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{{short description|Railway station in Odisha}}
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{{Infobox station
| name          = Cuttack Junction
| type          = [[File:Indian_Railways_Suburban_Railway_Logo.svg|30px]]  [[Indian Railways]] [[junction station]]
| style = Indian Railways
| image         = Cuttack Railway Station.jpg
| image_size    = 
| image_caption = Cuttack junction railway station
| address       = Cuttack, Odisha
| country       = India
| coordinates   = {{Coord|20.4656|N|85.9016|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation     = {{convert|36|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| line          = [[Kharagpur–Puri line]],<br/> [[Cuttack–Paradip line]],<br/> [[Cuttack–Sambalpur line]]
| other         = 
| structure     = Standard (on-ground station)
| platform      = 8
| tracks        = {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]
| entrance      = 
| parking       = Available
| baggage_check = 
| opened        = 1896
| closed        = 
| rebuilt       = 
| electrified   = Yes
| ADA           = 
| code          = {{Indian railway code
  | code     = CTC
  | zone     = [[East Coast Railway zone|East Coast Railway]]
  | division = {{rwd|Khurda Road}}
  }}
| owned         = 
| operator      = 
| status        = 
| Passenger     = 
| pass_year     = 
| pass_percent  = 
| pass_system   = 
| map_type      = India Odisha#India
| map_caption   = Location in Odisha##Location in India
| map_dot_label = 
}}

'''Cuttack railway station''' is a railway junction and serves [[Cuttack]]  in the Indian state of [[Odisha]].

==History==
During the period 1893 to 1896, {{convert|1287|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}  of [[East Coast State Railway]] was built and opened to traffic. It necessitated construction of some of the largest bridges across rivers like [[Brahmani River|Brahmani]], [[Kathajodi River|Kathajodi]], Kuakhai, Mahanadi (Longest river of odisha) and Birupa. Cuttack station was connected to the Indian railway network in 1899.

===Railway Organisation===
The Cuttack station is operating under Khurda road Division of East Coast Railway.

Cuttack railway station is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |title=Indian Railways Passenger Reservation Enquiry |work=Availability in trains for Top 100 Booking Stations of Indian Railways |publisher=IRFCA |access-date=2012-12-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510115649/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/7days_Avl.html |archive-date=10 May 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>

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File:Train passing through a bridge in cuttack.JPG|Train Passing through Mahanadi Bridge in Cuttack. 
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==References==
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{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|previous= Kendrapara Road |next= Katha Jori|line=East Coast Railway zone|branch= [[Kharagpur–Puri line]]|rows1=1}}
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{{Top 100 booking stations of Indian Railways}}
{{Railway stations in Odisha}}

[[Category:1899 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Transport in Cuttack]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Cuttack district]]
[[Category:Khurda Road railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1899]]
[[Category:Railway junction stations in Odisha]]


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