railway station serves around 130,000 passengers every day. It is a major station in the state of Odisha where all the trains going from Howrah to Chennai make a scheduled stop. Many trains like Bhubaneswar rajdhani express, Bhubneswar-New Delhi duronto express and Howrah–Yashvanantapur Humsafar express, Puri-Howrah shatabdi express halt here. Other trains like Antodaya express and other AC superfast, mail trains have a regular halt in this station. Though this station lacks connectivity to some western states but one can easily get connecting trains from any major station like Bhubaneswar, kharagpur which have frequent connectivity from Balasore railway station. There is a long-standing demand of direct train to Mumbai from Balasore which has not yet been resolved.

History

During the period 1893 to 1896, 1,287 km (800 mi) of East Coast State Railway was built and opened to traffic. Bengal Nagpur Railway's line to Cuttack was opened on 1 January 1899. The 514 km (319 mi) long northern section of the East Coast State Railway was merged with BNR in 1902.

References

1. "Balasore Railway Station's renamed Baleswar, within 10 hours of demand from Ashwini Vaishnaw". ANI News. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
2. "Category of stations over S E Railway". ser.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
3. "Balasore railway station". make my trip. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
4. "Availability of Railway Retiring Rooms and Dormitories". Retrieved 14 July 2013.
5. "Balasore (BLS)". Indian Rail Enquiry. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
6. "Major Events in the Formation of S.E. Railway". South Eastern Railway. Archived from the original on 1 April 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
7. "History". East Coast Railway. Archived from the original on 31 January 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2013.

External links

• Trains at Balasore

Chandipur travel guide from Wikivoyage

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